Organized Clutter

  Cutting boards are one of my favorite finds at the thrift shops and at garage sales!  Here is a round up of my cutting board projects from over the years!  Click on the links in the paragraph under the photo to view the tutorials.

I found two pieces of scrap wood in the garage.  One piece was 1" x 6" x 16 1/2" and the other 1" x 6" x 19".   The boards were attached to each other using two Zinc Plated Steel Mending Braces , and I didn't center the boards.  One was longer on top and one was longer on the bottom.

  I found this little stool at the thrift shop.  It was already painted green. It needed a makeover!

  I found this tag shaped photo collage frame at Dollar General .  It was priced at $5.  It's actually a nice frame.   When I upcycle some dollar store items, I do it because I want the item to be MY style or meet MY needs.  In this case I wanted to use the collage frame for flower garden photos and not family photos.

   I found this wooden, perpetual calendar at a Goodwill shop in the Twin Cities.   Hand painted wood pieces for the months, holidays, and weekdays are in the baggie. I just repurposed it for the second time, because the truth being told, the first project was not very popular on my blog or Pinterest.  I couldn't sell it either.

  Old drawers are not that plentiful in my small town.  We don't have a ReStore or salvage type store.   I find them at consignment and thrift shops mostly, and not often. Here are 14 of my favorite drawer projects.

  These plain brown paper gift bags were purchased at Dollar Tree at two for $1. I upcycled them, along with a couple of children's treat bags with Dollar Tree supplies.

  I love to shop the 40% off galvanized items in Hobby Lobby's Spring Sale. I paid $11.99 for this galvanized metal container with handles.

  I'm sharing two of my projects recently featured in Country Sampler's Farmhouse Style Summer 2021 Magazine . I am also pleased to have my projects shared on pages with my friends, Sadie Seasongoods  (Sarah) and My Repurposed Life (Gail).  Links below to Sarah and Gail's projects too.

  A thrifted wooden wall notepad holder became a photo display for my grandparent's wedding photo  HERE. Below are 11 more repurposed photo holder projects!