Yesterday I gushed about my love for The Old Flamingo.
And rightfully so...remember this headboard I scored there last year?
It's still sitting in my basement but about to make it's appearance with some new paint and threads soon.
Maybe something like this?
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A couple weeks ago I there doing my rounds at The Old Flamingo and I spotted this.
A vintage, 1930's dresser made entirely of metal.
You know when you see something (or someone) and there is that immediate connection?
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Stripping metal from a vintage collectible.
Most pickers will tell you they have a certain something they look for when out hunting.
For me, anything metal and any type of vintage wire basket has my heart.
If you follow my new Instagram Feed (@michellesfinds) you saw that I recently acquired some vintage metal ballot boxes.
They are a cool piece of history but what do you do with them besides put them on a shelf and let them collect dust?
Just because something is vintage doesn't mean you can't alter it be functional for today's
Throw Back Tuesday, Vintage Metal Carts
I tend to find something I like and then buy it up in excess, which my husband reminds me is also known as "hoarding".
Case in point, when I went through a vintage school chairs phase.
Then there was that time I had 4 wingback chairs stock piled in my garage.
I also bought three dressers on Craigslist, not because I needed them, but because I thought they had great lines and I planned to refinish then sell them.
My name is Michelle and I have furniture hoarding tendencies.
Little by little
How to re-finish steel furniture.
If you've followed our blog for a while you know we have a pretty "can-do" attitude.
I would consider ourselves pretty adept DIY'ers and not a whole lot intimidates us.
Until this...
What's that you say? "That cute little dresser is intimidating? I would expect more out of you guys."
ME TOO (my head is hung low). This stinker of a dresser was up there with one of my most difficult projects to date.
I came across this steel dresser years ago. It was darling as-is but quite feminine, and
How to remove paint from hardware with your crockpot.
The Mr. has been on a business trip all week and the two oldest went to Yellowstone with Grandpa and other family which left me and the youngest boy at home to par-tay. I had all kinds of fun activities planned as well checking quite a few DIY projects off my list. Unfortunately, Mr. Strep throat came to visit my boy the second after everyone left. Argh. So instead of a week of fun and projects, we've been camping out in bed all week and monitoring a 4-day fever around the clock. On top of
Through my camera phone lens.
The little/big man's bedroom is coming along. It's now become a race against the clock as I'm trying to get it done between the Mr's business trips, a photo shoot and then debuting it on Studio 5. I've always worked best with a little "feet to the fire" business.
I'm in love with this navy-ish blue wall called Blue Fedora by Valspar from ACE. I've never really used Valspar before but it went on beautifully and there was very little odor. It my just be one of my favorite new paints.
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Hey there! I’m Michelle; I’m an Passionate DIY’er and in constant pursuit of how to bring beauty to my house full of men (3 boys + 1 hubby). Stick around and see what I’ve got up my hard-working sleaves!