Month: May 2022

This poor antique wardrobe had been discarded on the side of the road. The doors were broken off, the veneer was a mess and the shelf was missing. At first I was just going to snag the old casters off of it, but I flipped it right side up and after inspecting it for a couple of minutes I decided to shove it into my car and take it home. I scrapped the peeling veneer off, sanded it down, cleaned it all up and added a shelf and a burlap curtain. I have to be honest, this ended up being one of my favorite upcycle projects ever and it was a hard one to part with! I tried to put it in my own home, but just didn’t have the room for it. This project proves that you really can’t judge a book by it’s cover and I am so glad I decided to save it!

This vintage vanity had been sitting in a shed for many years before I rescued it. I knew the second I saw it that it was going to live as two end tables in its second life. I mean who actually uses a vanity these days? Plus this was an oddly designed one, in my opinion, as the counter area was really low to the ground. So I cut that part out, removed the veneer, patched areas with wood filler, sanded and cleaned before I used the Easy Off method on the drawers and then painted the top and outside with a sage green color. I love how it turned out and they sold almost immediately! Now I need to find another vanity to deconstruct!