Misadventures in Upcycling and Repurposing Furniture
My Misadventures in Upcycling and Repurposing
Dear Reader, Now that I have posted a few entries I feel that it is time to recap some of the more important aspects of this catharsis. First, I am an unrelenting cheapskate. Okay. That’s not entirely fair. I am peculiarly frugal. Peculiar in that I will buy things with wanton abandon, but only if … Continue reading IKEA Hyllis Shelves
Several apartments ago, we (like many modern families) outfitted the kids’ room on the cheap with some shelves from IKEA. Nothing fancy or original, we went with the ubiquitous cube shelves that you find in frugal homes around the world. Standing vertically, astride a beat-up bookshelf-turned-television-stand, these bastions of cost efficiency became home to all … Continue reading IKEA Bitrade 2×4
