Refreshed 80s Lamps
My Nana had these baby blue seashell lamps at her beach house for as long as I can remember. After her house sold, somehow they ended up in my parent’s garage, and subsequently in my apartment. They have a pretty cool shape, but the 1980s baby blue just wasn’t working for me. I had an […]
Repurposed: Bean Sacks
My brother works at a local coffee shop and occasionally gets to go to the roaster who supplies their beans. Last time he went, he was able to grab some burlap coffee bags, of which he gave me two. After stapling them to some canvas stretcher bars, they’ve turned into some instant art and a […]
Alley Lamps
As I was moving, I saw these two mint green lamps in my neighbor’s trash. My dad re-wired them for me and we got some nice new crisp white shades and they look great! The price for the new electrical wiring & shades was no more than $15 per lamp. I guess you can really […]
Old Dresser Revamp: Underbed Storage
I had seen this project around the internet recently and decided to dive in the day I got the keys to my new apartment! It went ridiculously quickly – and had little to no screw-ups, which allowed me to continue dragging furniture out of the house annnnd finish this in about five hours!
I Reupholstered a Sofa, and You Can Too!
Let me kick off this blog- inspired by this old ‘post’ that I never posted. Last summer i reupholstered a small sofa, and documented every step of the way. Let me say that I’m still proud of how it turned out, and I love my friends reactions when they say “wait….THIS was that pink sofa?!”