Junk Gardening

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8" Victorian Gazebo Birdfeeder

This birdfeeder started with a stained glass lampshade, a bronze platter, a threaded rod, a couple of large washers, nuts, connectors, an eye bolt and a purchased dollar store 6-sided wooden...

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upcycled box and drawer knobs..CADDY

repurposed discarded boxes

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The PAINTED chair and JD Cabinet ala GypsyBarn style!

I dont know how to make this short .... but here's what I posted on our Facebook page about this project - PAINTED CHAIR and JD Liqour Cabinet - DO NOT ATTEMPT without reading this! First off - I...

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Little Solar Lighthouse

This project started with a liquid hand soap dispenser. I simply removed the hand pump (will use on another project) and replaced it with the smallest solar path light I could find ($1 at the dollar...

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Rockin Record Flowers

Easy Peasy! Melted Record Flowers! My gardens are rockin now!!!  Supplies Needed: Old rake handleRecordsShort ScrewsSpray PaintWARNING: Melting Vinyl will create a horribly toxic gas. Please do...

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Stately Garden Stake

These garden or pot stakes are fun to make and add so much to potted plants and to garden beds! This one was made with a 1" square wooden stake screwed to the inside of a white, hollow, vinyl...

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Botanicals in my home .....

You can never have too much greenery in your home .... atleast that is my take on things!

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I call them flower box benches ...

We make these out of found discarded fence wood.  When we don't put the legs on them and turn them upside down they make great boxes for flowers on your table.

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Shabby Deck Canopy

This 10X10 deck was useless after noon.  Too hot.  Too bright.  Umbrella was cumbersome, sooooo, with sheets and a few trips to the thrisft store, and much straight stitching, we are...

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Baking Pan Pedestal Tower

A bundt pan, a cheese cake pan, a light finial, and a metal decorative bowl put together to form a pedestal tower for plants, appetizers, cupcakes, or craft supplies.

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What to do with plant cuttings and a dented coffee pot? Introduce them and watch what happens!

Miss Creeping Jenny marries Mr. Pot and my how things have grown!!!

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Junk on my porch

I just went around my place and found some rusty things and put them on my wall.

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Repurposed Glass Insulator Candlelabra

A friend gave me this old light fixture recently that was originally a "spatterware" finish with a blue base and white splatter.

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Ice Tongs and Paper Towels

I'm sure people have done this - but in case anyone hasn't had the thought, here it is ..... use the smaller sizes to hold toilet paper .... quite the conversation pieces! Love it!

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Toboggan Wall Piece

Here's the before and after of the toboggan wall piece we just made! We have a few of these in different sizes. The idea came when we sold the piece that we had made to hold our keys and things at...

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Before and After Vanity

Garage sale find for $15.00. I painted with an antique white and cocoa colored paint, lightly distressed and waxed. I then added the original hardware.

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Before and After sideboard

I was lucky to find 3 sideboards for a total of $75.00. This is one of them. It was in rough shape to say the least. After much gluing and stabilizing, I then stripped the paint from the top. Sanded...

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Cupboard door chalkboard

Kitchen cupboard door purchased at a restore, I painted the outside in a coral color and distressed. The inside of the frame was painted with chalkboard paint.

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Serving Tray

Purchased this frame, which looked to be the top to a table at one time, for $1 at an estate sale. I painted and distressed the frame, added some vintage fabric, placed the glass back on, put the...

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Serving Tray

Was given a piece of wood, what looked to be the top to a small table, I painted it, added a bird with a stencil, distressed, added some hardware for the handles and its now a tray.

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Potting Bench

I started with a table that was on it's way out... I added shelves, supports and a fence for the top. For hooks I used old tools and rusty things for interest. On the sides I added a window and some...

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Cubbie Table

Using several pieces of discarded furniture, legs and wooden boxes I melded them into a cubbie table that can be used for yarn, wine bottles or garden tools. Makes a great end table on the deck too!

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Texas Planters

I found these old cowboy boots just discarded So of course y'all know how my mind works... what to do with them. My first thought was make my dog Romeo dog size cowboy boy boots out of them but since...

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outdoor swing rescue

I found this chair at an abandoned house on my family's property. It didnt have too much rust so I decided to fix it up for my own house! It had no cover, but the mounts were still there so we are...

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Shabby Little Door Table

I had this old door sitting in my garage for a while just waiting for a project like this.  I decided to bust out my new circular saw & try it out.  The door was 72" x 24", so it was a...

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New Hope for Re-Purposed Vintage Cabinet Door & Light Fixture

I Found this old cabinet door on the side of the road, later I came across this old light fixture and decided to remove the wiring and of course with spring in the air and the need to plant, I...

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Driftwood

I am lucky to live on the western coast of Australia and visit the nearby Abrolhos Islands frequently. Lately I have been using driftwood to create assemblages. They have that weathered beachy look...

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Simple Spindle Dragonflys

Very easy! Spindles from an old chair, and the screen we ripped out of the storm windows for our potting table project. ( see other projects to see the windows).

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Just a few of my projects

Here are just a few of my projects that I have put together.

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Wall unit

Was going to send this to the goodwil but decided to sand and paint it a new color and add some fence wire and add the ladybug.

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Ultimate Salvage Potting Table

Where do we start? Old door, old storm windows, screens removed and used in our other projects ...... (look for the Spindle dragonflys in our collection) old knobs to hang tools, old table legs, old...

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