Category: Curbside rescue

• Buffet Table With History

  The best time to shop for anything at a resale shop or an auction is when no one else is willing to be out shopping.  If you want the best deals go when it is raining, early in the morning or, like we just did, when it is blazing hot. It was 102 on the […]

  Karen

  July 23, 2013

  Behr Paint with Primer, Coldspring, Curbside rescue, DIY Furniture, Painted Furniture, rescuing damaged furniture, Thrifting, using bright colors

  Behr Jungle Trail, real distressed wood, Reclaimed heart pine

• Curbside Headboard Into Garage Chalkboard

  The best time to go trolling for curbside finds is Saturday afternoon just before dark. The very best time to go hunting is the weekend of the huge neighborhood garage sale near our current city house. The garage sale occurs every spring and the finds over the year have helped furnish our lake house and […]

  Karen

  June 17, 2013

  Chalkboard DIY, Country Style, Curbside rescue, moving, Repurposed Furniture, Roadside Finds

  chalkboard DIY, oops paint, Repurposing furniture

• I Was a Faker

  Hello friends, my name is Karen and I was a big faker. I did not totally finish the credenza before I posted it. Remember, it was cold and rainy when I worked on it? I just got frustrated before the inside of the doors were painted and we put them back on unfinished, paint drips […]

  Karen

  May 14, 2013

  Curbside rescue, Decorating, Dresser, The City House

  Credenza, Decorating, finishing a project

• The Junk Fairy End Table

  When we returned from seeing The Southern Belle, we were greeted at the front door by this beauty.  The junk fairy apparently made a visit while we were gone! I knew that this dude was worth saving, but we just don’t have a place for it.  I know it sounds crazy but I do not […]

  Karen

  March 24, 2013

  Curbside rescue, glazing, painting, Repurposed Furniture

  1970’s end table, Behr paint, Happy Camper Green, painted furniture

• Dresser to Mudroom Bench

  My mudroom bench started life as a dresser. I found it on the side of the road waiting for heavy trash pick up. It was a mess! The top was in pieces and two drawers were broken. In spite of the shape that the dresser was in, it was solid wood and had dove tailed […]

  Karen

  March 3, 2013

  Curbside rescue, DIY, DIY cushion, Dresser, home decorating, mudroom, recycled furniture, resale finds, Roadside Finds, Roadside Rescue, Style, The City House, tufted cushion

  dresser to mudroom bench, home entryway, Repurposing furniture

• Getting Close to Finishing the Yellow and Gray Bedroom

  I am getting close to finishing the bedroom. I have been exhausted from my real work, so not much has been happening at the city house.  I am still waiting for two pillows to arrive and I need a curtain rod for the sheer curtains going in the window but other than that all the […]

  Karen

  October 28, 2012

  Curbside rescue, Decorating, DIY Art, felt rosettes, hanging swag light, home decorating, yellow and gray bedroom

  Decorating, thrifty, yellow and gray

• Reusing a Window

  My friend, the social planner, found this window along with another where a house was being remodeled. She wanted to turn it in to a hang up rack for her soon to be started mud room. It had great old paint and the glass was not cracked. Up at the Garagemahal we have tools, paint, […]

  Karen

  October 16, 2012

  Curbside rescue, reusing an old window

• Fixing the Schoolhouse Desk

  The broken desk is now reassembled.  Hubby, who will not let me defile the desk with paint, is stripping the entire piece of all varnish.  I really am proud of all that he has done.  The desk went from this broken piece of furniture. Back to a great piece. All the parts had to be […]

  Karen

  September 4, 2012

  Curbside rescue, oak school desk