Not all this wood is reclaimed. When we moved house I found behind the shed some large fence posts. Fence posts have proven useful before when I’ve made tables and even a fort! I’ve always wanted a porch, and having reroofed and insulated our shed, I felt a nice addition might be a pergola toContinue reading “Reclaimed fence post pergola”
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Scaffolding board planters
Having had two garden tables and only one now required it left some scaffolding boards for screwing together by my new pergola. I plan on growing some grapes vines the wooden stakes. The great thing about up-cycling is there are no limits. I no longer needed two tables and that wood has now been usedContinue reading “Scaffolding board planters”
Bookcase hidden door
The inner kid in me has always wanted to make a hidden bookcase door. We have this weird house set up with a utility room off a small sitting room and no door. This is an extension and they left a lovely brick wall as a feature. But it never felt like a nice sittingContinue reading “Bookcase hidden door”
Fort and club house – reclaimed and up-cycled!
This was an inspired build! I’ve always wanted to make a tree house or fort. My packing crate I used for storing cushions in, a bit more up-cycling and some of the wood from a spare garden table made for a rather simple and affective fort. The sides are left over wood from my shedContinue reading “Fort and club house – reclaimed and up-cycled!”
Scaffolding plank garden table
Look familiar? Almost… when I left our last house we had two rectangular garden tables made out of scaffolding planks. The downside was the weight. I dismantled for moving and used the parts from one to make some planters and a fort and clubhouse for my children. It’s really very simple. Four scaffolding planks, IContinue reading “Scaffolding plank garden table”
Whisky barrel planters
Whisky barrels, new home, new lease of life. This time with trees, asparagus and sunflowers! A change from last house.
Tree coat rack
When we bought this house it had some of the most ugly coat racks on the backs of doors. Gradually as we’ve decorated they’ve been removed. For our bedroom door I’ve chosen to use some left over oak rods and a hardwood slat from a wood reclamation yard to make a tree shaped coat rail.Continue reading “Tree coat rack”
Reclaimed floor board shelves
Our box room is a small bedroom, office and storage. At 4m2 space is at a premium! We’ve lots of books and when we moved in there were some random floorboards in the room. The floorboards were cut to fit the corner and down gold brackets sourced. The shelves made a nice looking and practicalContinue reading “Reclaimed floor board shelves”
Garden steps
Pretty dull but practical garden steps. My toddler has to climb and while he’s pretty good, I fear disaster. Sadly these steps are doubly reclaimed. They were my garden table in our last house. Made from fence posts and scaffolding planks.
Reclaimed parquet bathroom cupboard
Our bathroom has a collection of eccentric reclaimed and drift wood furniture and mirrors. It makes it hard to find things to fit- oddly because nothing matches. You have to be careful not to go overboard. We didn’t want to change the bathroom but the vanity unity was tiny- and a bit rubbish. To counterContinue reading “Reclaimed parquet bathroom cupboard”
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