Doctor of Junk

💚 this dresser found curbside had some old termite damage but it was able to be restored with the help of some wood filler!

Now being used in an apartment for bathroom storage and saved from landfill 💪🏼

➡️ swipe to see the earlier stages of this cute old shelving unit and to see a doggo enjoying some sunshine ➡️

♻️ found this little nugget in a dumpster!

- a sponge and some stencils helped restore it to as good as new. I gave the table to a lady along with the paint and the stencil so she could recreate this pattern herself on her dresser to match it! 👏🏼

Paint 🆚 Stain

- my father-in-law found these matching tables out on the street, I tried up-cycling them differently, using paint and then experimenting with an oil stain!

- do you have a preference?

➡️ swipe for before ➡️

⚾️ this pair of chairs totally dodged the trash and made it into a LA Dodger family’s game room 👌🏼

- maybe my favourite furniture fix yet, with the help of wood filler, primer and some stencilling

🥸 another fun little fixer-upper! rehomed to a cool kid’s bedroom!

(forgot to take a before picture and I must learn from this error)

♻️ found this dresser curbside and thought it's perfectly imperfect drawers were too good to paint over. making it the easiest furniture fix ever and I bloody love it!

check out the drawer linings too... because it's whats on the inside that counts!

check out this old painter's chair which was saved from going to landfill and instead ended up going into a local school classroom 💙

we found this nightstand on the side of the road in great condition! we patched it up a little and now it's good enough for the cat! ...but he sits in anything

Here to help save certain types of trash heading to landfill. This page is to share restoring and upcycling projects from things found on the street! If anyone has any old unwanted furniture pieces, please consider donating them before throwing them out ♻️ thanks! Meg ✌️