DECORATING WITH THRIFTED FINDS - wine jugs & starfish

DECORATING - Lighting and wall displays are something I enjoy creating. Here are 4 projects that used unconventional items to create amazing looks.

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RE-USING VINTAGE PICTURE FRAMES - chalk paint and seashells

I'm working on a new wall display in another part of our home and that got me thinking that I had not properly shared a unique gallery wall display I had done several years ago.

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OUR FRENCH COUNTRY BEDROOM - gallery wall

The ins and outs of my boho gallery wall. Can you guess what  unconventional items I used?

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PICTURE FRAME IN MY FURNITURE - seaside lower cabinet

How did this picture frame get used in the seaside cabinet?

I've shared the graphics used for the seaside cabinet here

I've shared the demolition and rebuild of the upper hutch here

Now it's time to show you the story behind the lower cabinet.

The legs seen in this photo are not original, just a set I was trying out and didn't use.

It started as a TV cabinet,

the kind that we have all had in our homes before for our big fat CRT TVs.

Big shout out to the inventor of the flat screen ...

I can be an independent woman now cause I can move my own TV.

With a little trimming in all the right places it became the perfect platform

for this project and I have extra bits for something else.

This is the photo my daughter originally sent to me asking if I could use it.

My only question was "Is it solid wood?"

She knows my motis operandi but even I get tricked by that sneaky MDF.

It was solid plywood which is not bad to work with.

Next came the legs, these came from an octagonal side table

that had 8 posts between the base and the top.

The table was ugly but the posts were fabulous and just what I needed.

This is another great example of where to find furniture legs.

I took this turquoise frame to the compound mitre saw and cut the

corners on a 45 then joined 2 together to create this fun detail for the front of the leg.

I used glass knobs with vintage hardware plates

and the star on the middle of the apron is also a hardware plate from a kitchen cabinet.

Mother swears she has more of these which I would love to get my mitts on.