shannoniolson Blog Posts
- Upcycled Drawers Times TwoIt all started when I picked up a couple mid century over sized drawers, my husband wondered what the heck I was going to do with them, so did I. I decided to add feet and make side tables out of them. So, I told him about the idea, and a...
- To Heaven and Back For 3 years now we have been vendors of vintage and re-purposed items, part of the reason I have been such a bad blogger lately! Sometimes a show is slow...or gets slow and vendors begin to chat with one another. We find commonalities, h...
- Flashback Guest Room Our guest room has been in constant transformation since we became empty nesters. It had been done in lovely white- but was soon taken over with wedding materials and crafts for my daughters wedding. Soon after that I began Junkflirt, my busine...
- Buffet Media StandMy daughter and I were driving when these lovely legs sticking up by the trash caught my eye. I mean these were some nice gams! I couldn't look away.We quickly pulled over and saw this beautiful buffet just laying on the ground. Now...no drawers, no...
- Ideas for Wine Racks Hometalk Inspiration BoardI love finding a new use for an old piece. My tastes go toward vintage but there are lots of great ideas for upcycling and repurposing every day items into funtastic ways to store and display wine bottlesA new board at Hometalk has been created to in...
- Vintage Radio Dry BarWe found a couple beautiful 1930's radio cabinets, in non working order and decided to give them new life as dry bars or book shelves.Even the befores were lovely, but they showed their years and needed some freshening up. After gutting and cleaning...
- Painted Furniture ProjectsThis year has been busy and I find myself spending my days in paint stained clothes, with green elbows, white fingertips and pink hair. Always unintended. I am one of those less than neat painters, to say the least. But I have managed to gather toget...
- Hometalk Countertop Idea Board
on Sep 3, 2014 in
countertops Hometalk - Noah- Creating a Creator Movie ReviewNoah- the least biblical film ever made.That is what Aronofsky himself said about his film Noah, a self proclaimed atheist who wanted to do a new take on the old story. I ask this, Why bother?If you hate God, don't believe in his word and feel the ne...
- New Painted Furniture ProjectsFinishing up some projects for our first out of town show. I love the pink and gray dresser, I just bought two new "old" dressers or I would have held on to her for sure!! Can you believe we found that large frame for free? We replaced the back board...
- Keeping Up- or notI keep saying.....I am so behind on blogging, then I look at my blog and see how very little I have posted and I am astounded at how little I have been doing, on all my blogs! Since starting Junkflirt, life has taken the busy turn, even with on...
- A Week of Curbside Makes a Happy HoarderThat time we went curb shopping.....all week long! Every year our town has clean up week. Here is a glance at this year's scores! Like that amazing Victorian attic door above, she sold right away and I may for the rest of my life pine for her.&...
- Turquoise Rocking Horse
on Apr 5, 2014 in
create Paint - Junk Style and Steampunk Jewelry
on Apr 3, 2014 in
jewelry - Saved by Paint and Graphics- A case for painting furnitureMost of us that restore furniture have faced the dilemma of painting an antique piece, even if you, yourself, have no qualms about it, you know someone somewhere is going to give you a hard time for ruining a piece.I have seen times when the naysayer...
- Painting Furniture/ Annie Sloan Paint or LatexI am sure you have all read reviews and opinions on which paint to use by now. One more isn't going to change your mind, but I might as well add mine to the pile. Last year I started painting furniture for booth sales. Mostly I use oops paint...retur...
- Deer Antler MantleIs it cool to beg for antlers? Is it cooler that a friend will give you some, along with other dead things?I wish the snow would melt and the temps would get and stay above the negative, above freezing i...
- Clock Dresser and Other 'Roadside Rescues
on Jan 7, 2014 in
Furniture Junkflirt - Unusual Photo Frames- Trowels and Scrapers
on Dec 30, 2013 in
decorate junk style - Upcycled Snowmen
on Dec 12, 2013 in
Christmas create
shannon
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2010-11-16
