Thrifty Thursday #64

Courtney Carmean — Thu, 28 May 2015 13:00:19 +0000

It’s Thrifty Thursday!!! The other day I was perusing an online yard sale page and spotted someone selling a bunch of chippy old goodies. I jumped at the chance to go grab some and came home with a truck load. Now I have to decide what I’m going to do with all these new thrifty finds.

First up is this old chippy wood door. It’s a good solid (aka: heavy) old door with lots of chippiness. I scored it for $20. Now the question: Do I leave the chippy or get rid of it and repaint? I’ve had my eye on some old door projects for awhile….I may just have to give one a whirl!

Of course I grabbed a couple more windows because I totally need more right? But if the price is right I’ll pick them up when the opportunity presents it’s self. I see lots of windows sold for upwards of $30 or $40 and I don’t pick um up for more than $5 or $10. Sometimes it takes patience but it usually pays off.

If I spot shutters for a good prices I always grab them! My favorite thing to do with them is turn them into card and mail holders. But with the matching two shutters I’m wondering if I shouldn’t find something different to do with them? I picked these up for $5 each.

Now check out this really awesome frame. It’s plastic and badly needs some TLC, but isn’t it amazing? Wanna know what’s even more amazing? I scored it for $5. But I’m really stumped on this one! A paint job is in order but then what? Maybe just leave it as that, an open frame for a wall gallery. Any ideas?

Well that ends my latest Thrifty Thursday finds for now! Got some great stuff and now it’s the hard part, deciding what each piece will become!!!

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Earlier this week I gave my window memo board another makeover! Come see the before, the after, and the after again!

Window Frame Wood Sign

Courtney Carmean — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:00:33 +0000

When you have an old window obsession like I do it’s hard to come up with things to do with all of them. Every window is different and offers different possibilities when it comes to turning them into projects. Some offer more obstacles than possibilities though. What do you do when you have a window frame with no glass? Well I’ve done chalkboards and magnetic boards. I wanted to do something different this go around.

The window I wanted to use didn’t have any glass but it was a cute little window. I love putting vinyl sayings on windows with intact glass and that inspired this Window Frame Wood Sign.

First we cut a very thin piece of finished plywood to fit inside of the window opening. Then I stained it with some Minwax stain in Special Walnut. While that was drying I painted the window frame a pretty aqua color.

When the stain was dry I cut out a vinyl stencil with my Silhouette.

Then I used Mod Podge in the vinyl stencil to prevent bleeding from my paint color. When the Mod Podge was dry I painted some creamy white chalk paint over my stencil. It took a few coats of the chalk paint to get good coverage and then I pealed the vinyl off when the paint was dry.

I popped the plywood sign into the window frame and used some E6000 glue to attach it.

Isn’t it beautiful???

I absolutely love how the Window Frame Wood Sign turned out. I just love how the possibilities are endless with old windows. This one really transformed into a piece or art.

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In case you missed it…..earlier this week I shared my latest furniture makeover. Check out my Sewing Table Makeover!

old window – A Diamond in the Stuff

Thrifty Thursday #64

Window Frame Wood Sign