Showing posts with label Repurposing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Repurposing. Show all posts

Upcycled Pet Bed

My husband does a lot of my "picking" for me and one of his favourite things to find are vintage drawers.  Last night he came home with several drawers including one lonely oak-fronted one.

Today I transformed it into a funky dunky pet bed. My pooches Boston and Deno kept their beady eyes on it all day thinking it was all theirs. lol.



I actually repurposed four different things to make this bed. Of course, the oak-fronted drawer that my hubby found yesterday. The slates were from an old cot. The legs originally came off a dinky little footstool that had a damaged top. And lastly the handles were from an old dressing table. 



FOR SALE   NZ$125

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Coffee Sack Barstools

When I first brought these chairs they were in such good condition they didn't actually need anything done to them. The black vinyl was in perfect condition, and the metal frame was extremely presentable. I brought them for a steal and could easily on-sell for a profit as-is.

But whats the fun in that?! :)

Out came my coffee sacks again...you gotta love recycled products! Well? What do you think of these?


I decided to cover right over the top of the existing vinyl. Doing that will protect the foam from the roughness of the burlap, and also give the buyer another option when they want a change.

On to other news now.

This will be my last post for a while as I'm taking more leave. Some of my readers will recall I had spinal surgery at the end of March which I'm still recovering from... and recovering very well I might add!! However tomorrow I have more surgery, this time on BOTH hands as I suffer from CTS. This means I can't use hands at all for a while, and then only limited use after that. Luckily I have a great support system to feed, water, clean and walk me (sounds vaguely how we look after Boston & Deno.... hmmmm.....)

But what I scarey thought aye!! I'm already getting very nervous with only 25hrs to go at the time of writing this.

Its all good though. I can't wait to get these procedures done because it is a very VERY painful condition particularly at night........ And anyone who has/had CTS will be nodding along with me right now! :)










FOR SALE NZ$80 Pair

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Repurposed Glass Lamp Shade - TUTORIAL

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The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
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I love to repurpose unused items. There is nothing worse than hoarding something "just because"... you might as well put it to use straight away!
I've had the gorgeous vintage glass lamp shade for a LONG time. I found it this morning wrapped in newspaper in the shed. Wow! Score! I forgot I had it to be really honest.
Hmmmm, I said to myself. How can I both store it (incase it comes in handy one day) but put it to use now?
Bingo. Shove a plant pot in it!!
This transformation took as little effort as picking up the plant and placing it inside. All in a hard days work.

Take one glass lamp shade...




....and one plant in a basic pot.....

Oak trunk seat


My husband found this old oak set of drawers on the side of the road. It had handcut dove-tail joints so it had some age to it, my guess it was late edwardian.

The top right hand drawer was missing, and it had a few structural issues on the top half. But it had no borer and was otherwise in great condition! (I'm always the optimist).



Before I tell you how we CHOPPED the top half off, let me remind you this was DUMPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR THE RUBBISH COLLECTION. I save it!

Anyhoo, once we chopped the top half off we started to get really excited as we could really see the potential. After a glue, screw and clamp it was just a matter of painting and replacing the handles. Some French toile type fabric was the only fabric I could think of to finish this off. Lovely!











AFTER

Stunning isn't it!! I painted it in Quarter Spanish White and added some brass handles and a sponge seat. It is one of my favorite pieces to date.