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One of my readers Elise (who doesn’t currently have a blog) made over this trashed chair into a really cool doily graphic design. She found the chair waiting for the garbage man at a neighbor’s...
Liz from the Brambleberry Cottage just might be my newest favorite junker. Using some old found and rusted objects she had collected over the years she created a unique montage of found object ...
Jessika from Lookie What Jeff Did had an old worn out table that looks similar to one you have seen in many homes. Removing the legs, for what I hope will be a future project, they took the tab...
Jenn from My Fabuless Life inherited a boatload of old cabinets from her sister. Jenn was needing a little living room storage so she bunched them together and added a top for a pretty “fabules...
Karin from Art is Beauty upcycled a broken down ladder into these really cute beach signs she hung on her fence. She got the ladder from her neighbor’s trash heap. I wonder if she made a sign f...
My dear friend Jen from Tatertots & Jello has had some luck with Freeycle. I prefer just curb shopping myself but she has scored quite a few gems on Freecycle. She scored a bunch of s...
Dee from My Painted Stuff found this perfectly functional and beautiful Mid Century Dresser on the side of the road. What a score! Again I ask, “WHO THROWS THIS STUFF OUT!?” Great s...
Karen from Redoux Interiors has about as much luck of finding Roadkill Rescue as I do. She is one trashy lady…and I say that with the most utmost respect {giggle}. She found an old wood l...
Did you see my vintage sign I made using an old playpen? Over on Infarrantly Creative I am challenged each month by one of the local viewers of a lifestyle show in our area called Indy Style.&#...
Jessika and Jeff from Lookie what Jeff Did blew me away with this amazing outdoor farmhouse table. He made it all out of old wood from a storage shed he tore down. This table not only seats 8 b...
Kristen from Inspired Whims found a secretary desk that had laid unused and stashed for decades. It has a great shape but Kristen was ready to go bold. And bold she went. I am absol...
Sam from Fluffyland has a major sweet tooth…errr…actually that is me that has the sweet tooth {as I just riffled through my cabinets in search of Starbursts after reading this post} she just uses the...
One of my Roadkill Rescue readers Liz, found this old, beaten up dresser in the back of an office building. She said it was solid and super heavy and her sister-in-law helped her cause by helpi...
Donna from Funky Junk Interiors really knows how to repurpose old and discarded items. With a non-existence budget she has created a one-of a kind home that leaves you wanting to go rush to a t...
Charlene from Finally Doing What I Love picked up a pretty beat up waterfall dresser at an auction for $10. That is an amazing price for a solid wood dresser with a ton of character. She ...
Aubre from Rice’s World snagged a pretty beat up vanity table along with some other treasures from a neighbor’s house. Thinking of her friend who was redecorating on a tight budget she grabbed ...
Over at All Things Thrifty, guest blogger Beth from Sawdust and Embyros shares a project that grew from some of the most unique trash I’ve ever encountered: old credit cards! Beth confesses tha...
At Holey Knees and Dragonflies, Stacey found a cool looking pair of metal chairs out in her father-in-law’s backyard. Turned out he had pulled them out of a garbage pile on the side of the road...
Jessika likes to show off the amazing things her incredibly handy husband makes at her blog, Look What Jeff Did. This amazing farmhouse table is one of his latest projects. Incredibly, the table is c...
Charlene from Finally Doing What I Love went to a little auction on her town square one Saturday morning, and came home with several fun finds. One of them was this cute dresser with curvy legs that ...
Jen from Four Marrs & One Venus had three chairs that had been sitting on the side of her house for too long. When hubs issued an ultimatum, Jen knew it was time to make some magic happen! Jen be...
Aubre from The Rice’s World happened upon two fabulous trash finds at one house in her neighborhood. One of them was this rundown little table. As you can see, the shape is beautiful. The banged up, ...
Lori from Bleak 2 Unique jumped on a Craigslist posting for free chairs and was blessed with three lovely “ladies.” A little dinged and dirty, yes, but full of lovely details and promise. With so man...
Katie from Sew Woodsy rescued her great aunt’s bench from being a causality of the curb. Despite the outdated fabric, Katie knew the bench was just what she’d been wanting for her master bedroo...
I know we’ve all got about a million old t-shirts lurking in the corners of our drawers and closets. Why not upcycle them into a fun light cover like Jade from The Jaderbomb Blog? This project involv...
The gardening gurus over at Far Out Flora are full of all kinds of fun ideas for dressing up your outdoor space. Megan shares how she created a succulent planter full of old-school style from an old ...
You probably wouldn’t consider a plastic spoon to be an object of beauty, but this way cool upcycle from Kristi at Addicted to Decorating just might change your mind! With a couple hundred plastic sp...
You may not be a stranger to tire planters, but Titti from Shoestring Pavilion has taken them to a whole new level. Literally! Of course, you can’t have a tire planter without first rescuing an old t...
Lisa from Serendipity Chic Designs got a major steal when she scored four vintage shutters for only $2.50 a piece at a tag sale. Don’t you love a good bargain? Lisa had plans to turn two of the shutt...
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