re-purposing

 These photos show some of our re-purposed  projects this week.

(The buffet and green desk shown in my last post sold, by the way!)

My husband picked up some free lumber and a unique work bench

from a Craig's List post.

 

I saw a kitchen island waiting to be fashioned in that work bench!

So we put it on casters, I primed it, and Gary painted it a bright blue.

 Meanwhile, I worked on the smaller table (below).

I want to stencil a bit on the front yet.

These projects bring in a little extra income in addition to the

pleasure we experience in re-purposing them...

In the food department, I altered a crockpot recipe to use some garden produce

we'd been given.  This is the way I made it:

Polish Sausage and Cabbage Soup
2 cups potatoes, cubed and peeled
4 cups cabbage, shredded it fine
1 carrot, shredded it fine
1 large onion, chopped
2 servings of turkey sausage, sliced
4 cups water with chicken bouillon cubes dissolved in it

black pepper and salt to taste
Directions:  Place potatoes, cabbage, carrot, onion, , sausage, pepper and salt in crock pot. 

Pour broth over all. Cover, cook on high for 5 - 6 hours.

A couple days later, I re-purposed the leftovers 

and added a few extra potatoes and some more turkey sausage

and we enjoyed the leftovers. 

Finally, me wearing a re-purposed dress for church this morning
standing surrounded by re-purposed treasures of various sorts.