susyn

Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
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A junker for years, I have developed excellent Toolbelt Diva skills (I have more power tools than most of my male neighbors and they actually come to me to borrow tools!). I consider dumpster diving and bulk trash scavenging to be the finer forms of recycling and reuse of items intended for landfills. I am now a proud member of the local Trash2Treasure Creative Reuse Center, where I get to load up on stuff, drop off stuff, and use my moniker, the Trashy Wench, with pride.

Member Since: 05/18/2009

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Recycled Shade Arbor with Stained Glass Window

May 31, 2009
3 comments

My cottage home's backyard is tiny, and consists of a surface of wood decking, pea gravel and brick, and I have three dogs. My landlord lets me be creative, fortunately. I used rescued...

Footboard "Fretwork"

May 31, 2009
6 comments

My little cottage home has only two rooms, both of which are dual use. The living room/kitchen needed a little something to separate the living room from the kitchen without obstructing views...

Cinder Block Raised Planter Bed

May 22, 2009
6 comments

I wanted a raised planter bed in my yard along my fence (to make it a little harder for my dogs to dig in the plant bed) and to give me some more color when I looked out my patio doors. A...

Junky Door Display Unit

May 20, 2009
5 comments

I am a packrat in that I rescue things people are tossing that seem like they could be used for something else and move them around with me for years until I figure out what to do with them a...

Sink Strainer Windchimes

May 19, 2009
4 comments

I am a windchime addict, and junky windchimes are the best sounding, I truly believe. I made these windchimes using sink strainers, the metal kind that are formed by a wire screened mesh that...

Shabby Chic Windchimes

May 19, 2009
7 comments

A few years ago, I purchased a hanging lamp with an ornate cutout metal rim around it and a tacky 60ish huge glass globe which covered the bulb inside. It didn't work, and I only wanted it for the...

Trash2Treasure Reuse Center Sign

May 18, 2009
5 comments

Using a footboard that I bought for $10 from Habitat for Humanity's ReUse Store (which I purchased only for the posts at each end; I removed them, mounted them on top of each other, and turned...

Doggie "Porthole" or Living Room Window in Garden Gate

May 18, 2009
3 comments

My dogs would go crazy when other dogs were walked by us. I solved the problem by using a scrap piece of plexiglas and leftover fence pickets to cut out and fashion a "doggie porthole" or...

Re: Take another little piece of my junker's heart windchime

This is MY kind of garden windchime! I love what you put together!

posted: 11:10 am on May 31st

Re: "Soilax Bucket" Tool Box Lamp

Oh! This lamp is so Neat! And I love and appreciate the little sketch that you included; it makes it even easier to figure out the details we are seeing in the photos! Brilliant!

posted: 10:54 pm on May 20th

Re: Another JUNK wind chime...

This "junky wench" likes your junky wrench a whole lot! Now I have to find some for my own set of windchimes! Thank you for the idea!

posted: 10:46 pm on May 20th

Re: One cool ride

wowee! my little pickup truck took a beating from Hurricane Wilma, and now the abused areas are starting to look needy. I might just do the paint job it needs myself and see if I can have a Florida Funky Paint Job competition with this car you found! If people ask what color my truck is, I could say all of them! Thanks for sharing this little gem on wheels!

posted: 10:37 pm on May 20th

Re: Rusty repurpose!

Wow! Absolutely no effort involved except your creative ability to see something else when you look at that metal cylinder. The best (and easiest) kind of reuse! I love how it looks!

posted: 10:31 pm on May 20th

Re: Sink Strainer Windchimes

In response to shabbychic5's question about whether or not I sell items on eBay or a website, the answer is no, but I used to sell these sort of creations at some shops in Warm Springs, Georgia when I lived there while waiting for the insurance to pay for the hurricane damage to the one and only house I ever owned in Florida.

And thanks to everyone for their encouraging comments!

posted: 10:04 pm on May 20th

Re: Trash2Treasure Reuse Center Sign

The Trash2Treasure Reuse Center does offer clsses in working with "junque" and I am going to start volunteering to offer a few this summer. They have a pirate theme going there (Share Your Booty" and so forth), so Ihave decided to call myself a Trashy Wench!

posted: 6:37 pm on May 19th