 Hello friends, welcome back to my channel. It is Drew here from Lone Fox and the first thing you might be thinking is Drew Where did this green wall come from? Well, I'm slowly working on my room makeover And yes, I installed a board and baton wall and I painted it green I am in love with my room so far You guys are going to love it the video is coming out in the future But that's besides the point because today we have such an exciting collab with my good friend McKenna over at XO McKenna So as many of you guys know I recently moved back in May and before moving McKenna and I have done a collab in the I believe it was about a year ago, but I actually moved right Literally next door to McKenna like she lives down the street from me I could see her apartment from my apartment, which is absolutely crazy We live so close to each other but because of social distancing and COVID and everything We haven't been able to hang out or even see each other's apartments since moving literally next door So we were like let's do some form of socially distanced collab and that is exactly what we have for you guys today So not only are you getting a video here on my channel There's also a video over on McKenna's channel and you guys are gonna want to check out both So definitely head over to her channel after this one But I kind of want to give you a rundown of what you're going to be watching today So what we're going to be doing is we're going to be going to a thrift store and I'm going to be picking out three items For McKenna. She's gonna be picking out three items for me and they could basically be whatever we want Like it doesn't really matter what they are. They could be DIY-able. They could be a gross pieces Like it just doesn't matter like they can really be anything and we're going to be dropping them at each other's doorsteps DIYing and upcycling the pieces and then sharing with each other via FaceTime what we ended up creating So I have no idea what I'm gonna get McKenna because of course thrift stores are very hit or miss and she has no idea What she's going to be getting me so for you guys is only gonna be about five seconds until McKenna's thrift clips are in here But for me, it's gonna be a couple of days. So here is how McKenna's thrifting went Hey Lone Fox family, it's McKenna from Exo McKenna And we are going to be on a mission and going to some of my favorite thrift stores in Los Angeles safely with a mask and a hand sanitizer to find some Pretty interesting pieces. I hope you never know when you're gonna go thrift shopping what you're gonna find to drop off to Drew to see What amazing amazing things that he can come up with. So let's head to the first stop Always need to look for a variety of things that I could flip more easily and then things that may be a little more Complicated or take a little more creativity. I want to give him a challenge They just blocks. Wow, I wish I had these and I was doing some candle holders So cool. How much are they six so a dollar a block? I don't know to probably do something really interesting with these Okay, this is cool. Could this be like a big project? It's 20 bucks So cool. You find the strangest Little things at the thrift store. This is a maternity mug Why is it actually so chic? That's so funny. This clock is kind of cool But I feel like you I mean you could make it into a better clock that likes it too random This frame is kind of cool and unique like with the side if it was like a different color and yellow is 50% off so it would only be like seven bucks. Oh my gosh, okay, we get to put all of our fun Really cool thrifting pieces on his doorstep. I got one more. Hold on. I cannot wait to see what he does with all of these cool pieces. I Just heard a knock on my door and be told me that she was going to be dropping off the package So I'm heading down now to see what she picked out for me Large items. Oh, wait, you guys can't really see it. What is this? Oh, it's just a vintage dart board Wait, how like wait, what up? When You guys I don't know what to do. I'm actually shook. I'm gonna have to figure out something for these Oh and some wood blocks this I Already know what I could potentially do with this this seems like a little bit easy and this seems very challenging So we're gonna have to see exactly what I could do with these pieces, but I'm gonna bring them upstairs Okay, guys, it is the next day now and McKenna dropped off my three thrift store finds Yesterday and I just decided that I was going to like sleep on it and come up with concepts for it and today It's going to be the day to create the projects But I kind of wanted to share them with you because I was looking back on the footage and realized not everything showed Really greatly and I kind of start from easy to hard because she said there was like an easy a medium and a hard project So the easy is these wood blocks that she got me which I have used these before actually I believe these are directly from Joanne's fabrics and I have a concept for this in mind Which is kind of a very daring concepts. Then she got me this which this is super unique and fun This is a vintage like dartboard. Actually, I don't even know if it's vintage, but it's like a dartboard cabinet situation However, I have no Need for a dartboard that makes sense. Like I just don't know what I'm gonna do with this I do love the shape of the cabinet. I'm not a fan of this wood color though. It's like a cherry tone It comes off a little more brown on camera. It's very very red Like, I don't know if you can see that it's like just that red cherry wood Which is just not my favorite as I talk about it when my bed's like right here looking the same on camera The last thing that she got me was this very large kind of lattice picture frame I don't know if you can see that This is actually the one that I'm kind of struggling on the most because I don't know what to do to transform This into something completely different I might just keep it like the same because the picture frame is actually unique Like I think this is kind of fun So those are the three thrifted items that might kind of got me and I'm gonna go ahead and start working on these projects So let's get started Alrighty guys, let's jump right into project number one I'm gonna be using three of the wooden blocks and the first thing I'm gonna do is find the center point on one of the blocks This is going to be the top portion So we want to find the exact center as you can see I draw two lines And where they intersected was the center point and I'm gonna be using this one and a half inch drill bit Which I'm not gonna lie to you guys this was a little challenging You kind of had to take it slow, but once you got the hang of it It was okay I would probably suggest wearing like some form of glove or something to protect your hand because The drill bit takes up a large section However, I just made sure I was really safe and got it basically drilled through on one side here As you could see it did break a little bit, but that is no worries. It's going to be glued together So what I'm gonna do is I want to drill two holes directly across from each other on two of the blocks And then on the third block I'm actually just going to drill a hole on top and then one on one of the sides And this is going to be where the cord comes out This will all make more sense when I get to the actual like stringing through the cord So I'm going to sand some of those holes. Here is a little light socket. This is from Ikea It's one of the hanging pendants I'm adding a bit of hot glue to the top and I'm going to feed it through our broken section Which just happens to be on one of them and then push it through and have the top where the light would kind of Screw in come out the top of one of our blocks I'm then going to feed it through our second block, which has two holes directly across from each other Push it all the way up to the top there add a little bit of hot glue This is going to secure them together And this is where I was saying the broken section doesn't matter because it's going to be glued And sandwiched in between another block so you're not even going to see it And now we're going to connect the third block So I'm stringing that through on our cord and as you could see here It's going to connect perfectly to the middle block and then the cord is going to come out the backside Which is great. So it'll kind of sit level on top of a table So here is the base of our lamp And I wanted to go ahead and tape off any sections that I didn't want to get paint on As I am going to be painting this piece And I decided to use the Portola Lime Wash paint Which is the same exact paint I used for Marie's entire room makeover But it does give you a very concrete look So I figured it would kind of look cool on this geometric Industrial style lamp to have a concrete vibe But also you can consider just painting it with acrylic paint Or even wrapping it with some form of marble contact paper To give it like a more luxury feel So I went in and did the primer coat first Let that dry and then did one coat with a nice coarse brush To kind of add some texture because once it dries down You get some good texture So here I'm going to let it dry for about an hour And I'm applying a second coat And I'm just going to roughly apply the second coat And then let the second coat dry Remove the tape and that really finishes off this first project This picture frame really really stumped me I wanted to turn it into something other than a picture frame However, I just could not come up with an idea So I decided I was going to turn it into A half picture frame half mood board situation So what I did was I popped out the back cardboard piece And then also pulled out the artwork on the inside Which was honestly really cute It's like a 70s inspired floral piece Which I'm definitely going to reuse in the future And pulled out the glass piece as well Brought it outside and I gave it two full coats Of the matte farmhouse black spray paint And I just love the way the spray paint looks It has such a pretty finish It's almost like a satin mat And it's also super dark So in the end, this frame just looked 87 times better You guys, like I was really obsessed with it I gave it two full coats of the spray paint And then I went back inside And I cut apart this cardboard box Because I wanted an additional piece of cardboard To put in the backing Since we're not going to have the glass And I want to turn this into like a pinnable mood board I decided to just use cardboard for that So the backing was initially cardboard So I cut out another piece of cardboard So it was double the thickness I actually ended up cutting out three pieces But I only ended up using two of them So as you can see here, I have all three of my pieces here And then came time to covering with fabric I actually had this linen curtain Which was for my old apartment and I saved it But it was just a little too stark I felt like the black needed a kind of more of a creamy yellow tone So I ended up going for this canvas here Which is just like a normal heavyweight canvas I got this at Joanne's Fabric And what you're going to do is You're going to wrap it around one piece of cardboard And I just suggest snipping the corners as I showed And then just hot gluing it And making sure that every time you hot glue it You pull it really taut That way the front side of it is nice and clean And wrinkle free and just looks like it fits the frame in the end So I'm just going ahead and wrapping this all the way around Just cut all of your corners And when you're finished, it should look something like this After my frame was all dry it looked like this Which I thought it looked stunning I loved the black It just really transformed the whole piece And I popped in firstly my canvas wrapped cardboard And then my second piece of cardboard And then all I had to do was just pry back down Those little bar sections And that finishes off our pinnable mood board And I'm sure you all know by now I had to save my favorite project for last I started off by removing all of the hardware So I was able to remove the doors I set them aside as you could see here And then on the inside I removed the bottom wood section That was on the bottom of each of the doors by unscrewing it And then I ripped out the little chalkboard section And used a hammer to basically remove And press down any staples that were on the inside of the door I really want a clean finish on this door However, I do want to utilize the top wood piece So I also filled the holes with some stainable wood filler Just so they were fully filled As I will be painting this in just a little bit I left this dry I'm also going to be removing the magnetic pieces That were in the main box section And giving it a nice cleaning to make sure that it is prepped And ready to be primed I knew I wanted to add an interesting detail To the front of this piece So I went to the local cane and basket supply store Which McKenna and I frequent quite often I actually saw her there So I know that for her project She's using something cane related But I went ahead and while this was still dark wood I used a pencil to trace out underneath the cane So I could see exactly what I wanted to cut out And I created essentially like a little template For the front of this piece And then I also cut it down at the center That way once I had both these pieces done They were ready to glue on later So I opted to use the Benjamin Moore Fresh Start Multi-Purpose Latex Primer And the reason I'm doing this Is because I'm actually going to be following The same exact painting technique That I used to paint Marie's vanity And her bathroom makeover And that's because the wood of her vanity Was very, very, very similar to this wood And that paint job that I did on there has not chipped It has not scuffed It looks literally perfect So I went ahead and I gave the entire box A priming using this priming paint And then as you could see I also removed a little hanger at the top And the paint color here Is the same paint color I used on Marie's vanity as well It's a really pretty kind of pinky toned cream And the color is October Sky by Benjamin Moore It's really incredible And I'll make sure to put a link to the exact paint I used below Because it's a specific one by Benjamin Moore That is primarily used for cabinetry To make sure you have a nice clean, chipless finish And I also ended up using a wooden dowel That I cut down to three inch sections Because I wanted to kind of add a ring section Inside of this vanity area So I cut down three of these little dowels And then I hot glued them Into the middle bottom of our cabinet Because this is great to just kind of stack Some rings on and store them in there I also had a large 14 inch mirror In my stash of craft supplies And I was like it fits perfectly in here And why not have a mirror In your makeshift little jewelry vanity section So I glued that on the inside as well And then it came time to adhering the retin To the front of the door Now this is super simple As many of you guys know I use the Gorilla hot glue sticks Which are super, super strong bond I will link them below for you guys So I just run a bead all the way around the edge And then I kind of just tap my retin Down to make sure that it's nice and stuck down And I do this all the way around the entire door Around every single edge And then I'm using what's called Reed Spline And I'm going to be bending it To kind of clean up the edge This is the same exact material I used On my Rattan bookshelf Ikea hack transformation I did a while back So I just kind of bent this into shape And I cut it as needed And I just glue it right on top of the raw edge That we cut I always really love the way that the Reed Spline It finishes off any project I feel like it gives it a nice clean finish Without having to do traditional Rattan techniques Of like hammering it And wetting it And drying it So I went ahead and I cut additional pieces To go all the way around All of the edges of the door Now that the exterior of the door looks amazing We're going to be working on the inside So I used a pen to mark five different holes On the underside of this wood piece And then I used a small drill bit To drill five of the holes out Because we're going to be using These little golden screw hooks Which are going to act perfectly for necklace holders Or bracelet holders So I'm going to twist them in And a little tip is if you guys have a trouble Ever like kind of screwing these in Because I know I do all the time Use a screwdriver and stick it in there And you can actually just twist it Like I'm showing here So I went ahead and I screwed all five in On both of the doors And all you have to do is just reassemble it By putting the hinges on The magnetic clasps And that finishes off the project Love that you're literally like Five houses down for me But we're just face having each other from our rooms We can probably yell And still feel better It'll be totally fine I'm so excited to share with you my projects That I created from the items that you found me I was literally so scared when you brought them over I was like what am I going to do with that dart board Like I was staring at it for so long But I figured the wood blocks was like an easy one You said it was like easy, medium, hard So do you think I should share with you My easy one first And then go to medium and hard? Honestly I think you're going to be pretty impressed With my easy project Yeah, are you ready to see? Okay okay Wait look It's just a little wooden block And then I painted it with like some cement paint Like it's the same paint I used in Marie's bedroom And then I almost broke my fingers off By drilling humongous holes through all the blocks Because I already knew that these blocks were hollow Because I've had these in the past So I drilled a hole and then basically fed it Yeah super light and I fed it all the way through And turned it into this like little situation here Alrighty so that was my wood block project And now do you want to see the picture frame? I can't with the picture frame I'll show you what I did I created this bulletin board The black transformed it Like I used that mat or the farmhouse block Like there was sodium one And then I just did layers of cardboard in here And then put like a canvas over it So you can like pin things into it Isn't it cute? And you can like hang it horizontal or vertical So I did not know I was trying to turn it into like something like a tray Or something like completely different from a frame But okay so then there was the dartboard Which that was the most challenging one for sure And it took it was the most time consuming for me Like I worked on this all day yesterday And like all this morning as well But do you remember what it looked like? Yeah Are you ready to see what I did? Okay here it is Like look I created it into a little jewelry vanity station So I took out the bottom piece that held like the little darts And then I kept the top And then I added jewelry hangers here And then look I literally did like little ring hangers in the middle And then like these can hold your other little smaller items And then there's a mirror right there to see yourself And then but it's gonna the thing is Is I forgot to get little mounters for the back So I need to put like some mounting pieces on the back Because I didn't like that wire that was at the top of it So I want it to be wall mounted though Because that will just look so cute if it's like on the wall It's so cute It's so stylish A little piece could be something amazing Like darts I don't play darts I don't even know how to play that game So that was my little Axel McKenna Thrift Flip Upcycle Challenge complete Alrighty guys this was my video of our two-part collaboration So if you're not already head over check out McKenna's video And also make sure to subscribe to McKenna because her content is so good We both do very similar stuff So if you like watching my content you're definitely gonna like McKenna's as well Check out her video where you can see what I actually picked up for her at the thrift store And if you are not already make sure to subscribe to my channel I post brand new videos on home decor and DIY every single week And you can also follow me on Instagram at Lone Fox Home And I guess that's about all McKenna and I will see you quite soon on our own channels And probably again on our collab in the future If we should do this again you guys let us know in the comment section below Because we definitely will So see you next time Bye guys