Smitten with our kittens – Lake and Skye

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Lake and Skye, Funky Junk's cats

Even if you aren’t a cat lover, it would be hard not to fall for these two. So what happens when you ARE a cat lover?  You turn to mush 20,000 times a day. What are the chances of landing a brother and sister tuxedo cat duo, with the girl long haired and the boy [...]

When a teen bakes – Spaghetti Sauce Buns

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Spaghetti sauce buns - a teen favorite! via Funky Junk Interiors

son – “Do we have meat? And buns? And cheese?” me – “Yup!” son – “I have an idea…” I love it when my boy is hungry. And this was our dinner tonight. These are similar to pizza buns, but with a small tweak of ingredients. Basically put, this is what we had on hand, [...]

Party Junk 191 – decorating with tool boxes!

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  Home Decor / Gardening Crafts / Sewing / Recipes / Printables / Blog Tips *Theme of the Week Every Friday, 7pm thru Sunday, 11pm Pacific If you have trouble loading this post, please try a different browser. The cause appears to be a timing out issue, with some browsers giving up sooner than others [...]

Basic must have DIY tools and workspaces

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Some may think being a junker type that I buy very little. Supply wise, that is true! However in order to mount, tweak or build anything, tools and a work area are an absolute MUST. So what do you do if you need tools, but you don’t know what to get? And how much work [...]

When a teen bakes – Pepperoni Cheddar Wraps

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Pepperoni Cheddar Wraps

My 14 year old son doesn’t really like bringing typical lunches to school. I think the hot cafeteria is a real threat compared to home created lunches. So glad the choice is there, however some days it just makes sense to pack a lunch to save a few dollars. I’m always encouraging him to shop [...]

And all it took was a stray

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cats

I have a little story of joy for you today. I’d been getting some visits from someone’s cat lately. I knew this cat wasn’t a stray, for it was very well fed, healthy, spotlessly clean and wore a cute pink collar. She even smelled pretty. She’d come visit me on our patio while I was [...]

A yardstick pallet wood night stand

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This little pallet wood night stand transpired by accident. Sort of. The Summer Tour of Homes was FAST approaching, and you know how you have a little done in every room but no room is really complete? I challenged myself to replace a too small file cabinet with a proper night table that I actually [...]

Party Junk 190 – Summer decorating

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Home Decor / Gardening Crafts / Sewing / Recipes / Printables / Blog Tips *Theme of the Week Every Friday, 7pm thru Sunday, 11pm Pacific If you have trouble loading this post, please try a different browser. The cause appears to be a timing out issue, with some browsers giving up sooner than others on [...]

A junk filled summer home tour – Funky Junk Interiors

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Home before me… Visit The Shabby Nest A little about me! Welcome to my little junk world! I’m Donna with Funky Junk Interiors and my passion is decorating with, well… JUNK. I started collecting off the curb out of need, as I couldn’t afford to decorate my home after starting my life over again. Curbside finds [...]

Summer-izing with flowers and junk

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flowers in junk

I always claim I’m not a seasonal decorator. I just leave out what I like, then add small additions that jive with a given season. But there is one sure fire way to make your home feel like summer nearly immediately, and that’s with freshly cut backyard flowers. In many cases, running to your nearest [...]

Party Junk 189 – Unique Lighting

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old ladder and mason jar chandelier

Welcome to Funky Junk’s Party Junk, a multi themed DIY link party! Home Decor / Gardening Crafts / Sewing / Recipes / Printables / Blog Tips *Theme of the Week Every Friday, 7pm thru Sunday, 11pm Pacific If you have trouble loading this post, please try a different browser. The cause appears to be a [...]

Grandma’s big beast washing machine.. yes or no?

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My sweet Grandma lived only 10 minutes from us while growing up. I never knew my Grandpa as he passed on way too early, so it was always Grandma’s house. Grandma’s place was kinda cool. It was a really old, cute home with one of those scary basement with cement walls, spider webs and creepy, [...]

7 – The day Miss Mustard Seed was my neighbour

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Part 6 is HERE We are here! We are ready to roll! The BIG Lucketts day has finally arrived! And look who was setting up next door to the Hometalk booth… I’ve only heard about Marian / Miss Mustard Seed’s Lucketts world via her blog, so it was quite something to actually see her doing her [...]

A twiggy lampshade, and a tour

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twiggy lampshade

I think one of the nicest gifts a blogger can give themselves is to pretty up a room. I realize we do that for blog posts and such, but wouldn’t it make more sense to just do it for ourselves any ‘ol time? Confession. My house is generally in a big messy state. I’m always [...]

A quick change camera lens bed

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camera lens bed

I don’t know about you, but I’m always on the run, taking pictures. I never take the time to tote the camera bag along, or much else. It’s basically grab the camera with one lens on it, grab the other lens and off I go! The tricky part of course comes when you want to [...]