Learn all about growing hydrangea in pots including how to plant them, what growing conditions they prefer, how to make your hydrangea changes colors and how to overwinter hydrangea in pots and urns. It's so much easier than you think! Man, do I love a good hydrangea! I have Limelight hydrangea on either side of...
Thrift Store Wooden Salad Bowl Repurpose
How to repurpose a 1960's thrift store wooden salad bowl giving it a more modern look. Wooden salad bowls are one of those odd items that were used a lot at the dinner table in the 1950's and 60's and then sort of disappeared. Your parents may have had them. Your grandparents probably had them. Your...
Outdoor Potting Bench
This is the story of my potting bench and why I'm head over heels in love with it! A potting bench is one of the most useful things to have if you like to garden. Plus it can do double duty as an outdoor serving station or bar cart. It all started last year when...
DIY Rubber Boot Planters
Learn how to make super cute garden planters out of old rubber boots. Boot planters are a great upcycled planter idea as well as a fun piece of garden art! If you plant lavender in lavender boots does that mean they are lavender lavender boots? Honestly, I had bought the most gorgeous shade of peach...
Thrifting In My Hood
If the hood means what I think it does. Otherwise I look like your Grandma who uses the word "groovy" way too much. While out thifting this week I did find some groovy . . . cool . . . rad . . . super exciting things. Like this Thermos brand Icy Hot thermos. I loved...
How To Upcycle Old Books Into Clocks (video)
Learn how to upcycle old books into clocks. This EASY DIY craft idea is a creative use for old books that keeps them out of the landfill. Reader's Digest books are basically the doormat of the literary world. Everyone's grandma bought them, no one ever read them and now they are a dime a dozen...
Old Fashioned Flowers For Your Garden
These easy to grow vintage flowers are making a comeback in popularity for the flower garden. I'll show you some of my favorite annuals, perennials and biennials for an old fashioned flower garden. My grandma died when I was about 7 (way to kick it off with a downer there, Pam), so there's not a...
Easy 5 Minute Spring Porch Pot Refresh
Quick and easy spring porch pot inspiration for transforming your tired winter pots to beautiful spring porch decor. A great front porch decorating idea on a budget! I decided to give my porch pot a little refresh for spring. Because it's the 1st day of spring and all. Yippee!!! I'm all about using what you...
How To Make Silverware Wind Chimes
How to make silverware wind chimes out of commonly found thrift store items! It's that time of the month again! Where the Thrift Store Decor Team is primping (notice the "r" in there), fluffing and repurposing our latest thrift store hauls. Because why buy new, when you can spend a buck or two at the...