West Elm Knock Off Rug

10/24/2013

Happy Knocktoberfest!!! Wait, what? You didnt know that normal peeps celebrate Oktoberfest with beer drinking and merry making, and DIYers celebrate Knocktoberfest with freaking awesome projects from brands you covet that you can replicate on the cheap?! Welcome to an

Miracle the Mighty Stool

10/23/2013

Creating a room design around thrifted and found treasures can be um… a little challenging sometimes. The reoccurring missing link in Cara’s Office makeover was the stool. For the love of everything that is holy we could not find a

Thread Wrapped Stool

10/07/2013

I LOVE WICKER! Phew, I am so glad I got that off my chest…again. A month or so ago I was so excited to find this little bentwood cane foot stool at my local thrift stool for $12.   Everything

My Best Thrifting Haul Ever. Fo’Real.

10/04/2013

You guys. I cant even. I mean. There are not words. I hit the mother load. And by mother load, I mean hands down the best thrifting haul of my ENTIRE LIFE. On Wednesday I dropped Dylan off at Preschool

Plywood Pinwheel Art

09/27/2013

If I have said it once, I’ve said it 1000 times. Art is hard. Art is either expensive, or so mainstream everyone knows that you bought it at Target. I would LOVE to learn how to paint (sigh, one day

MaskCara’s Office Source List

09/25/2013

So many treasures so little time my friends. Lets get started! Oh, but first I feel like I need a little bit of a disclaimer. One of the things that I love/hate about being such a hardcore thrifter is that

Geode String Art

09/18/2013

  So excited for today’s project! I have caught the crystal fever,  not the kind where you become so obsessed that you blow millions on them like our good friends Speidi (did you know that they are still married?!) but

Basic DIY: How To Make A Rug With A Paperclip

08/28/2013

Alternate Title:  Your new name is (insert first name until after the first syllable and then add Gyver to it.)  You are caught in the biggest design dilemma of your life. With no way out. You have to save an