“Hey, don’t throw that away! I can use it for SOMETHING!”
Has your spouse ever uttered these words? Are YOU guilty of overusing this phrase? Don’t worry. Joan from Scavenger Chic and I are here today to help you find inspiration so you can finally spring into action!
Step one: grab that junky thing you’ve kept lying around for way too long. Step two: turn it into a lamp.
Tada! How easy was that? Pretty easy, if you know your way around a jigsaw and a nail gun and a lamp kit.
Or, here’s another approach for those of us less inclined to fiddle with electricity.
Step one: grab that junky thing you’ve kept lying around for way too long. Step two: turn it into a lantern!
This is what Joan did with the leftover parts of the shutters after she had stripped them to create her lamp. Joan is ROCKIN it! Come to my house Joan and let’s tackle my piles of junky stuff next!
See the lantern how-to on her blog Scavenger Chic.
6 Comments
Sage @ Plaster&Disaster
July 14, 2015 at 8:27 AMStory of my life… Glad I’m not alone! I think there should be a support group for our poor partners.
Dharma
July 14, 2015 at 11:57 AMHA! @ Sage….no kidding! See my latest post as to why my sitting on my husband’s chest, giggling at 8am never means what he wants it to 🙂 I am digging this lady’s vision for shutters though! Yay Joan.
LeeAnn
July 14, 2015 at 3:55 PMJoan has got some skills! I love the lamp and lantern.
Mandie
July 15, 2015 at 8:48 AMI’m completely guilty of keeping just about everything. I mean that is why I have a barn, right?
WHOA! That lantern is A-MAZ-ING! I was not expecting that. I love the lamp, but I wouldn’t have thought to make a lantern. That looks like it is from Pottery Barn. I’m love-struck over here. I’ll be keeping my eyes out for shades…
Mandie from yellowdogpinkpig.wordpress.com
Gilmer Gal
July 15, 2015 at 9:23 AMOh! the lamp with the shade. NEED! (OK, want) Thanks for this pim!
Kammy's Korner
July 24, 2015 at 6:51 AMOh I LOOOOOOOVE Scavenger Chic!!!! She’s been linking up to my Trash 2 Treasure party and I want to feature EVERYTHING SHE DOES!!!! And yes, guilty of overusing that phrase! In fact, we were at the scrap yard taking in metal and I’m pulling everything off the trailer going NO YOU’RE NOT SCRAPPING THAT!!!! I CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THAT! And he said he’d never take me to help unload again.