When I saw this basket for sale on a popular website I knew this was something I could easily make!

I'm a little unsure what to call this little tote but I  know I definitely want it around holding some  of my favorite gardening things.

Today I'm repurposing the very last metal shade from a great find a while ago. 

Today I'm taking a break from DIY and finally getting  around to doing some deep kitchen cleaning!


The best products for kitchen cleaning...
I've needed to clean my kitchen for a while now. I don't mean cleaning... I mean deep cleaning. 



When I finished cleaning the kitchen I decided to share about the products I used because I'm was so happy with the way it came out. 

I started out the day with a trip to the store to get a new mop. I brought home the Libman Spin Mop to give it a try!

My hard wood floors needed a good scrubbing but having wood floors, I didn't want to use too much water. This mop worked great! After spinning the mop in the spin bucket it came out dry enough to clean the floors without leaving them too wet. Take a quick look at the spin action! 




I washed my ha…

Vintage enamelware is beautiful and the perfect place to plant an herb garden.

Today our family is honoring the 60th anniversary of our parents with a few easy gift ideas.

You've heard of American flag t-shirts I'm sure...
But have you heart of a t-shirt American flag?

Well you have now and I'm gong to show you how to create this easy DIY flag project. First you begin with old t-shirts, one red and one white. I pulled mine out of the donation box in the basement... repurposing at it's finest! 
I cut off the shirts about 7" up from the hem then cut strips about 1 1/2" wide in both colors. I stretched each strip until they curled a little bit.  At the same time I was also staining and distressing an old board. I made mine rectangular, you could also make it a square. Use the scraps you may already have.


Next using a staple gun, I stapled the t-shirt strips onto the bottom of the board.  I tied knots in the bottom of the strips at varying l…

Going along on my regular day today when boom!

Are you always looking for ways to repurpose?

A rustic and distressed flag for the Fourth of July.

Another repurposed lamp project, this time with a  Mason jar twist.

A while back I updated a pair of hanging lights in my kitchen. 

Broken vintage lamp parts are as good as gold to a repurposer like me!

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Just about my favorite thing to do is to 
repurpose vintage lamp parts.