This week I’m working on this found Eastlake loveseat, but there’s really nothing to see here, scavengers. With its stuffing now hanging out, it’s on its way to something new, but not yet. While I run out to Ikea for the fabric, here are 10 projects from the archives, where I took discarded items and [...]
April 29, 2012
This week, Liz revived a homeless coffee table with a cool looking metallic finish. She did the quick change process using foil transfer, an inexpensive product that turned out to go on easy and look great on old wood. Here’s the table in its Goodwill condition: Here’s the new finish: Liz applied the transfer foil [...]
April 26, 2012
With big reasons to celebrate our 1st birthday at the resale shop this month, we wanted to let the local public know of our accomplishments and invite them to celebrate, too. It came together with this poster by graphic artist Laura Duggan. It remixes our existing logo. It also serves to re-emphasize what the local [...]
April 22, 2012
We’re kicking off Earth Week with DIY Terrariums! These mini landscapes are an easy way to add life to any space. They’re low-mantainance and can be planted in almost any container available, in my case a regular flower shop vase. Here’s what you’ll need: Potting soil for succulents (if not using succulents regular potting soil [...]
April 13, 2012
Here are some of the decorative pillows Liz and I have made over the last few months. These are all remade from garments that were ill-fitting, dated, maybe frayed along the edges but lively just the same. We often used existing pillow forms in excellent condition. I also use fine down from old feather pillows, [...]
April 11, 2012
A new item for the tech museum at the resale shop. Over the past year, we’ve exhibited specimens ranging from Instamatics to Westbend clock radios in all their plastic glory and button configuration. The above photo is a 50′s perpetual calendar. Old office technology. This newest specimen isn’t that old but interesting as an interim [...]
April 9, 2012
“Cleaning out our storage locker, do you want a few pieces for makeover?” some friends called an a Sunday. The world is too full of stuff in storage lockers, I remember thinking. So what did we do? Transferred two chairs and a love seat from their space to ours. Here’s what the chairs looked like [...]
April 2, 2012
Think fast and name anybody you know who hasn’t flipped an item on Ebay, Craigslist, Etsy or someplace online. I can’t think of a soul. Online marketplace prices are higher, it makes perfect sense, because they reach a wider market. And, everybody’s so good with photos. I’ve noticed the photos often look better than glossy. [...]
March 30, 2012
From art history studies, (see slide #1645, the Pantheon) we know the doric column shape has been around since circa 500 B.C. in Greek and Roman civ. But to me, the design of this found floor lamp seemed unnatural. A metal p0le with a light on the end of it. A functional design, yes, but [...]
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