I bought this house for $600 dollars at a tax sale auction and set out to remodel and redo it with a very small amount of money! It has been redone with free, recycled, repurposed items with paint being the only major expense! I searched all over town and hit curb piles, had friends, neighbors and whoever I could talk into keeping a look out.. watch for discarded items. Soon, people began to bring me things they thought might look good in my house! No area was free from scrounging, including the city compost pile where people dumped amazing treasures!
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Our little saga started with a cracked tile beside the toilet in our 15 year old upstairs master bath. It wasn’t a bad bath, just a little incorrigible after so long. Imagine our surprise that one little escaped droplet of water a day for 15 years could do such major damage to the substructure under that leaky wax ring. Having to gut the bathroom on a major budjet forces one to think "outside of the Big Box Store". 4 months, and about 100 trips to our local Habitat For Humanity, and we finally have the bath we did not know we were dreaming of: Jacuzzi Tub(with motor $100.00, Americh shower stall base $200.00, low rise Kohler toilet $50.00, Shower and Tub fixtures $125.00 and $86.00, Vanity Medicine Cabinet $30.00, over sink light fixture $10.00. We were then on to Craigslist for the recycled Bidet (never used before Kohler $50.00. Neighbors remodel (freebee and inspiration for the style pedestal sink $0. Rattan Lingerie Cabinet is Goodwill $45.00. Black Chandelier, was dirty brass that I have had no place to hang (it was ugly, so I painted it black, Rustoleum spray $3.99, linen shades on clearance for 3 for $6.99. The only part reused from original bath is the round lighted makeup mirror. The real find was the floor, originally our idea was that the floor was to be new white marble tiles with a stripe of black marble (the black leftover from a downstairs landing. I will say "It pays to watch the garage sales signs". I found a tile setter moving to Arizona. He had the marble tiles at $2.00 a piece, and enough beautiful basket weave tiles to do 3/4s of the floor for $2.50 a sq.ft. (these were $12.25 each sq.ft. for the remaining area They were also the answer to the fear that the marble would be slippery. The only full price piece is the clear glass shower enclosure $800.00 installed. (after checking bids from 8 vendors. We had no plan, the design changed daily with what we found and salvaged. Our handyman (helping nights and weekends was talented and had great ideas, including the curved ceiling soffit above the toilet/bidet area to hide our heating ducts. We were lucky enough to have a 10x4 of unused closet space that we could steal for the bath, or the toilets might have ended up outside. So how do you like my “Suite Sweet” Salvaged Bath?
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I started with a cold feeling to my long kitchen. With everyone's suggestions and some good bargain finds, I made some changes and am happy with my updated (budget kitchen.
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Basically not functional with drywall hanging from the ceiling when I moved in. I used my moms dining room hutch and buffet to save an heirloom and create a functional space as well.
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Our goal: to create a contemporary/vintage kitchen in a 75 year old house using recycled materials where possible and a lot more imagination than money.
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Good Things Come in Small Packages. Small Guest House Kitchen New Construction. Limited Space & Limited Budget! Carefully planned cabinet storage make this kitchen a stylish workhorse for our daughter while she attends the local college. Then our son will be next & after that Grandparents. My neighbor calls it the Dog House: Most of the furnishings are Recycled too.
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This is the finished sink area of our make-over. We used old furniture for the vanity, that we added 3-D roses to, and painted and distressed. We splurged on the new mirrors,sinks and faucets (which we ordered online from Canada to try to match the color of the vintage light fixture, but the lighting fixture came from a flea market, and the plates are from my large collection. We hope you like it as much as we do.
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It all started over a reduced price new outdoor recycled plastic outdoor 4x6 area rug I bought from e-bay.The colors were way off ,I was looking for dark rust and received a bright red,yellow and orange one ,now I have nothing to match it so I tossed it out the front door. Well hard times has us all looking for bargains,so I got lucky and found a green wicker patio set at a yard sale for 20.00 on my way to Walmart ...it gets better ,...I found another patio set at walmart on clearance (once again terrified of the color , I could not resist the price . ~~~Well this is MY SPACE~~~298.99 total cost so far ...stone at bottom of steps free !!!
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I wanted to have a functional and funky kitchen but I also wanted to use earth friendly materials. My backsplash is made from broken plates and recycled glass. Other area are made from discarded metal just about everything is reused.
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Simple light grey and golden yellow color palette with handmade upholstered headboard and recycled wood tri picture frames flanking the either side of the bed.
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A Birds Eye view of the beginning of my Vegetable Garden. A painted fence using reclaimed above ground pool forms. I intend to also paint the interior walls a multiple of solid colors to designate my different plantings! keep in touch as I progress along!
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We found the house in which we wanted to downsize and were glad to find one that needed a new kitchen! I found it a fun challenge customizing the space to our own taste.
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