#furniture upcycles

[littlebirdscissors]

Process documentation for one of my latest projects- upcycling an old dresser! Found free on the curb in my neighborhood, carved with a Dremel tool, and finished with tung oil (a fabulous idea stolen from @sleepnoises's furniture refurbishing adventures). She now safeguards most of my art supplies :)

[shiftythrifting]

Giant Lego Man cabinet, Boise ID Facebook marketplace.

It’s local to Admin BT and she both wants him and wants to make one of him. She has the skills, but not the space for a giant LEGO man cabinet army.

[ahedderick]

Retirement

My husband worked as a forester for 30 years, and retired this month. He worked as a cabinet-maker before college, and wants to spend at least part of his retirement getting back to his 'woodworking roots.'

Years ago he made a butcher-block style countertop when we updated our kitchen (from the 1950s to the 2010s) He very carefully cut out the part where the double sink would go and tucked that rectangular piece away for 'someday'. Someday came last weekend, when he took the metal base from an old Singer sewing machine, cleaned up the edges of the section of butcher-block, and put it all together.

Since there are ALL KINDS of unique bits and pieces of wood and other materials at Home Farm, he will be able to make quite a few one-of-a-kind pieces with almost no cost for materials. He just needs to figure out how to price them and sell them.

[ninelro]

How to weave rag rug cushion for your cat

[beausbugbiome]

This side table used to be boring-white. (No offense to those who prefer white— just not my cup of tea.) So happy with how it turned out! 🖤🌲🌸🐝🐞

[o-rchidae]

Spent this Sunday painting furniture and I really love how the grey and white cabinet is turning out.

Turning this cottage into a fairytale cottage.

[urban-homesteading]

Anyone else remember these huge pieces of entertainment furniture that everyone seemed to have? Turns out they can find some new life.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This is so cute- take a thrift shop chair and make it into a Dr. Seuss chair.

[sentientglue]

been collecting vintage tiles for the surface of the studio work bench I’m building. a bunch of these were sourced from demolition sites in the path of Sydney’s WestConnex motorway, scraps of vintage fireplaces rescued from the rubble by another local artist.

aiming to use recycled/second hand materials where possible…sourcing recycled timber next week <3

[tilbageidanmark]

[melivora]

Finally finishing some pieces

(befores at the end)

[birdy-the-artist]

Before and after! These chairs were 10 bucks each from Savers and I've been meaning to do something with them for almost 2 years now

[ahedderick]

Saddle

I don't want the prior post to get obnoxiously long, so I'll start a new one. I began with this:

Managed to remove the girth and girth strap, also one stirrup

However, that knife is deadly! And I will need a little piece of wood to put behind the other pieces that I'm cutting off, to keep the knife from cutting the layer below. I wiped off a lot of dust and crud, then started with linseed oil.

I'm undecided about the metal ornamentation (conchos). They're too tarnished to ever look good again, but if I remove them completely the spot where they attached will look . . odd? Hmm. Buying new ones is not an option.

I always found that seat very comfortable, though; I'm looking forward to having that in front of my easel and seeing if it isn't a little friendlier for my back when I paint.

[our-lady-of--singularities]

People who ""up cycle""/""refresh"" vintage and antique furniture to sell it should be flogged and forced to strip the chalk paint off the piece. If you wish to commit terrible crimes against beautiful furniture you intend to keep, that's your business, but stop mucking up shit to hawk it on Facebook like the dude selling stolen watches from his trench coat.

[plantsrooms]

[o-rchidae]

The pair of bedside tables have been painted. I still need to wax the second one but I'm really happy with them.