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Using Vintage Items for Wreaths and Swags

Using Vintage Items for Wreaths and Swags

Well, it’s Autumn! Harvest, Halloween and straight through until Thanksgiving. This year, consider using vintage items to create wreaths and swags that can grace your door, foyer, guest bathroom, porch, or any other place you want to bring in the season in style. Repurposing, recycling or upcycling is so much fun with little vintage treasures. [...]

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Redo Step End Tables | Ugly to Gorgeous!

Redo Step End Tables | Ugly to Gorgeous!

Last summer, (yes, that long ago), I bought these two end tables with the intent to re-do them, give them some life and beauty. Unfortunately, life got in the way. We bought a house and moved. Since, they have been buried in the garage. I finally decided to dig them out, re-do them and get [...]

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Re-Do Thrift Store Furniture | Pub Dining Table

Re-Do Thrift Store Furniture | Pub Dining Table

In one of my favorite thrift stores, I found a pub height table and 4 chairs. The table has butterfly leaves and was made of solid blonde maple — heavier than all get-out! I had been looking at new pub tables but was unhappy with the “wood-like” material they were constructed from and the fact [...]

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Vintage Hat Box Centerpiece Ideas

Vintage Hat Box Centerpiece Ideas

With more and more brides searching for ideas for non-floral or less floral centerpieces, I have seen an upswing in sales of vintage hat boxes. The idea is not new but it is almost always unique to each bride. Vintage (and not vintage) hat boxes are very versatile — there are literally hundreds of different [...]

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