Trash Pickin' Thursday!

Happy Thursday everyone!  In preparation for our 2nd ski trip in a month (this time with the little peeps) I don't have a trash pick for today.  I'm so bummed because I know there's probably some great stuff sitting out there!  *sigh*

Did you find anything in the trash this week or did you rehab something you found in the trash?  Link up!

Trash Pickin' Thursday!

 

Well, my neighborhood peeps let me down this morning.  I didn't find a darn thing in the trash!  Poo!

Anyway, wanted to show you a project I'm working on with a trashy find from a few weeks ago.  

Remember these?

 

 4ft tall MDF doors I found on the curb.  I grabbed them both!

I'm turning one into a chalkboard per everyone's suggestion!

Here's what it looks like so far...

 

I am so excited that it's finally warm enough in the afternoons to spray paint!

Okay, so I need your vote on how to finish this project:

Option #1:  Paint trim turquoise and change handle to faceted crystal

Option #2:  Paint trim chocolate and change handle to rustic finish or oil rubbed bronze

I'm torn, so let me know what you think!  I'll post the finished results next Thursday!

So, did you find any trash treasures this week OR did you decorate with something you found in the trash?  Show & Tell!

Trash Pickin' Thursday!

 

Welcome to another day of trash pickin' adventures!  If you've been following this party, you know that I've found many treasures over the last several weeks.  This morning I had a lot of stuff do around the house, like PACK!

Me & Mr. FYN are taking a kid-free vacation tomorrow to Lake Tahoe.  Here's what I'm going to look like on vacation...

Actually, it'll probably be more like this...

So, with my busy day underway, I don't have a trash pick this morning, but I DID use one of the items I found last week in a mantle re-do!

 

See the mercury glass vase on the left?  That was in the trash.....really!

I also "fluffed" up the other tablescapes in my living room.  I went crazy with SHELLS last month!  Of course, we're always "re-doing" aren't we?  I took some of the shells out and added some other textures, like wood and rattan.  

  

  

  

So, what did you find in the trash this week?  OR how did you decorate with something you found in the trash?  Link up and show me!

Trash Pickin' Thursday!

So I was on my way home this morning from my morning trash pick feeling defeated because I had found NOTHING.  Then, as I rounded the corner into my neighborhood I saw it.....the mecca of all trash piles!  

Obviously these people are moving and because we can't have garage sales in our neighborhood, they just put all their unwanted stuff on the curb.  

I hit the jackpot!  Look at the treasures I scored for FREE!

 

Beautiful lampshades.  They look to be custom! I love the striped ones.  They are really tall, fun!

Mercury glass vase!

 

Some sparkly Christmas garland

And the best find?

 

This empty frame!  It probably held a mirror that broke.  It's approx 5 ft tall x 3 ft wide and the wood is very thick.

 

I can't wait to create something with this!

So what did you find in the trash this week?  Or, what did you create with something you've found?

Link up and inspire me!

1st "Trash Pickin' Thursday"!

 

Calling all Trash Pickers....

Dumpster Divers....

Refuse Warriors....

Rubble Renegades....

Whatever you call it, you either DO IT.....or YOU DON'T.....

Trash Pickin' (my favorite term for it) is certainly not for everyone, but based on the number of responses I received when I posted about my trash pickin' treasures a couple of weeks ago I think there's a few of "us" out there!

So, of course, why not a weekly party celebrating our love affair with the Hefty can?

Each Thursday, I'll be posting all the lovelies (or potential lovelies anyway!) I find OR showing you what I did with someone's trash from a previous week.   

Join in by posting yours too!  You can show your finds in all their stinkin glory OR what they turned out to be after you worked your magic, or BOTH!  

Oh and be sure to use lots of garbage related adjectives in your post to make it extra special toxic fume fun!  Okay only kidding.  I'll give you enough "cheeziness" for all of us.  Ha!

Linky will be up around 9am each Thursday to give you time to post if today is your trash day.  

Wanna see my recent treasures?

1st up - Found last week....

This little poofy Univ of Texas (Hook 'em Horns!) stool thingy!

 

  

Will go in the 14 year old's room for sure.  He's a UT fanatic!

And here are the beauties I found this morning!

 

LONG peg rack.  Don't know what I will do with this yet. Any ideas?

 

Yeah, this may go back in the trash.  I'm going to see if it improves when it's dry (it was pouring this morning, fun!)  

And the REAL prize?

Literally one little peg had come out which I just tapped with a hammer and voila!  Good as new!  And it's FRONTGATE.  Score!!!  1st piece for the patio makeover?  CHECK!

Okay, so let's do some trash talkin'!  Link up and show me your garbage!!!!

Trash pickin'....It's a good thing!

My name is Kendall and I am a trash picker!  The first step is admitting you have a problem right?

  My neighbors (and Mr. FYN) think I'm absolutely nuts!

  I made my rounds this morning and scored some cool stuff.  Check it out...

With a little oil rubbed bronze spray paint and a snappy new fabric on the seat, I think this will be great for my master bathroom dressing area!

2 MDF doors (about 4 ft long each)

I have no clue what I will do with these, but I grabbed them anyway.

Do you have any clever ideas for them?  Lemme hear it!

I have several things in my home that are trash day finds, but some of my most recent treasures are...

The 8x10 rug in our game room!  After a heavy dousing of Febreze and a long hard vacuuming, it's as good as new.  And it was FREEEEEEE!

*Sidenote - Mr. Finesse Your Nest was SO concerned that it was flea-ridden, so he put a white piece of paper on the rug to see if fleas would jump on it.  EWWWWW!  But, no fleas, fortunately!

The entertainment unit in the game room (forgive for the mess of cords, not pretty!)  I want to get a pretty runner to go under the TV, but for now I'm using a flannel blanket to make sure the furniture doesn't get scratched up.

It was an ugly brown '70s throwback before I spray painted with Rustoleum Colonial Red and used a little dark brown stain to "age it up".

So, do you trash pick?

What are some of your best treasures?

Here are my tips for "Trash Pickin' Like a Rock Star"

1.  The trash day right after a weekend will usually yield the best finds (people clean out their junk on the weekends!)

2.  Don't worry too much about examining things at the pickin' spot.  Just throw it in your car and you can inspect it at home.  If it really should have stayed in the trash, it can always go back out with yours next trash day.

3.  Wear comfortable shoes (don't be like me who dropped the entertainment unit on my flip-flopped toe!)

4.  Think outside the box.  Can that rug with the big stain be painted?  Can you pop the broken mirror out of that frame and use the frame for a project?  Can you buy pillow slips or recover ratty throw pillows?  You get the idea.

So let me hear about your trash pickin' adventures!