therustycupboard

  We live on a fixed income, so I decided this year to just use what I have.  I have collected everything for years.  Many times, I knew I could make money on it, so I just purchased it.... cleaned it up or fixed it and sold it then at a yearly yard sale.  I have been doing this since I was 21 and that has been many years ago.  Now daughter runs "RustyCupboard"....I make, suggest and help as much as I can but being that I am now 70 years old.  I don't do much. But this year in January... I decided that I need to clear out.  So, I told daughter I am going to just use items I have here in the home to make my projects and items.  The many tubber ware containers came out and I have been going through them.  It has been fun to just try to use what is here with a no spend idea, or the idea I cannot spend over $5 to finish the item.   I have yarn, material, threads, sewing supplies, painting supplies, paint, vintage items etc.  my list goes on.  We have raised 3 boys and one gir

  I know some of these pics look like I neglected them but through the winter...we did not work in the back yard much....so my wheel barrows are just in different places....I have a total of 4 vintage ones..                                                                                 one will be full of the plant "old hen and little chicks" at least that is what we have always called it....one I plan on making into a solar water fountain....have my supplies but just waiting for some nice spring days....as we woke up to snow this morning....melted pretty fast but still had some.......one hubby uses all the time..... and one will just be for display in the front yard........so finally putting all of my wheelbarrows to work..........will show pics of my wheel barrow solar water fountain as soon as its done...

  Been out working on our 67 mini Bell .... getting it ready for our first camping trip in April with our daughter and her family.  We won't be going far, but always want it as close to ready as possible so that if we have any issues, we are close to stores to get it fixed.  Every year I choose a different theme for the decor in the inside of "Maizy Belle" and this year I chose the garden theme.  I want it to be soft, cozy, peaceful and relaxing.  Most of the items I have chosen to redo her in are either ones I have had for years or purchased very cheaply.  The bedspread is from a thrift store years ago and is a white chenille.  Love it so much but on the fair side never put the tassels where they can hit you in the face at night or all night you will feel like something is crawling on you.   The curtains are from a 1960's sheet that I got in the original package a few years ago.  So I washed it up and lined it with white muslin and made my curtains.  I have had the 1

Today was sunny and bright out but a cold wind was blowing.   So I went to work on the house....stripping down wall paper that I put a few months ago and thought I would love it.  Well, I lived with it and today it all came down.  All over.....hubby came home and said "what in the world".  I told him I found a paint scrapper and it had to come down. I then went to work on our dining room table...it was oak and I painted it over 6 years ago white....been looking at it and wanting to take time to strip down the top and make it oak again....so today was the day.....sanded and sanded.... I then looked at our side table in the dining room...this is an older stand and I love all the detail...but I have so many vintage dishes and just dishes.....I went looking over the house and found an old shelf that has 5 shelves on each side....so I lugged it up the steps and heaved it onto the stand....but then I was afraid it might fall so I had to attach it to the wall.   After a co

 Found this really cool meat mallet.....pink and white swirl handled.....comes with 2 different sides... I remember going up using a meat mallet all the time....actually I don't think I have used one now in years.  This is on sell in our ETSY SHOP  I

 just got out to our camp site for the first time and setting up  this is one of our favorite campgrounds...people stopping by all the time to talk about the size and decor of our little vintage camper we slept very well the first night ...the bed is just a little smaller than a full sizeI  it had a small bathroom that we remodeled. the bathroom measures 20 inches x 35 inches....right now we have a port a potty in there on one end and storage on the other side  here is the port a potty and my storage above it...as of now I have some ivy also that drapes across the bar  the other side of the bathroom where we have storage her are our towels, dishcloths, tablecloths, and etc...I made the bag on the wall for my hair brushes, mirror and etc.  now this is the otherside of the wall where the kitchen stove which is original to 67 in great shape...we have not used it yet we are going to have the lines all checked out professionally first.  hubby made me a cutting

 My house just getting ready to load the truck.  The sale wasn't far from my house but it took me 4 truck loads to get it all over to the building.  Once I got there I realized we had an 8'x8' booth and I knew then we were in trouble.  They had the building divided up so nice.  I was one of the first to arrive and it was cool just see it waiting to be loaded up.  I started and other vendors would come by and say "no way will you get it all in there".  I packed it in the best way to go was up.  So I went up as high as the items would stay standing.  Packed until there was just a little 2 foot isle to walk inside the booth.  One person at a time.  But it wasn't long and I was having to move items to fill in blank spaces.  The top items came down and the sale was on.  We sold and sold, my husband, and two grandkids.  We all dressed with orange shirts and had a blast.  Every year I try to keep track of what was our best selling item.  This y

 I purchased this little ironing board, with it's original cover and iron from the lady who purchased it in 1960. She had it put away for her daughter who never got to use it.  So it was kinds sad for her to sell it but I just fell in love with the bright colors of it.  The legs are a little stiff to put up and down, and a little tarnish in places but just a fun little item.  This was back when little ones used to watch their momma's iron.  Not to much of that being done now-a-days, but a great item. This one is newer and I find it's just a great little one, it also comes with an extra holder for the iron.  So sweet and they both can be folded down flat. These will be on sale on a couple web sites and also if still available at the Nez Perce Fair Building on February 16, 2012 at our first vendor showing for the year....

I found this adorable child's rocking chair at a flea market.  I have had it sitting around and couldn't decide whether I wanted to sand it and re-paint it or just  leave it.  I finally decided I love the patina that is already on it.  It has the wood, some old red paint and then this teal blue paint on it.  Just adorable and looks it's age. I then decided it needed a little touch of color so I made this little cushion for it that has ties on the back to hold it in place.  This cute chair will be at the NezPerce Indoor Yard sale in February 16, 2013 and will sell for only $15.00.