Hope you had a fun weekend but it's time to get
down to some serious Halloween Repurposing.

Isn't this pumpkin carriage adorable?

I love the pumpkin nice.

Home Talk

Stop by your local Habitat for Humanity Restore

and pick up an inexpensive window to paint.

It's time to save those wine bottles for
candy corn-inspired decor.

Juxtapost

Brit.com
Click here for the easy step-by-step tutorial.

While you've got out the paint you might
as well decorate some jars, too:

Totally Green Crafts

Southern Living


Susan at Organized 31 shows us how to repurpose food containers:

This is a wonderful craft projects for young children.

The next time you're out yard sale-ing pick
up a few hard bound books to paint.

Denise . . . on a whim   
You'll never look at a bundt pan the same again!


A stainless steel mixing bowl was used as
the mold to make a scary serving dish:

 Brandy Fisher show us how at her website.

Fun Family Crafts
Old golf balls or ping-pong balls
make perfect googly eyes!

Yikes!  What Halloween decor is
complete without specimen jars?!


A twin bed foot board and a section of old fence
were used to create a Halloween cemetery:

My Reclaimed Home




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Visit eighteen25 to see how simple it
is to make a spooky clock. 

An old ceiling light globe and barbed wire

make the scariest of spiders: 

Etsy Source

 These Steampunk spiders will make perfect
Halloween party decorations:

 Thrift shops are teeming with inexpensive picture frames:

Dana Made It

Click here for the easy spider web frame tutorial.

A clever farmer created Despicable Me
minions out of hay rolls.  Cute!

I hope today's post will inspire you to look around your home
for items you can repurpose for Halloween.  See you tomorrow!

Oh, Friday, I could give you a big, wet kiss!
(Yewwww.)

Seriously, I am glad for Friday to get here so that I can share some

awesome Before & After projects with you.  Let's get started.

A Parisian apartment was given the makeover it deserved:

The D Pages
Whoever painted the wood and installed the turquoise
carpet in 1970 should be tracked down and prosecuted.

Sarah of 702 Park Project is chronicling her family's restoration of a faded southern beauty in North Carolina.  Check out the results of their hard work:

Before                                           After

The front view, above, is stunning, but look

at the difference in the back of the house:

Before

After:

702 Park Project

Stop by Sarah's adorable blog and read the details

of her impressive renovation adventure.

Warning:  I'm about to release some

shock and awe so prepare yourself:

 Attic space before

Attic space after

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I know!  Unbelievable.

Here we have a sweet simple desk:

. . . . that is now so sophisticated:

Hello, Lidy

Sometimes you have to take on a room re-do one

piece at a time.  Notice the desk in the center?

Love Grows Wild
Bet you notice it now!

Link to Love Grows Wild
A $5 office chair went from ordinary to extraordinary.

Christa of Stories of a House has a passion for DIY-ing and her makeovers are always amazing.  She's written a wonderful how-to book about refinishing furniture called Guide to Furniture Finishes.  Here are just a couple of examples of her successes:

Stories of a House

Beautiful and so fleaChic!

 Sad, sad, sad:

Poppytalk
Happy, happy, happy!

Christy of Confessions of a Serial DIY-er ran across an interesting unfinished project (yea, we know all about those!) and only had to pay $5 for it:

Before

After

Confessions of a Serial DIY-er

She performed her magic and now the bench is utterly delightful.

Next we have a MidCentury Modern cabinet that
was screaming for a makeover.  Boy, did it get one:

Design Sponge

Stunning.


Think this flea market find is beyond saving?

Think again:

Design Sponge
I love the fact that the wheels were left on the chair.



The photos below are a perfect example of how
painting brick can completely transform a house:

houzz

A dated split-foyer needed a contemporary update:
Before

After

Link

Hardly looks like the same house.


Very few houses have butler pantries so it's refreshing
to find one that was decorated so beautifully:
Before

After

House Beautiful



Realtors agree that the two rooms of a house that
help it sell are the kitchen and the bathroom.

DIY Showoff
Sold!


Without a doubt decks are a great addition to any
home.  Unfortunately, this one was in sorry shape:
Before

After

But not any more.

This completely blank backyard canvas . . . . .

. . . . was transformed into an entertaining oasis:

hgtv


Fast and Furious: this kitchen was given
a makeover in just ONE weekend:

Love Taza
Painted cabinets:  check
New counter top:  check
Hundreds of magnets on the dishwasher:  check


I hope you're inspired today's Before & After projects.
Have a great weekend!