Month: September 2016

Life
Michelle Kowalski

The Westside Fleacap

So I participated in my first flea market on Saturday, The Westside Flea, and while people loved the furniture, it wasn’t very profitable.

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Life
Michelle Kowalski

My First Westside Flea Market

This weekend I’ll be selling furniture at the Westside Flea Market! This will be my first flea market and first time trying to sell my refinished furniture outside of Craigslist and garage sales. I got a little wrapped up in trying to make this site perfect for the flea market, but I ran out of time to pull all of

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Learn how to upgrade any benches with this DIY Leather Strap Bench tutorial on And Then We Tried
At Home
Michelle Kowalski

DIY Leather Strap Rolling Benches

So I loved my Craigslist Remix mockup so much that I had to have these DIY Leather Strap benches in my life. I tried to keep my version close to the Katy Skelton Safari Bench while playing up the darker shade of wood on my Craigslist find. Keep reading to see how you can make these for yourself!

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At Home
Michelle Kowalski

Sofa Table + Benches | Craigslist Remix

I’m back at it again with another Craigslist Remix. Well, this started as a remix and then I decided I HAD to have these benches in my life, so I hurried to the moving sale after work and bought the set.

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Cleveland Craigslist Finds
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Michelle Kowalski

Cleveland Craigslist Favorites: Week September 16

If you spend enough time on Craigslist you will come across some amazing posts. Some pieces are easy for me to figure out how to refinish and sell or remix and share. Some posts aren’t great for the remix, but the furniture is too good not to share! I included links to the original posts if you want to snag anything.

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Travel
Michelle Kowalski

Labor Day Weekend in New York City

I took advantage of the holiday weekend to head to New York for a few days. This was my first flight that was able to pay for using miles so I felt like a professional traveler. I’m not great at the points/miles game, so these miles were just the ones I have acquired through any United trips over the past few

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At Home
Michelle Kowalski

Rattan Back Chairs | Craigslist Remix

I spend a lot of time on Craigslist searching for great pieces of furniture to fix up. Unfortunately, I don’t always have the time or money to work on all of the great things I find. Enter, Craigslist Remix. We can all get the satisfaction of seeing a before and after (with a little Photoshop magic) even though I don’t have

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