member junk - JUNKMARKET Style

Hatchery pipe plant stand

dohlman, member | October 24th, 200910 comments

Kicking around an old DNR fish hatchery pond looking for morels, I almost stumbled over this corrugated old pipe--the first of such I had ever seen. Some of the other pipe there was actually...

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Barnyard tealight display

Grasshopper22, member | October 24th, 20098 comments

I really like the way this one turned out...the glass square holders were part of a chandalier that I got at the re-store. I found some sticky cut outs of roosters and chickens and placed on the...

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Hallway hat and coat rack

dohlman, member | October 23rd, 20099 comments

This one was total whimsey. My wife and I found this remnant of an old Rube Goldberg sort of farm drag made out of oak with drag tines made out of old railroad spikes. Dark brown Briwax...

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Primitive Brick Barn Cats

bev1955, member | October 23rd, 20099 comments

I made these old black barn cats from discarded chimney bricks. Their ears are broken pieces from a chimney liner. I love recycling!! :)

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Surveyor's tripod lamp

dohlman, member | October 23rd, 20097 comments

My son brought home a set of surveyor's "sticks" that once held a transit. The metal tripod head was missing, so I fabricated one out of wood--which made it really easy to make it into a...

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Tripod lamp (small)

dohlman, member | October 23rd, 20097 comments

This is the third lamp I've made out of old tripods. It is pretty simple: just use other lamp parts or even a wide dowell to drill a hole through for the lamp rod and wire. You will have...

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Book lamp

dohlman, member | October 23rd, 20096 comments

A new definition for "book lamp." This one is made out of books to be an occasional lamp--ideally on a bookcase. Pretty simple: get some old books by an author you like or on a topic you...

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Harness ring "valance"

dohlman, member | October 23rd, 20099 comments

You find harness rings from old single and double-trees at junk shops all over. Loving rusty old metal, my wife and I started collecting them. Many folks put them on the wall as rustic...

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Scale napkin holder

dohlman, member | October 23rd, 20096 comments

This neat old scale must have been sitting outside in the weather for years, and we got it for $4. With a bit of Briwax, I sealed in the rust and gave it a burnished look. Adding an old...

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Doctor's bag "bookcase"

dohlman, member | October 23rd, 200910 comments

My wife and I love old leather and find it hard to pass up a bargain on an old doctor's bag. But how many can you just have hanging around as simple decor. We decided to put one to use as...

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The Art of Entropy

dohlman, member | October 23rd, 200910 comments

Much of decor in our condo is junk market style. However, we like to call it the "Art of Entropy." What the process of natural decay does to many of mankind's creations is often more...

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Toilet paper storage "cabinet"

dohlman, member | October 23rd, 20097 comments

As a wood lover, I had to have the old solid oak toilet seat with heavy brass hinges I saw on the floor at an antique mall. But what to do with it. After a bit of pondering, however, the...

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Another Crazy Lamp

Jim Healy, contributor | October 23rd, 200922 comments

I believe this is a first for me. I have built something out of junk to hold more junk.

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Another great grate!

oldnews, member | October 23rd, 200910 comments

I found this grate at a wharehouse junk sale for a dollar. I had been looking for something to turn into a porch light for the front of my house. and I knew instantly that this would work.

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Hallway Entrance Chandelier

BellaB, member | October 23rd, 20095 comments

I'd always hated the ugly, generic light fixture in this hallway! Before replacing it entirely with the chandelier or vintage pendant light of my dreams, I decided to remove the existing glass...

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From Vanity to artwork station.

Madreama, member | October 22nd, 20099 comments

I took a forgotten vanity and turned it into my new work station for painting art work.

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Scarecrow Welcomes Trick or Treaters!

bev1955, member | October 22nd, 20098 comments

This is my 1st post. I placed my lighted scarecrow guy into a birdbath with grapevine wound around the base and bath itself. At the base of the birdbath sits 2 pumpkins I made these from...

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What do a rusty wheelbarrow, gas can, and hand saw have in common?

sshack, member | October 22nd, 20095 comments

Answer: Yard arrangement. Rusty and old items found curbside.

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From discarded pottery....

TinTinJunkFan, member | October 22nd, 20097 comments

A true testament to one man's junk is another's treasure....I had to pick up my daughter at a friend's house and at the doorstep was a box of pottery vases and bowls of different sizes and colors...

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Dart Board Twice Rejuvenated

TinTinJunkFan, member | October 22nd, 20094 comments

A garage sale aquisition...it was a dartboard in a previous life but had been outfitted with shelves inside...so that part was easy. The outside cabinet doors were originally black with a beer...

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"KING JAVA JAVA"

monakent, member | October 22nd, 200911 comments

Vintage Assemblage

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Industrial Fan Grate Wreath

GreenerPastures, member | October 22nd, 200911 comments

What do you do when your garage needs painting and it's just to cold? My suggestion: Distract the eye!!! Go to the salvage yard and buy an old Industrial Fan Grate and repurpose it as a Fall Wreath!

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Vintage Rotary Phone Clock

MeretriciousCreation, member | October 22nd, 200916 comments

This project just uses a run of the mill, vintage rotary phone that I got at an estate sale, a clock mechanism purchased from American Science & Surplus for $2.75 (can't beat that with a stick...

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barn dismantle

jascan, member | October 21st, 20095 comments

well the barn is down and we are starting to brainstorm about projects for the 7 truck loads of siding,beams,doors etc. furniture, mantles,artwork come to mind.

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since everyone does a bedframe bench..... here's mine!

Detrian, member | October 21st, 20097 comments

Since everyone's rite of passage is the headboard/bench project, thought I'd share mine. Found this neat old headboard/footboard/rails combo at a local thrift store. Back is the...

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Glass Flower

OldBarnRescue, member | October 21st, 200911 comments

Simple, sweet, and functional. This little "flowery" glass base and an old glass door knob are a perfect combination.

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Recycled Garden -- fence and all

CraftingWendy, member | October 21st, 20099 comments

We were trying to figure out a rustic county fence for our cabin -one that didn't look too nachine-made. We found a neighbor selling 8-foot locust wood pieces -- very rustic and very hardynbspin...

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Our Lady of Guadalupe Virgin Mary Shrine

MeretriciousCreation, member | October 21st, 20095 comments

I have a thing for Virgin Mary shrines, I'm not really sure why as I had a very non-religious upbringing. The beauty of Virgin Mary related art just touches me somehow so I have a tendency to...

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Rustic Virgin Mary Shrine

MeretriciousCreation, member | October 21st, 20094 comments

I have a thing for Virgin Mary shrines, I'm not really sure why as I had a very non-religious upbringing. The beauty of Virgin Mary related art just touches me somehow so I have a tendency to...

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Garage Sale Yard Fun

CraftingWendy, member | October 20th, 200910 comments

We created a fun yardscape ala garage sales. We found the wheelbarrow, pump and white metal chair at the World's Largest Garage Sale. The toolbox (now holding mums) and the great ceramic frog were...

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8 Pew Country Church Birdhouse "For Birds of Pray"

kurtiss, member | October 20th, 200910 comments

This is a birdhouse that was inspired by a church (Neshaminy/Warwick) down the street from me. The inside is seperated into 8 apartments. The bottom removes for access. We have a purple and black one...

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Junky Tablescape

NDJunkGirl, member | October 20th, 200915 comments

Marybeth's post reminded me of a tablescape I did this summer when some visiting friends arrived. I had just purchased some Independence Ironstone at a vintage shop, but didn't have much...

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