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wild and wacky custom desk / table

Detrian, member | July 27th, 200912 comments

I had three vintage farm tables, two were very old and not as visually appealing as they once had been (they passed right by shabby and went straight to homely....), but I still loved them and...

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Sentimental Junk...

Laurel Putman, contributor | July 26th, 200919 comments

I know these projects aren't "super original" but they have special meaning to me so I thought I'd share them...

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You knew it was coming...

RobJ98167, member | July 26th, 20098 comments

A License Plate Birdhouse! Was a fairly easy build,,, just three old license plates and some bending with a sheet metal bender and some rivets. I think it adds class to my landscape! Just need to add...

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Doesn't Matter if it's Black or White . . . .

Lanette Lorsung, contributor | July 23rd, 200925 comments

In an ode to Michael Jackson, I thought I'd share my favorite colors, hmmm maybe they're not colors, but I sure do like to decorate with 'em.

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Lotsa boxes...

oldnews, member | July 18th, 200912 comments

Everything in the little boxes in this old printer's storage box means something to me. May not to anyone else, but that's ok, because it's mine! The glass easily comes off and the contents can...

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Bling for Sue! A must have for her upcoming sale.

alicemom, member | July 18th, 20098 comments

When I saw Sue's Hop junk picture. I knew I wanted to make her a prize. She has inspired a nation of junkers. I thought I would say thank you Miss Sue. I know it's kind of corney but aren't we...

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Bedside Table

beachbabe39, member | July 16th, 20091 comment

The bases for this project are two plantars a friend's sister used at her wedding. They were white and not in that great of shape. I sanded, primed and used a flat chocolate brown spray paint. I then...

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Oyster Shell Fireplace

beachbabe39, member | July 16th, 20097 comments

My fireplace was very dull. The surrounding was just a black slab that the builder had used. I saw this idea in a magazine, not sure which one. After a few oyster roasts, I had saved the shells...

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Sap Buckets

beachbabe39, member | July 16th, 20094 comments

As a going away present from some friends in Vermont, I was given some original sap buckets. I drilled holes in the bottoms, dented a few spots in on the back, bottom edge so the buckets wouldnt...

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Painted window

beachbabe39, member | July 16th, 20093 comments

This old, rotted window, was salvaged from an old home we not so lovingly called the "crack shack." When we moved (after the house was fixed up), I took the window with me to remind me of where we...

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Religious Shrines

MeretriciousCreation, member | July 15th, 20092 comments

These are made from the top & bottom of a broken vintage jelwery box. The metal Virgin Mary I bought online, but the cross came from an estate sale. The arches on top were cross...

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All-Seeing

MeretriciousCreation, member | July 15th, 20096 comments

Made from: vintage old-stock ceramic doll head various jewels & broken vintage finery some wicked curved razor blades that were in the bottom of a toolbox that I bought at an estate sale a wooden...

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More License Plate planters

RobJ98167, member | July 15th, 20098 comments

I can'r stop at one- A couple of more planters made from license plates- I'm running out of plants- birdhouse next?

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What a Racket!

Jim Healy, contributor | July 15th, 200915 comments

A days worth of junk discoveries turns an old Badminton Racket into an unexpected Clock.

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Bed Spring picture / card / recipe / note / holder

bluejean, member | July 14th, 20098 comments

I have to admit I was inspired by Sue's Junk Market book to make something out of a bed spring. What I came up with was this "holder". I sodered (with a bit of trial...

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The JennyK Room @ Georgia's First Occasional Sale

Jenny Kompolt, contributor | July 14th, 200918 comments

Georgia was wonderful enough to let us use an entire room at her first Occasional Sale and we pretty much filled up every inch of it! And can I say how amazing Georgia and Melissa are?? I got sick the day before the big sale and they pulled it off like the champs they are.

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More of my free junk pile saves...

oldnews, member | July 11th, 200910 comments

Digging through this pile of stuff that was just going to go to the dump was absolute heaven! We had such a great time and came away with what we considered to be real treasures!

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Photo Clipboard

TinTinJunkFan, member | July 7th, 20095 comments

My husband was discarding a few clipboards that were too small as he uses the legal size for work--thought they might work for me....

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Once a Crate Now a Shelf

TinTinJunkFan, member | July 7th, 20096 comments

This wooden packing crate for bottles was found discarded on the streets of Tokyo when we were ex-pats living overseas in Japan. (Japan is a junkers paradise as most living quarters are...

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Licensed to plant

RobJ98167, member | July 4th, 20097 comments

I have dozens of old license plates. I love to see how others have re-used them as roofs for bird houses. I made a planter out of these two. I like the look!

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