curbie (ker’bee) n. 1. broken, discarded, or worthless things left along edge of street. 2.raw treasures found along edge of street.
My niece called to tell me about some furniture on the curb I should come take a look at right away—I have pickers…! I wasn’t interested in what she called about, but, there were two night stands in rough shape I grabbed pretty quickly. You know the french provincial bedroom furniture, so commonly found in thrift stores or repainted in vintage furniture stores? One of the night stands was that, the other was just simple and boxy. Both were missing parts, but I was only going to pilfer them further, so , no problem! Here’s the boxy one–forgot to take a picture of the french provincial style–but you know what they look like!
I was about to start taking them apart, when I got an idea.
Hmmm–instead of a screw driver and hammer, I got out the circular saw…! I cut the top portion off both (I was only interested in the bottom drawer down) and built hutch tops for both using a variety of other “reclaimed” parts!
I worked on these two cabinets simultaneously, which was kind of funny. Think boy! Think Girl! Think boy—no, your still on the girl’s cabinet. But it was fun, and I love the outcome!
Meet my little “Curbies”—-JeanAnn and Rudy!
And find them available in my Etsy shop!
Catherine
JeanAnn Rudy
24″w x 47″h x 16″d 23″w x 45″h x 16″d
$295 $295
Fantabulous!!
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Thanks, Kristy! Don’t ya just love trash days?!?
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You got featured at BETTERAFTER, nice!!!!!
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Absolutely positively FABULOUS!!! I’m just LOVING your blog, would be tickled pink to see more pics of your fabulous projects…you’re a WHIZ with that circular saw!!
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seriously, I think you’re too good to be true. These are awesome! (It’s good to have pickers lookin’ out for you, isn’t it?!) Oh, and when you comin’ to give me circular saw lessons??
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Ha! Hardly (too good to be true) ! I just have this crazy imagination that doesn’t seem to shut down. It’s a blessing–and a curse–!
Catherine
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So creative and awesome :)) Love it..I will love for you to share this awesome idea via my Pin’Inspirational Party today pls.Ty ~ http://theartsygirlconnection.blogspot.com/2011/11/pininspirational-thursdays-linky-party.html
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SOOO pretty!! Would love it if you would link this up at my turquoise lovin’ party going on right now!! http://www.sweetlittlegals.com/2011/11/turquoise-lovin-11.html
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Wow, I never would have thought to do this! They both are amazing and I love the blue stripe. Thanks for linking to the Open House Party.
xo,
Sherry
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WoW! What an inspiration you are to all of us who are just wishing we knew how to use a power tool! I am amazed at your transformations! You should submit to Roadkill Rescue if you haven’t already! This is definitely worthy of some more traffic!
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Wow Kim! Such praise–how do I say thank you properly?
I never heard of “Roadkill Rescue,” so thanks for the insight! A-n-d your really fun blog to follow!
Catherine
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Ingenious!! I would have just painted them. But you? You build up! Thanks so much for sharing at Sunday’s Best =)
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Those are just incredible! Thank you so much for sharing your talent and creativity with us at Inspiration Friday this week!
Vanessa
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Great transformation!
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I’ve heard it said that going up is always better, and you proved it. Love how you names them. Thanks so much for sharing Sunday’s Best.
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How fantastic they turned out! Thank you for joining me at Home Sweet Home!
Sherry
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Truly magnificent. Utterly inspiring!!
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