Diy Trash to Treasure redo thread

[coco25]

I'm always redoing something, changing its purpose, or just trying to upcycle what I can. So I decided to make a thread for this, there could possibly be one already, but as I am fairly new to TEG I'm not sure.....anyhow, it seems like I'm doing something new every week atleast so I decided to post some of my projects, & hopefully see some of yalls too!!

 

[coco25]

Old heavy metal Chiminea

 

[coco25]

So today I turned it into a cute litte planter!

 

[coco25]

This will be my next project.
It's a door off an old armoire, I got a new mirror to put in & I'm thinking of a simple whitewash...still not completely sure of that yet though.... It will be put hanging on my back patio when it's done I think.

 

[Nyboy]

Going to be following this thread some very creative people here. love the greek key you added to planter. I have used it every where in my homes.

 

[coco25]

Thank you, I love the simplicity of it, yet still having impact.
I am a black, white & grey kinda girl with only pops of color...

 

[coco25]

I too am looking forward to seeing other peoples creativity!!

 

[aftermidnight]

Here's one of mine, cupboard space in my kitchen is at a premium so thought buy a pot rack for the pots and free up some room in the cupboards.
Sooooo, I went shopping I could hardly believe what they were asking for hanging pot racks, 300 to 500 dollars, gulp!!! Needless to say I came home empty handed.
Then the light bulb came on and went scurrying down the basement where some metal shelves were. Took the top shelf off, 4 wooden balls from the hobby shop painted black, some black chain and some screw eyes and bingo I had a pot rack.

What to do with the rest of the shelves, cut them down a bit, got hubby to cut a piece of wood to cover the top shelf, it fits over the four posts so it wouldn't slide off, 4 more balls with wine corks glued on them, these fit inside the four posts. These particular shelves you can position at any height you want them. I put a black pebbletone finish on the wood and now I have a place for the coffee pot, cleared up some more counter space and a couple of shelves for more stuff.

Third shelf down is covered with a piece of plexiglass with some black mactac on to cover up the junk in the baskets. Since I already had the shelves, the wood and the plexiglass I got all this for the price of 8 wooden balls, 4 screw eyes, some chain, a bit of paint and a roll of mactack.

Annette

 

[coco25]

Love it! Fantastic idea, because yes they are so super expensive!
Wish I could use that idea at my house but I don't think I would have a place in my kitchen to hang it! I despise bending down into the bottom cabinets digging for pots, that would be so much nicer!
You did a great job, & I love thinking outside the box!

 

[Carol Dee]

@coco25 you may already know about this site.
http://www.fleamarketgardening.org/
I have a friend that is really into it. Some fun ideas and they publish a magazine, too.