old door {upcycle} how to make a wood coffee table tutorial

By Karah | August 24, 2012 - 7:08 am | before and after, canon 60D, carpentry, coffee table, couches, diy, door decor, furniture, home decor, imperfection, inexpensive alternative, intentional imperfection, living room, most popular, nearly free, old wood, repurpose, sanding wood, scrap wood, scraping wood, tutorial, Uncategorized, upcycle, wood salvage

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Happy Friday!! How was your week? I feel like I came back to the island from our trip to the US ‘swinging’, so to speak. Just ready to get things in order and become more productive and efficient in everything. And get focused on my personal priorities … which definitely includes learning the ins and outs of our new camera!! So I can take better pictures of our current favorite project, our new coffee table that I made from an old door I pulled out of a dumpster.

diy door turned coffee table

By Karah | August 13, 2012 - 7:08 am | annie sloan dark wax, before and after, carpentry, coffee table, dogs, dumpster diving, furniture, home decor, living room, nearly free, old wood, scrap wood, upcycle

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We’re blogging without borders here today. If you’ve missed my first few attempts at updating our living room you can get all caught up here, here and here. And today … she’s here … the old door I pulled out of a dumpster on the way to meet friends at the pool one day has transformed into a coffee table!! And here’s how it happened.

7 outdoor upcycling ideas

By Karah | June 5, 2012 - 7:08 am | dumpster diving, featured, free, home decor, link party, MISSION: POSSIBLE, nearly free, paint, pallet projects, scrap wood, the great outdoors, upcycle

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Good morning! This morning we are on a jet plane, heading for a little vacation and to help our friends celebrate what is sure to be a fun wedding weekend. Congrats Adam and Marisella!! Maybe, while I am not doing anything that can even be somewhat construed as productivity in any way, you will enjoy these inspiring ideas to somehow re-use, re-purpose and re-invent items in your outdoor living spaces. And you can be productive for the both of us, thanks. :)

how to make a pallet bed

By Karah | June 4, 2012 - 7:08 am | carpentry, dumpster diving, free, furniture, home decor, imperfection, it's a cinch, MISSION: POSSIBLE, most popular, our curacao space, paint, pallet projects, rooftop bedroom, rug, upcycle

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It’s that time again. The first Monday of the month where we share an easy peasy, super simple, somewhat silly to post about project. And today, my friends, we are going step-by-step into my rooftop pallet bed making process.

our l.i.f.e. in words

By Karah | May 10, 2012 - 7:08 am | bobvila, carpentry, crafty, home decor, intentional imperfection, love, nearly free, paint, scrap wood, signs, tutorial, upcycle, word art

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Here it is. My little memory board of life. You first saw this bare plywood board way back in December when I had it hung above our tv trying to find some inspiration in the piece.

old door {message center}

By Karah | April 17, 2012 - 11:31 am | carpentry, crafty, dumpster diving, free, home decor, message center, office, organization, paint, upcycle

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Well, now that I’ve actually made the door-turned-something-or-other into said something-or-other, it really doesn’t open and close. But, metaphorically speaking, I still like the title. After all of the contemplation, and many an hour at work on the probably should have stayed in the dumpster found door, I decided to make her into a message center. And, I am down right smitten with her. (Thank goodness, because she did not come easy.) I don’t know about you, but I am a lister. If I were a DJ, my name would be Sir Lists Alot. If I were on Grey’s Anatomy, my name would be Dr. McListy. If I had my own reality tv show, it would be called The Real Lister of Curacao. I know, I know … it sounds riveting. ;)

pallet wood project {kitchen crate}

By Karah | April 10, 2012 - 7:08 am | carpentry, kitchen, most popular, number art, pallet projects, stencil, storage, tutorial, upcycle

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Or, what I like to call my Free Pantry Upgrade. Bwahahaha, I can’t even say that with a straight face. See, here in blogland the ‘pantry reveal’ has been the recent IT thing. There are matching containers, fancy labels and stenciled shelving. Oh my! But, this is more of a pallet-wood-turned-box type of thing. Well, it IS a pallet wood turned box. Or, let’s say crate … that’s a much more appealing term don’t you think. So … sorry for the false advertising. I don’t have a pantry … but we all need a place for our canned goods, right?!