Sharing and Embracing Life
A enlightening simple rework….I know that was really bad, yet I couldn’t help myself.LOL!!! Several years ago a dear friend and I went out of town, to go thrift store shopping. Consequently we ended up finding out city wide garage sales was going on. Wowza, were we excited! Well needless to say we hit the town. Even stayed over night… Read More
Reworking the patio set was not even on our radar, consequently after checking out the prices of a new one, it became a reality. Of course you know us, we had picked it up on the curb several years ago. Being very well built, I’m sure it was an expensive one in it’s day. Before pictures were very hard to… Read More
Some curb finds are simply reworked and others require much more. When I found this window on the curb I knew exactly what I was going to do with it, and that it would be a simply rework. It was just as you see it, minus the pictures of course. I did put a coat of clear varnish on it… Read More
As I shared in a earlier post, I found this rocking chair on the curb and literally screamed out loud, “STOP, I NEED THAT!!” I had seen these rocking chairs in catalogs, yet they were always over my budget. It had some tears in it, but all in all it was in good shape and I knew I was going to… Read More
Once again, while out curb shopping I found this old antique chaise throwed in a heap of other stuff, upside down. Almost missing it, I saw the leg sticking out and had to find out what it was. To my surprise this is what I found. Pardon the horrible photos, they were the only before I had and I took… Read More
I wanted to share with you the reworking of the baby bed and piano bench that I talked about in this former post. As I said before, we pick all this stuff up off the curb and rework it. Then we usually try and sell it. This is what we originally started out with. Then with some minor adjustments; such… Read More
Sometimes reworking curb finds, might be the only way you can afford something. Or maybe the item you want, just doesn’t make the priority list. By broadening your thinking, you might be surprised. Never underestimate the possibilities of reworking a curb find. Glider Rocker and Ottoman A little scratched and dirty, but in good shape, we found this glider rocker… Read More
