We lived in the country for 11 years before moving to town in March of 2007. We bought a house with plain white walls, an unfinished basement and about 10 nail holes in the entire house. I spent the first summer painting and furnishing the house. Then we finished off the basement with a family room, game room, bar, son's room and bathroom.
The first thing we found at a thrift shop was an old dresser that I repurposed into an entertainment center in the family room.
We needed more storage in the kitchen so I found another old dresser. Removing the four lower drawers and making shelves instead makes a great place for pots and pan storage. The upper two drawers were left in place to store utensils and what nots. Rollers on it are perfect to make it a portable island when needed.
My most prized possession has to be my wine cabinet made from 6 solid wood shutters. They didn't even need to be painted. I left them the way they were: wine color on the outside and black on the inside. It goes great in my Tuscan style kitchen.
I found so many things here and there and brought them home to repurpose that my garage started filling up. I worked on things during the summer and finally started a Facebook page called VT's Wood & Wire to show others what I had.
Our small town square has a Farmers' Market every Saturday morning in the summer. I decided to set up a booth there and had really good luck. I have been doing craft fairs for a couple years now. It's great to know that I saved so many things from the landfill and created beautiful pieces.
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