hello YouTube friends and welcome to my channel if you're new here my name is
Deidre from our upcycled life and i do lots of thrifting upcycling repurposing and diy content
and today i have a really fun video full of extreme makeovers all of these are either
from the landfill or from the scrap metal bin and I've turned them into beautiful home decor
and i can't wait to share them with you so lots of work let's get started
the first project that we're going to work on is this old coffee tin that i found in the scrap
metal bin it was really dirty needed a good cleaning but once i cleaned it up i just loved
the rustic look of it i sealed it up with some engine enamel this will make it really durable
and it won't rust anymore i decided i wanted to put a little knob in the lid so i got a drill bit
and i drilled a hole through the top of the lid and i had this old knob in my stash i shortened
up the screw that goes into it and screwed it in the top of the lid so for a grubby old coffee
canister after i cleaned it up i think it's going to look beautiful in a farmhouse kitchen
next project i was so excited when i found this little door in the wood pile at the dump it's
got that amazing chippy wood already on it and that knob is fantastic it looks like at some
point somebody may have tried to refinish this and to strip the paint off of it and then just
left it i love the way that it looks just right now not going to change it i'm going to put one
of my farmhouse theme graphics on it with my mod podge reverse graphic transfer method
i think this graphic is going to complement this little door perfectly if you want to try this
technique yourself make sure to reverse the text also this graphic is available in my etsy store
if you want to try a project like this yourself i'll put a link down below in the description
for this graphic i'm gonna rub out all the bubbles and the wrinkles set it aside until
the next day we're all ready at the next day and i'm just taking a damp rag with a little
bit of water on it and just gonna rub off all that paper we're gonna be left with a
fantastic farmhouse graphic i'm going to seal it up with a water-based polyacrylic sealer make
sure you're using a water-based polyacrylic if you're using an oil base it may yellow over time
i had these fantastic hooks that i also found in the scrap metal bin can you believe somebody
getting rid of those i'm going to add them to the bottom of this little door
and i think this transformation is amazing i took that old discarded door added a graphic
and some hooks onto it and i think it is fantastic piece to put in a farmhouse kitchen
next project is this fantastic old rusty sap bucket that i found
i want to paint the rust and i don't care if it leaches through a little bit because
i like that look so i'm just painting it with some homemade chalk paint if you're painting
something that's really rusty and you don't want the rust to leach through then make sure you add a
primer first once i got it all covered i am going to make a homemade napkin this is a really great
way to add graphics to any of your diy projects if you don't want to do the reverse technique
i create my own napkins i taped on a napkin onto a piece of computer paper
and then i put it through my printer i'm going to do the water transfer method to put this graphic
on the sap bucket i've put the graphic facing down on a page protector or a plastic sleeve
and just drizzling on a little bit of water just until the napkin's completely damp and then i'm
just going to really gently get it so there's no wrinkles in it and i like to make a ragged
edge so when we put it on our project it blends in better just using the edge of my scissors
now we're ready to put it on my project i'm going to be using my mod podge mat and i'm
just going to be putting the mod podge onto that sap bucket where the graphic is going to lay you
don't need very much just a thin coat then we're going to pick up that page protector
and lay it right on our project where we want it i love this technique because if it's not
exactly where you want it you can pick it up and move it around a little bit got it right where i
want it gonna press out any bubbles and wrinkles and then you just peel away that page protector
and you have a graphic that's been decoupaged on and it doesn't get any easier than that and
if you have a little bit of problems doing the reverse technique then this is a great alternative
i've taken a rusty old sap bucket and i've turned it into a beautiful plant holder for the porch
i know you're probably asking why in the heck did you drag that home but it was just too
beautiful to leave i knew i could up cycle it it actually still works and weighs really well
but it's just really blowing out with rust so let's get to work and let's up cycle this
first thing that i'm going to do is get rid of a lot of that rust i'm just taking a 220 grit
sandpaper and anywhere where there was rust that was really high i'm just sanding it off and then
taking a scraper all along the edge this is going to be such a unique one of a kind piece i'm so
excited to display it in my home i also then took a toothbrush just to really get into those corners
and get rid of a lot of that rust and once i've got it really cleaned up i'm going to tape off
where the gauge is and then seal it up with my engine enamel and as soon as i started to spray
on that engine enamel wow it really made that rust pop and it is gorgeous i didn't want to spray the
engine enamel on this part so that's why i put the tape on it because i think it just gives it that
authentic feel still now i'm going to show you how i'm going to display it i always love going
out to my garden especially in the spring and any flowers that have dried over the winter i always
harvest them they make beautiful bouquets and to seal all those little flowers and seeds on i like
spraying them with some hairspray and then they won't drop as much and what a one-of-a-kind find
i am so excited with the way that this turned out it's perfect to gather some things together and
create a vignette and i used all of this stuff to display on top of the scale i absolutely love it
another find from the scrap metal bin this poor old little step stool or step ladder is in really
rough shape it's kind of crooked the legs have kind of been bent a little bit but i have a
fantastic idea of how to up cycle this i'm going to take everything apart and give it a really good
cleaning scrape all the loose paint off of it give it a little sanding and see if i can straighten
up the legs a little bit i'm not sure if i can but look at that beautiful red paint that's on
the bottom of this i'm going to try to recreate that red and i had this red in my cabinet and
it matched pretty good so i'm going to paint all of those wooden steps with the red paint for
the frame of the stepladder i had this turquoise blue spray paint which i absolutely love i think
it's going to look beautiful with the red so i gave everything a really good coat of the blue
everything's completely dry and we're going to put it all back together
so here's the before that dingy grubby stepladder and here's how i upcycled it a beautiful spot to
keep some of my potted plants i hope you've enjoyed today's upcycles and i'd love to know
down in the comments which one was your favorite and if you love this kind of content i'd love
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great day and if you love this video you'll probably really love these ones take care