The Turned Leg

The Turned Leg Vintage lover. Maker. I rescue old things and make them pretty again—and teach others to do the same. Junking makes me happy. Want to join?
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DIY Paint, Sweet Pickins Milk Paint & IOD Retailer • Booth Owner • Business Coach
📍 Plaza Antiques, Lincoln Park, MI
👉 shoptheturnedleg.com I believe that everyone should have the right to a beautiful home. As a former teacher and single mother with a very limited budget I had to get creative. I love to thrift and go junking and even find a curbside treasure. I get so excited to bring new life into pieces that people think are worthless. Painting and restoring helps me destress from the craziness of life. There are many people who love to save good junk like I do and I love to share what I find and what I know with them. Everyone who helps me save the treasures and make them pretty again I call my Junk Army. What a strong group of amazingly creative people. This passion has grown into a small business and allowed me to retire from teaching and do this full-time. I love to wake up each day and do what I love. I also love to get to spend extra time with my daughter. I use DIY Paint, Sweet Pickins Milk Paint, and JRV products and more to make everything pretty again. I sell all of my furniture, home decor, salvage, antiques and more in my booth at Plaza Antiques & Collectibles Mall, 2621 Dix Highway in Lincoln Park, MI. I also have an online store at shoptheturnedleg.com. I also sell items for others to finish their own projects or even start new ones. My goal is to help to teach others to see the value in "junk", join my Junk Army & get out there to salvage, repurpose & create.

Some days are just REALLY good days. ❤️Yesterday started with the IOD Holiday Encore release, and then I had the opportu...
09/11/2026

Some days are just REALLY good days. ❤️

Yesterday started with the IOD Holiday Encore release, and then I had the opportunity to pick two amazing estates.

And yes… I filled the van. 😂

You can’t really see what’s hiding back there yet, but trust me — I found some GOOD stuff.

Days like this are why I love what I do. You never know what you’re going to find, where the day will take you, or what might end up coming home in the van.

Now I have a whole lot of unloading, cleaning, pricing and figuring out what’s going to the booth first. 😂

✨ IOD WINTER ENCORE IS HERE! ✨IOD has brought back THREE of your favorite retired moulds from the past:🌿 Boughs of Holly...
09/10/2026

✨ IOD WINTER ENCORE IS HERE! ✨

IOD has brought back THREE of your favorite retired moulds from the past:

🌿 Boughs of Holly
❄️ Snowflakes
🎄 Baubles

And there’s something NEW too! IOD Ink is now available in GOLD + SILVER! ✨

The returning moulds are EXTREMELY LIMITED. Retailers were only able to get a small quantity, and once they sell out, they are gone for good!

🛒 The 3 Encore Moulds are available ONLINE ONLY at The Turned Leg.

✨ Gold + Silver Ink is available both online AND in my booth at Plaza Antiques.

If one of these retired moulds has been on your wish list, now is the time to grab it! ❤️

09/10/2026

Well THIS is fun. ✨
IOD has officially added GOLD + SILVER INK, and I am already thinking of all the things I want to stamp with these. 😂
Both colors are available in ink pads AND refill bottles, and they are absolutely beautiful—especially over dark colors.
The new inks will be available NOW online at The Turned Leg AND in my booth at Plaza Antiques in Lincoln Park, MI.
I have a feeling these are going to become a favorite. ❤️

My morning workout as a vintage booth owner. 😂💪Loaded up and ready to head to the booth…but apparently loading the van w...
09/09/2026

My morning workout as a vintage booth owner. 😂💪

Loaded up and ready to head to the booth…
but apparently loading the van was only round one.

Now I still have to unload all of this, carry it into my booth, price it AND make it all look pretty. 😂

Who needs a gym membership when you sell vintage? ❤️

09/08/2026

Not all of my finds come home looking pretty. 😂
These old wooden shutters with the moon cutouts were just too cool to pass up…even though they definitely needed some love.
A good cleaning can make such a difference. Sometimes you just have to look past the dirt and see what something could be. ❤️
And these? Definitely worth the scrubbing.

09/07/2026

This is exactly why I love painting with milk paint. ❤️
I painted this piece outside with Sweet Pickins Milk Paint in Artichoke, and I just love all that natural variation and character it created.
Chippy, layered, perfectly imperfect…just the way milk paint should be.
I finished it with Final Finish to protect it and bring all that beautiful color to life.

Are you decorating for fall, yet? These two vintage “popcorn” wall decorations just arrived in my booth at Plaza Antique...
09/06/2026

Are you decorating for fall, yet? These two vintage “popcorn” wall decorations just arrived in my booth at Plaza Antiques & Collectibles Mall . And I don’t think they will last long. Who remembers these?

Can you guess what I found today?
09/05/2026

Can you guess what I found today?

This little dresser found its forever home yesterday. ❤️I added an IOD transfer to the front, and I love how just that o...
09/05/2026

This little dresser found its forever home yesterday. ❤️
I added an IOD transfer to the front, and I love how just that one detail gave it a little something extra without covering up all that pretty wood.
Sometimes it doesn’t take a full makeover — just the right touch.
I’m going to miss this one, but I’m always happy when a piece finds the right home.

09/04/2026

Surprise Live - keep me company while I finish up some projects. I also have big news about a Labor Day sale and something special coming from IOD. 

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2621 Dix Highway, Booth #134
Lincoln Park, MI
48146

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Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
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