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Whether my junk is from a garage sale, estate or farm auction, flea market or the side of the road, I love to find it, fix it, clean it, sell it or keep it. So come along the backroads of Indiana with Junk is My Life (me), let's find something vintage and do something cool with it! Formerly Junk Journal.

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Fancy Floral Chair

May 12
2 min

Fancy Floral Chair

This beautiful old chair hadn't lost all of it's luster, it just needed a little refresh.

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Smoking Stand-out

May 5
2 min

Smoking Stand-out

This drab smoking stand is a standout now! Just needed a little cleaning and sanding!

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Funky Fluted Stool

Apr 28
2 min

Funky Fluted Stool

Digging through my stash and came up with this gem! This was a quick (and fun) makeover.

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Tiny Rooster Stool

Apr 21
2 min

Tiny Rooster Stool

How cute is this footstool? Faded, but a good solid piece to makeover!

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Bee-utiful Makeover

Apr 15
3 min

Bee-utiful Makeover

This chair can be bee-utiful! It just needed a little help getting there!

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Green "Nubby" Fabric

Apr 7
3 min

Green "Nubby" Fabric

"Nubby" fabric was very popular in the 50s and 60s. Not so much anymore. This bench gets a fresh makeover!

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Spring-y Round Table

Apr 1
2 min

Spring-y Round Table

This 70s table needed an update. Now it is ready for the summer!

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Just Rite

Mar 23
2 min

Just Rite

Old crates have great graphics. They can be repurposed into fantastic wall decor

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Tale of a Three Legged Table

Mar 13
3 min

Tale of a Three Legged Table

I bought a table with a broken leg (and the leg was missing). But I think it turned out great!

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Chicken Wire Cloche

Mar 10
4 min

Chicken Wire Cloche

Create a cute cloche with some old chicken wire!

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Metal Makeover

Mar 5
2 min

Metal Makeover

A little paint and fabric gave this metal bench a fresh look!

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Blue Velvet

Feb 25
2 min

Blue Velvet

Little benches like this are perfect for the inexperienced up-cycler!

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Spoon Carved Stool

Feb 19
3 min

Spoon Carved Stool

How cute is this spoon carved footstool? The carpet is hideous, but you know I can fix that!

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Rooster Bench

Feb 12
3 min

Rooster Bench

Small pieces of furniture are easy to up-cycle—and they sell well!

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Fancy Floral Chair

Feb 7
3 min

Fancy Floral Chair

This is a classic flea market find. A really cute chair that just needed a little love.

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Curly Chairs

Feb 2
3 min

Curly Chairs

These cute chairs remind me of Cogsworth from Beauty and the Beast!

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Winter Blues

Jan 30
2 min

Winter Blues

Will a little color help bring Spring? I certainly hope so!

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Records and Recipes

Jan 8
2 min

Records and Recipes

The best thing about picking up items from an online auction is running into old friends!

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Favorite Projects—2021

Dec 31, 2021
2 min

Favorite Projects—2021

Almost as quickly as it started, 2021 is ending. Is it just me or did that go by in the blink of an eye?

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Simple Shelf Makeover

Oct 29, 2021
2 min

Simple Shelf Makeover

Not every project is complex with a lot of planning. Most of my projects are pretty easy. This particular one was really simple.

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Vintage Sledding Disc

Oct 17, 2021
2 min

Vintage Sledding Disc

Remember flying down a hill when you were a kid on one of these?

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Milk Painted Music Table

Oct 17, 2021
3 min

Milk Painted Music Table

I have been having some fun with milk paint lately. I picked up this oval music table a couple of weeks ago at an auction.

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Trunk Base Two-fer

Oct 17, 2021
3 min

Trunk Base Two-fer

I bought an old trunk that was in pieces and beyond repair so I Upcycled it into two projects!

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No Place Like Home

Oct 7, 2021
3 min

No Place Like Home

In addition to the many other activities I pursue since I retired, I run an estate sale business with a friend—R2 Estate Sales. We kind...

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Distressed Milk Paint Table

Oct 5, 2021
2 min

Distressed Milk Paint Table

I had been wanting to try something with milk paint for a while. I use a lot of the Rustoleum products so I bought a can of the Rustoleum...

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Spoon Display Transformation

Aug 30, 2021
2 min

Spoon Display Transformation

I purchased this really beautiful display piece at an estate sale this summer. It had been handmade by the owner of the estate. It was...

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127 Sale Day three—2021

Aug 8, 2021
2 min

127 Sale Day three—2021

I don't have a long post today. It's getting to the part of the trip where there isn't much room left and every purchase has to be able...

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127 Sale Day 3—2021

Aug 7, 2021
3 min

127 Sale Day 3—2021

Today we traveled from Chattanooga, TN to Crossville, TN. It's only 86 miles, but it is packed with sale after sale so getting through...

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Day one—127 Sale 2021

Aug 6, 2021
3 min

Day one—127 Sale 2021

Day one of the 127 Sale (the World's Longest Yard Sale) is complete! At least for these tired shoppers. Three more days to go, but we are...

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2021 127 Yard Sale (Pre-Sale)

Aug 5, 2021
3 min

2021 127 Yard Sale (Pre-Sale)

It's that time of year again! The annual Highway 127 sale or as some call it, the World's Longest Yard Sale. This sale occurs annually...

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Drop Leaf Table Discovered

Jun 24, 2021
2 min

Drop Leaf Table Discovered

Sometimes the best place to find furniture is in your own stash! I pick up a lot of pieces here and there and tend to stack them.

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Wicker Table Gets a New Top

Jun 22, 2021
2 min

Wicker Table Gets a New Top

This wicker on this table was beyond repair, but that doesn't mean the table was beyond use.

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Bench Mark

Jun 22, 2021
2 min

Bench Mark

Benches are an easy flip. You can find them at auctions, garage sales, and thrift stores.

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Roll-top Desk Redo

Jun 22, 2021
2 min

Roll-top Desk Redo

Painting furniture isn't a new trend. People have been painting furniture for years. Painting with awful enamel based, super thick ugly...

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Unique Face Chair

May 30, 2021
2 min

Unique Face Chair

Facebook Marketplace is a great place to pick up furniture—if you can be the first one to get dibs on the piece. More often than not, I...

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Rocking Reupholstery

May 16, 2021
3 min

Rocking Reupholstery

Let's just start with saying that I am not into floral fabric. I am typically drawn to more graphic patterns or something simple, like...

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Green Distressed Cabinet

May 1, 2021
2 min

Green Distressed Cabinet

There are some pieces that just get jostled around in my storage area. There are a variety of reasons—mainly time, but sometimes the...

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Grey Side Tables

Apr 25, 2021
3 min

Grey Side Tables

During the pandemic we have all learned to make lemonade out of the truckload of lemons that have sent our way lately. I am grateful to...

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Creating Easter Decor with Vintage Treasures

Apr 1, 2021
2 min

Creating Easter Decor with Vintage Treasures

Does everybody have a stash of vintage items? Yes? No? Just me? I didn't think so. Using your vintage items in your Easter decor is easy....

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Boxed Easter Eggs

Mar 27, 2021
1 min

Boxed Easter Eggs

As I was going through my stash to find things to decorate my booths for Easter, I came across this little box. I had picked it up at a...

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Oval Silverplate Easter Basket

Mar 15, 2021
1 min

Oval Silverplate Easter Basket

Mixing materials can create stunning results. You wouldn't automatically think burlap could mix with silver-plate, but the juxtaposition...

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Unusual Vintage Easter Decor

Mar 15, 2021
2 min

Unusual Vintage Easter Decor

There isn't much vintage Easter out there when I am on the hunt for vintage treasures. I find some every now and again, but let's be...

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Wooden Spool Carrots

Mar 13, 2021
2 min

Wooden Spool Carrots

A few years ago, I was on my annual 127 Sale jaunt. I love this trip because I often find items that are local to the area that we don't...

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Cigar Stand Makeover

Mar 13, 2021
2 min

Cigar Stand Makeover

I picked this little cigar stand up last year when everything was on lockdown last year and my local auctioneer was doing online auctions...

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Proper to Primitive Porch Table

Mar 6, 2021
2 min

Proper to Primitive Porch Table

It's almost Spring!!! It is warming up here in Indiana. We have had a few days reach the 50 degree mark and next week it is supposed to...

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Square Footstool Makeover

Feb 13, 2021
2 min

Square Footstool Makeover

Whenever I organize my storage area inevitably older projects get buried. I have had this in my stash for a while now. I actually picked...

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Pretty Piano Bench

Feb 7, 2021
2 min

Pretty Piano Bench

I am so far behind in posting projects! Mostly because we are cranking them out lately—and fortunately, they are selling pretty quickly...

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Twisted Sisters

Jan 16, 2021
2 min

Twisted Sisters

My God daughter helps me on many projects. She also goes to auctions and garage sales with me occasionally. She has a great eye and...

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Transformed Trunk Lid

Jan 11, 2021
1 min

Transformed Trunk Lid

This past Spring I bought an old humpback steamer trunk. It was in pieces—beyond being a trunk again. The lid of the trunk was still...

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Primitive Chest

Jan 10, 2021
2 min

Primitive Chest

This pandemic has changed the way we do so many things. I used to frequent auctions multiple times per week. The pandemic has forced many...

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