Welcome to week 9 of our series, Where We Hunt. One more week to go as we reveal our secrets, tips and favorite spots to hunt for the best junk around. Join us next Friday for the last hot spot and a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! This week we explore junk yards! Sounds like an obvious spot for…
Today I am not writing about decorating or junking or painting. Today I am hoping you will humor me as I pay a small tribute to my dear friend and companion, my dog Rusty. Todd and I got Rusty for Valentine’s Day 1998, he was six weeks old. Rusty had a rough start. He was a…
Whenever I am working on a project that needs painting or has a saw involved my “workspace” is the porte-cochere between my house and our guest house. The guest house was a garage in it’s past life, before we bought our house and turned it into a retreat for company. That means we don’t have…
Ahhh…the most obvious of all hunting grounds for purveying goods. Here are a few tips that hopefully are new to you! Here are my who, what, when and where of garage sale shopping Who – What kind of shopper are you? There are many varieties in the yard sale world. If you aren’t having luck,…
British Jam Tart Recipe We really love going to the movies. Well, all of us except my husband…but that is another story. I took the kids to see Paddington a few weeks ago. It was a cute movie about the unintentionally mischievous bear of the famous children’s books. We all enjoyed it. Out of the gate the…
I’m a saver. Not necessarily in the good money kind of way. Not in the hoarder way either. I’m the kind that buys a new outfit and saves it till I have somewhere important to wear it. I save my favorite scrapbook paper and stickers till the perfect project comes along. I save scripture verses…
Welcome to week 7 of our 10 part series on where we scour for the best junk around. Check here if you missed a week and want to catch up. A Case for Books The Library might seem a bit odd as a hunting ground for junk. It pretty much has only one item to…
Easy Valentine Decor Idea Yes, it says hearts with an s. I have more than one. I have 5. Five hearts God put under my watchful eye, in my loving heart and gave me the privilege of caring for. Those hearts belong to my husband Todd, my daughter Mae, my sons Hank and Sadler and…
I frequent all the typical junk joints – flea markets, garage sales, thrift stores, etc., but curbside shopping is a personal favorite. Curbside shopping is open for business 24/7, any place, anytime for anybody. Best of all it’s FREE. You will rarely find something in someone’s bulk trash pile that doesn’t require some TLC and…
If you have followed Hunt & Host at all you have heard me profess my love of curbside shopping. I mean I REALLY love it. When I drive around it’s like following the Easter Bunny on Easter morning. I just find little treasures hidden in piles on people’s curbs. I feel the same way as…
Here are a few places I go for inspiration and to share what I am up to at Hunt and Host. I hope you’ll join the fun! My Repurposed Life
I’m not sure where this clock came from. My friend Stacie had it at her house and donated it to the office remodel we worked on this past week. I have actually seen another just like it in a thrift store since she gave it to me. It was her idea to paint it, and…
Hospitality. What does that look like to you? I think of hosting someone for dinner or giving them a place to stay when traveling. Maybe having coffee at my house. I’m stuck on a very literally picture of the word host. Christ has put me on a path to stretch the meaning and scope of this word in…
It is as much fun to hunt out new thrift stores and resale shops as it is to hunt the stores themselves. Almost every town has one or two, even itty bitty towns. They are like downsized department stores. They are not all about one thing – you have clothes, furniture, housewares, books, bedding…on and…
When I shared about junkin in Small Town USA I mentioned local hardware stores. Often the hardware store is a combo job…hardware/feedstore/auto parts, etc. Our deer lease is close to Junction, Texas which is a precious little blink of a town. They have a combo store I’m quite found of. I found this nifty little…