AtticusFinch

Over 165 booths and 110 merchants
> This is the 14th annual NTW
> List of merchants on website www.neaththewreath.org
> Selections of merchandise include jewelry, women's clothes, home decor, kid's clothing, cookbooks, holiday decorations and more!
> Adventure Kids is on-site providing childcare - $15 for 3 hours

Oh the potential I see in this blank space. Old ceiling tin mounted on the door for detail. The brain just swims with ideas. Can't wait to see what ideas your brain comes up with.

Have fun giving it your style.
Sheri

Oh the potential I see in this blank space. Old ceiling tin mounted on the door for detail. The brain just swims with ideas. Can't wait to see what ideas your brain comes up with.

Have fun giving it your style.
Sheri

I continue to be impressed by your talent. Great job.

Love your stone fireplace. Great inspiration for my all brick fireplace.

Wow, how do you come down from a junkin' high light that?

Congrats on such a haul...

Love the flat-top hairstyle on this handsome fella.

How lucky for you! That would be my idea of a great lake side retreat.

Awesome, that is wonderful. I bet Georgia Moon will like the California one.

How fun and medevial looking...I love the belt.

Congrats on a successful turnaround.

Yes very sweet.

Thank you for all your comments and ideas. I think it will end up lighting the Thanksgiving turkey in my dining room.

Sheri

I recognize this item. It is a hair spray can cover from the 60s. My Mom had one in our bathroom when I was growing up. Her can of White Rain or Adorn was beautifully hidden underneath.

Great transformation to a delicate wind chime.
Sheri

WAHOO High 5K!
I too enjoy all the positive feedback and encouragement.

That's clever! Good job Junk Architect Jim.

Good luck to you, I hope you have a successful week.

Great piece. Use it in the kitchen to sort your spices and/or measuring cups or on the bathroom counter (if it's long like mine) to places your eyeshadows, brushes, hair baubles and all those girly things.

In the garage to organize all those different size nails and tacks.

Good luck with it.

Great idea with the Petron bottle.

Pretty, pretty...

Oh Georgia, that photograph is awesome! You should have it enlarged and printed on canvas. Or print black and white and water color the door in pink or turquoise. Or print sepia toned.

But just awesome enlarged and framed just as it is. Signed and Numbered.

Would have loved to be at the sale too.
Sheri

To avoid the slick part, turn the granite over to the non-polished side. Still lovely granite without the slippery slope.

That's what I call Texas-sized trellis. Love it.

I am jealous. I made my first attempt this weekend, making a bench from a footboard. Needless to say mine is not picture worthy. But I'm not giving up. I'm inspired.

What could be more appropriate for your kitchen. Great recycle on the drawers and the clean lines are oh so contemporary.

What a great second life. I just discovered today my old wheelbarrel has to be retired as well. It has a broken axel. Thanks for the idea Jim.

Sheri

Oh I love the bowl...I collect green bowls. Like JunkArchitect I wish I could attend, you have a nice stash. Good luck on your sale.

Congrats on your first posting. The door/table is wonderful.

AND PINK! Looks like it should be in a museum. Or the rinse bowl can be a bird bath. Have you checked the local archives to see who were the previous owners' of your home. This looks like an episode for "If Walls Could Talk".

It's that herding instinct of the border collie in him. He looks like he could be my girl Atticus' brother.

Good job Shadow!!!

Oh Kathy, I recognize the seashell angels. She was made by Margaret Furlong from Oregon. I have almost her whole collection (as she is not making them any longer). My Mom started my collection back in 1981 and I got one each year until her studio closed 2002-ish (can't remember). She made a series of tree toppers, pocket full of stars, box of shells each out of bisque porcelein. Each year the angel was holding something different. Originally there were 3" angels, then she expanded to a 2, 4 & 5" each hold a different item (dove, trumpet-1981, sun, bouquet, starfish, heart and more). If you'll notice the back of her shell dress should be stamped with the year she was made. If I remember correctly Margaret began the angels as a tribute to her daughter, who probably is now a young adult.

You have a rare find.

Great job Sue on the appearance. Just like a bunch of girls all talking at the same time. HARPO Production will be calling soon.

Oh fun, I can just see that in a little boys bathroom. Lucky you.

What a cute face, surely he didn't stay in time out too long with that cute face.

Congrats on a successful auction. Re-Pete was worth every penny. Cleo is a cutie too.

I'm on it now too: Atticusfinch3. If you pass thru Dallas, TX on the way to Round Top, stop on by.
Sheri

Good job on the slip cover. Love the 30-40's style.

It is so fun to see your name so grand. GEO is C-O-O-L!.

JunkArchitect, we have to wade thru the beanie babies here in Texas too.

What a wonderful transformation. And looks like a great place to gather with family and friends.

Love it, my brother plays the guitar...I might just have to make him one. Thanks for sharing this stummin' idea.

Artgurl, you might be able to use silver leaf to repair your mirror. Or maybe even just brush some metallic silver paint on the backside, to give the illusion of the mirror.

Good luck.

Very good. It looks like an old croquet caddie. Your imagination made something non-functional to fun-ctional.
Kudos...

I have a few of these little pieces (deer, bear & duck) in my garage. Thanks for the idea on what to do with them.

Oh this is fun...you could paint a window for every holiday. Cheshire Cat meets the Great Pumpkin.

Beautiful, I just love the pearls.

I think your local glass/mirror shop would be able to cut a piece to fit.

I love the dainty details of this table.

I think that green was the all in compassing institutional color.

I would suggest hinging them so they will stand and mounting hooks so you can hang your wares. You could maybe make a shelf along the middle section so the items on the shelf will be scene from both sides. Use some decorative wooden brackets from Lowes or Home Depot for feet (if additional stability is needed). A third panel door would make a great trio of a piece. Good luck and can't wait to see the finished product.

Sheri

"Rufus at Play" Great Job, I'd be the first to place a bid, and hopefully the last!!!!

Oh he will be irresitible at the auction. Keep us posted on your success.

Very cute, I've not heard of them as "gossip" benches. I suppose the more cushy ones are the "courting" benches.

Great job, way to make us Texans proud. You forgot your disclaimer: no animals were harmed in this project, it died of natural causes.

He has such a beautiful coat. Looks like a great pal too.

He gets my vote too! Very handsome fella.

Love this. I have a baseball/softball room. Bats works well as curtain rods too.

IP, I see an angel in that pile. Round mold for her dress, diamond mold for wings, heart for a halo. Maybe use a square mold for the base and a dow rod as the core for all those pieces. She'll be beautiful.

Am I doing something wrong? I tried to post my pic to the contest site, but it didn't ask for my particulars. It was only as if I was posting to the "member projects". Please advise. Thanks.

Wonderful idea, and it is dramatic and beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

oh your bejeweled girly tree is precious. It looks like I need to bling my tree up a little more.

Congratulations on your continued success. I can't wait to be an initial subscriber.
Sheri

Precious.

Funky curve to a traditional piece. Great job and thanks for the idea.

Funny...my Mom had that same scarf (and on date-night with Daddy, purple velvet hot pants). What a treasured find on the table.

Love the silver, white/black theme. Have fun in the city by the Bay...that is this Texas girl's favorite city.

OH...the "green-eyed monster" of envy just popped out! What a terrific freebie. I like Lanette's idea of curtain corbels.
Sheri

What a cute model.

Can I come over and play at your house! I've just recently borrowed my brothers compound saw...I don't want to give it back. My sister says he's created a monster, b/c now I have all the projects to do.

What a dramatic statement. I collect yard sticks too.

Sue, I was just in the cuties shop here in Dallas (in the Lakewood area of town) called Curiosity Shop and saw every single items on your two postings. So next time you are in our neck of the woods you will have to scope them out. I purchased some of the tin letters and a brass cow tag (when I realized what it was I giggled out loud..right there in the store).

I promise you won't be disappointed.

OMGosh...I love it! Did you do the side and edges too?

My mind just continues to be boggled at the creativity that I see on this site. Great job on making functional items artistic.

Lanette, love your ideas. I have used a picture frame around the thermostat (architectural "uglies") in the hallway at my house. Small attention to details make it our own...

As always thank you for sharing.

What a great combination. You could also add one of those new battery lited candles (not junk style, but inventive just the same).

Thanks for letting us have a peek into that marvelous brain...

Very inventive...love spoiled pet ideas.

I have a headboard I need to convert. Thanks for the ideas. I also have a "carriage house" sign over my garage, after all it does house my little silver (Jetta) carriage.

How creative. I checked out your site too, and the dog is awesome...after my own heart. Wish you were closer to Texas.

I love the race track's gray side graphic quality. What a wonderful piece of are (would fit my vaulted wall perfectly).

Beautiful. Your cut job on the tin was clean as well.

Georgia, I agree with Kathy I think the 3-legged stands are flag stands. You found some great stuff, just makes the mind reels with possibilities. My day job is getting in the way of being out having fun finding junk to recycle. Funny thing...I was in downtown McKinney, Texas (great antique/boutiques to shop) and I saw a SUV with the Texas license plate "JUNKIN". She would fit right in here if she's not already a member junker.

Kathy, icing on the cake...add a picture frame or found molding below the cashier's sign with your boutique name.

Cute cute cute

I agree with Sue on painthem them. To avoid any more deteriation so you can enjoy them for many more years...I would clean them up and paint them with Rusteoleum, it works wonders.

Those kinds of finds just make me giddy. The end result is fabulous.

Wow, I'm impressed. That is beautiful.

Amazing how you can make such huge industrial pieces fit in and add warmth to your home. I bet your castle looks fabulous.

Hmmm...that Santa looks familiar from my childhood. Can't remember if it was my Grandma or baby-sitter Granny who had one in their decor. What a great display for such memorable items.

Tracey, today I went to a building surplus and they had a couple of these fixtures. So the possibilities are endless. And I'm in Texas too. The location was Real Deal in Westminster, TX. Oh and they have spindles and post at unreasonable prices. My brain was just reeling...

Lanette, I checked out your blog and love your home. Good luck with your home tour.

KMayflowers, thanks I know exactly where you are talking about. Where is your shop? I'm not quite that ambitious. I have a good upholster I've used before I'll probably call him.

Thank you all for your help. Give me a few months and hopefully I'll have a success story to post on this one.

P.S. Chair is comfy, great little side table near by to set a cup of coffee or glass of wine.

Oh, I hope my copy is in the mail today. Can't wait.

Golly Moses...what a haul. I do like the stacking as a table base with glass on top.

Oooh Candy, I don't have your vision of headboard but sounds fabulous. Cool.

oh the possibilities...

1) blown glass ornaments (at your local hobby store) in varying sizes by strings or silver wire from each layer, all clear or colors to match your decor.

2) tie strips of tule between the layers with a few old chandalier crystals wired into the tool.

3) I do like the idea of painting white or silver as mentioned by Candy.

Can't wait to see your finished treasure.

How sweet. What won't we do for our pets. Love the scene in the back.

If you are in the Lone Star State this weekend:

Neath The Wreath
November 7-9
Friday: 9 a to 8p
Sat: 9a to 6p
Sun: 11a to 5p

Location: Plano Centre
2000 East Spring Creek Parkway (between Hwy 5 and Jupiter)
Plano, Texas

I hope you bought more than one. Those would make great gifts for Christmas. "Hark...Sing"

Georgia, I can see the brackets on the conservatory. And that beautiful round flange as the top of a great wind chime of other gathered junk (keys or forks). Can't wait to see what it all becomes.

Hey fun Rosie Moon. I have his cousins in my backyard on the fence.

Hello Georgia. AtticusFinch is my lab/border collie's name, and yes from To Kill A Mockingbird, one of my favs. Thanks to you all for the welcome, you have all made me very excited about posting my junkin' projects. Just returned from Canton, Texas today. Had a blast got some new old junk. I'll share soon.

great job and cleaver too

Beautiful!

Thanks for your comments. Yes I made it for my friend's 1-yr. old daughter. Casters have come in handy as she loves pushing it around.

Looks like the local bird restaurant.