IKEA Rast Dresser Hack

I love a challenge.

I love to create.

So a creative challenge is right up my alley.

And a creative challenge where everything is supplied compliments of sponsors, with the chance to win something, well heck yeah - I'm in!

I 'm anxious to show you all the details of this hack-redo-conversion, and what basically amounted to a total transformation, so all of the build details are included.

But first you.must.see.the.finished.hack.

Feast your eyeballs on this beauty........

Now pop those same eyeballs back into year head so you can see the before.  

Online Auction Wins

I'm fortunate enough to live within a reasonable drive of a few large auction houses.

These days with the internet they don't always host live auctions where a person has to stand in the hot sun or a cold shed for half a day waiting for that one item on the wish list.

With online auctions if you lived in Abu Dhabi you could bid and have your hearts desire shipped to you.  I just hop in the car and go fetch my auction wins.

Vintage Inspiration Party #201

Welcome back to the Vintage Inspiration Party. We are so glad you're here!

The VIP is the place to share anything old, treasured, passed-down or tattered.
You can also share projects that were made to look old,
including repurposed and upcycled creations.  

Feeling Beachy Sign

I started a Christmas gift for my BFF who lives along the beautiful Northern California coast.

Building Progress Two Months In

Anyone who has ever built a new home can close their eyes and still smell the fresh scent of the pine wall studs.  

I know I can, and walking into #1 sons house as it was being framed took me back to the time I first encountered that smell.  I loved that smell then and I love it now.

200th Vintage Inspiration Party

Welcome everyone!

Would you believe that today marks the 200th Vintage Inspiration Party?!!

We're so glad you are here to join in with us.  

There are some party giveaways for you as well, so don't miss them below.

Take a look at what your hosts have been up to recently!

Connect with Knick of Time - Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter / Instagram / Hometalk

Antique Birds Image Printable

DIY Mrs. Claus Decor

Repurposed Chair Side Table

Work & Play Wall Art

Connect with My Salvaged Treasures - Facebook / Pinterest / Instagram

How To Add Character to a Plain Stool and Milk Can

Connect with Organized Clutter - Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter / Instagram

Junkin' Finds

Yard of Flowers Tour

Connect with Bliss Ranch - Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter / Instagram / Hometalk

Wooden Clock Makeover

Connect with Villabarnes - Facebook

Upcycled Architectural Box

Upcoming Show

Here are our feature picks from last week's party!

Card Catalog Makeover by Dandelion Patina

Vintage Travel Trailer Dream Come True at My 1929 Charmer Cottage

Ironstone Collection - Ivy and Elephants

DIY Fish House Numbers by Scavenger Chic

Industrial Crate for Cat Toys Storage - Sadie Seasongoods

Vintage Wooden Cutting Board available from Simply Country Home

Featured blog - Patina Paradise

If you were featured today, feel free to grab this button!

Giveaway #1. Win your choice of any 2 Vintage Sign Stencils!

To enter Look at the stencil styles HERE, and leave a comment telling me which 2 you would like if you are the winner!

Giveaway #2. Visit My Salvaged Treasures HERE to enter her wonderful giveaway as well!

Winners will be announced at the party next week!

Let's see your Repurposed, Upcycled, Vintage & Vintage-inspired creativity!

(No foods or general crafts please)

By linking up at the VIP, you agree that your photos may be shared on social media to promote the party or featured in a round-up, with a link back to you.

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Blooming Hydrangea

This is a first for me.  I think.

I've been waiting so long I can't remember if it happened before.

I anticipated it every year for the last four or five years, and for whatever reason, it just.didn't.happen.

Man Overboard - Dumpster Finds

I recently mentioned that furniture finds have been making their way to me.

My kids, friends, and even strangers have started to look at discarded items as a potential project for me. 

They probably think there is no way that a certain piece of junk can be turned into something anyone would want, so they drop it off at my doorstep to try to prove their point. 

Or maybe it's out of curiosity to see if I can in fact transform the item.

My philosophy has become bring me your junk, if it's THAT bad that I can't turn it into a treasure, I know how to light a match, and we always need kindling in the winter.

Wood Clock Redo/Thrift Store Decor

I've got something new on the Bliss Ranch blog, or rather I've got something old.

The something old is a new to me thrifted item that once a month I'll spruce up.  You know I like challenges whether it's furniture or some other cast off I can update.

The new is that I'm joining eight other bloggers for this last Wednesday of the  month series called Thrift Store Decor, and I'm pretty darn excited to be part it!

Vintage Inspiration Party #199

Welcome back to the Vintage Inspiration Party!

The VIP is the place to share anything old, treasured, passed-down or tattered,
and you can also share projects that were made to look old,
including repurposed and upcycled creations.

Orange Garage Sale Traffic Cones

I went out on the usual Friday thrifting with my pal Dii (hi Dii!) and the finds for the day were mostly a bust.

No that does not mean I found a bust at a thrift store or garage sale.

Nothing much good to be found other than the salted caramel truffle ice cream we both had instead of lunch.

No photos of those, you gotta eat them fast in the summer heat.

Barn Wood Whale

Today when I downloaded the photos from my camera there were photos I didn't remember taking.

Because I didn't take them.

This is the second time that's happened this month.  

My family is learning not only to save free furniture finds in case I can create something, but also when they make a project they are remembering to take photos.  

I thank them for doing that because it's not really any work for me.

Orange Marquee Letters

A couple months ago I purchased a new rug for the family room in my quest to actually decorate with color.

I know what I like when I see something in someone elses house, but I don't always do so good picking out my own things.

But the rug.........I got it right.

And it's orange.

Adding some color to my otherwise beige toned home was sort of earth shattering for the people that know me.

Vintage Inspiration Party #198

Welcome back to the Vintage Inspiration Party!

The VIP is the place to share anything old, treasured, passed-down or tattered,
and you can also share projects that were made to look old,
including repurposed and upcycled creations.

Garage Sale Season

Here in Minnesota I save hunting at thrift stores for the winter time when no one in their right mind wants to be outside.

Spring, Summer and Fall however are made for being outside and enjoying the thrill of the hunt.

Many cities and towns host city wide sales, which are like a smorgasbord with very little driving once you get there, and street after street of sale after sale.

Rustic Potting Bench

I used to have a door turned into a hanging potting bench on the side of the playhouse turned potting shed.

But then we turned the potting shed turned playhouse back into a playhouse and the warped cracked door I used to pot plants was sent to the burn pile.

Spring came and I decided not to pot as many plants as usual, but I still missed the shelf I had to do that on.

Enter this big 'ol heavy piece of weathered awesomeness.

New Finds Of Old Stuff

I could just as easy title this post old finds, or finds that find me.

The stuff is old, and some of it shows up in my driveway without any solicitation.

Such was the case with this little oak desk......

Vintage Inspiration Party #197

Welcome back to the Vintage Inspiration Party!

The VIP is the place to share anything old, treasured, passed-down or tattered, and you can also share projects that were made to look old,
including repurposed and upcycled creations.

Rock River Landscape Removal

I've told you about Albert before, he's the old farmer we bought our land from. 

You can read the story {here} with the basics.  It's a pretty nice post about how we bought this land and how Albert's barn was burned down.

It's also about how I use Albert in my decorating, like this bench.....

Family Room Coffee Table, Re-do #2

At Christmas time I gave a garage sale coffee table a faux metal/pewter/zinc-ish look, and it replaced a smaller bent willow table that was topped with glass.

I loved how the garage sale table turned out.

I painted it that faux color in anticipation of the gray couch I was going to be ordering in the new year.

But that didn't work out according to my plan.