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  Probably about fifteen years ago, (maybe more) I had homespun valances and curtains custom made for my den/guest room.  Red was my favorite color, and this red and gold homespun plaid was well suited for my primitive country decor.  (Now I have transitioned to a farmhouse decor style in this room.) The scalloped roller shades are even older.  I purchased them from the old JC Penney catalog.  I desperately wanted to update the window treatments in this room without spending a lot of money.

I found this old stool at a garage sale back in 2018, along with a lot of other items for upcycling  HERE. Read on to see the stool makeover, along with seven other upcycled projects from the Thrift Store Decor Team!

I have been upcycling old suitcases recently.  This old Samsonite suitcase was found at the local thrift shop for $7.  Read on to see the makeover, AND how I used the suitcases as decorative storage.

  I found this little wooden decorative suitcase at Goodwill in August.  It was $3.99.

  I recently purchased the chip basket, DIY frame, and wood riser at Target's Bullseye Playground at the front store bins.  Everything in the bins is $5 or less.

I purchased a tiny Norfolk Pine at Christmas time several years ago.  It was only about 4" tall. (A Norfolk Pine is not really a pine tree, by the way) I kept the Norfolk Pine alive after Christmas, and eventually transplanted it into a bigger, but plain, plastic pot.  It has grown quite a bit, and spends its summers on my covered patio.

Last weekend I attended the annual Little Falls (Minnesota) Arts & Craft Fair . It was my very first trip to the craft fair. I purchased the botanical butterfly wall art above at the fair from  Salvage Sisters - A Repurposed Store .  The panoramic style frame contained distressed paper with a bee and several different black butterflies, along with plant sprigs on the sides. The design was most likely created with rubber stamps and ink. The perimeter (mat) of the frame was created with distressed book pages, torn into varied and uneven pieces.

I found this large wooden tray at Goodwill in August.  See below how I gave it a makeover! Also in this blog post, is the September Thrift Store Decor Team 's monthly party.  Be sure to scroll down to see my blogging friend's projects.

In 2017, I gathered these clipboards for a photo gallery wall in the bedroom. 

The last time I shared my foyer decor on my blog, it looked something like this.  (This has always been a difficult wall to photograph.) The shelf was repurposed from dresser mirror salvage  HERE.  The plaque on top of the wall display was also a piece of furniture salvage.  Both were painted with Annie Sloan Cream Chalk Paint.   My pew was painted in off white chalk paint. A couple of vintage flower pictures, a shutter, and family pictures rounded out my wall decor. See how this wall looks today in my new blog post below.