Ugly Duckling Refurbished

 Old, rusty, almost forgotten....

 Sanded, primed, and two coats of paint....

 Decided to use pulls we had on hand rather than purchase new pulls.

 I carefully protected the old decal surrounded by the original paint.

 The result is a beautiful "swan"!

Yet Another Transformation!

 These two unrelated pieces

 

into

 This!

 I added shelves (1/2 shelf in the sink unit)

 and secured a towel rack.

Found the faucet on a decorative wall urn some time ago

and cut a circle to fit a bowl we had on hand for the sink.

Crafted on Memorial Day

My wife calls it "Bottle Crazy"...

 I call it cleaning out the garage and shed!

We're both pleased with the results.

An old rusted candle stick, 3 white rods (maybe round curtain rods?), and another 

old & tired garden stake turned and twisted into useful decoration.

NOW...DOES ANYONE KNOW AN EASY WAY TO REMOVE LABELS???

After and Before

 After

 During (but after repairing some veneer chips)

Before

All in an Afternoon's Work

This ^

to

This

 and after scraping off old contact paper and sanding and staining...

This!

First coat of lacquer finish, semi-gloss, is now applied.

(I had this finish on hand.  It dries

quicker than polyurethane.  After a second coat,

I'll rub some wax on it and put the hardware back on.
Like this....

Finished Project

The Latest

 Newly acquired at a garage sale this morning....

 and this...

Total spent on these two?  $9.00!

Another Finished Product.

After priming the frame and seat,

I applied the final coat of paint.

(We decided to play it "safe" with white since

we already had some cushions that fit the swing nicely.)

I'm pleased with the outcome!

Maybe it will be warm enough to sit out and enjoy it tomorrow.

Rescued!

 These two pieces caught our eye as we drove down the street.

 A curbside survey told me it was repairable

so we loaded it into the car.

 At home, I fashioned two boards to replace a broken and a missing piece.

The only expense was the purchase of 2 eye hooks.

We'll decided whether to stain or paint the piece next week.

I'm leaning toward paint...

It's a very comfortable seat for two.

We like it already.