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I absolutely love vintage and antique furniture – the functionality, character, and how well built the pieces are. I’ve had my eye on a vintage apothecary cabinet. But even with all my thrift store shopping, estate sale visits, yard sale adventures and antique mall wanders I have not found one that was in my budget. …
The most popular blog posts in 2023 embody the “fifth sparrow no more” idea. That idea is to find thrifty ways to make the furniture and décor pieces in your home the fifth sparrow no more. So these pieces won’t be discarded, worthless, seen as less then and certainly not put out on the curb! In…
I am not a scary Halloween person. I cannot do scary, I cannot even watch the commercials for scary movies. So if I decorate for Halloween it’s minimal and cute! This DIY to repurpose a Halloween tree to make a cute spider is adorable to decorate mantels, doors and more. The Halloween trees are plentiful…
Have fun with a monster craft to repurpose ornaments this Halloween! Use your imagination and creativity to create cute monsters with Christmas ornaments and craft supplies for your Halloween mantel or tiered tray, a monster themed party or classroom, or use for fun kid’s room decor. Craft Supplies For Your Monster Craft I used the…
This fall mantel takes a pastel spin on the fall season with colors in shades of aqua, tan, green and pink. A fall mantel in pastels is perfect for me because I don’t usually use the traditional colors of orange, brown, red and yellow! And I want all the pumpkins – velvet ones, pink ones,…
I created a firkin fall centerpiece from a garage sale find! I saw a beauty from across the dirt packed pavilion on a recent trip to Vintage Market Days, I was looking for an ice cream bucket on that particular trip but this was not an ice cream bucket … Side note: I did find…
