Upcycled Design Lab Blog

Upcycled Tin Can To Faux Ceramic Kitchen Utensil Holder

A while back, let's call it March 13th, I shaved my head for St Baldrick's to help fund children's cancer research. If you have followed this blog you are already painfully aware of some of the hand wringing that I did leading up to this decision. Well it is now June 19th and I am well into the portion of this adventure that caused the most angst. Let's call it the clown hair stage. I do say this somewhat in jest but it is, in all actuality, a fairly accurate description. It has just been the last week or so... Read more →

Simple Pedestal Paint Bucket Planters

Hello all, I do hope that you are having a lovely June where ever you are. As I have mentioned in a few previous posts we have had an unusual amount of rain this spring and summer. I guess that officially summer begins on June 21st this year but in my mind it begins on June 1st. Be that as it may, we have still had a lot of rain in May and June. If you follow this blog you may know that I had cleared a small area to plant my first vegetable garden but due to all the... Read more →

DIY Upcycled Dry Erase Board

It is a beautiful sunny morning here and I have just a few hours to get this post done before I am off to all my other daily activities. I do hope to get back on a regular schedule of posting on Fridays but the summer does seem to draw me outdoors and add several more activities to my days. So no promises but I do at least have a few more projects in the works that I am excited to share with you in the next few weeks so we will see what happens. This weeks project or projects... Read more →