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RC Cola Cooler Turns Over a New Leaf

Georgia Terrell, contributor | October 7th, 200917 comments

When I bought this old rusty RC Cola cooler I thought I might use it as a drink cooler at a party or BBQ, but soon realized it had a better future, becoming a potting station. With old hooks...

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Artful Rust

RustyDiva, member | October 5th, 200914 comments

I was doing some training in another town when I passed an automotive shop that had this piece out front leaning against a fence. After a quick U-turn, I pulled in and ask if it were for...

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My first antique mall booth!

fionaandtwig, member | October 4th, 200914 comments

Look, y'all! IT'S MY BOOTH!!! I'm so excited! The big day arrived with a minimum of drama and angst....My booth opened today at the Antique Mall! It was less than 2 months ago that I began blogging...

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Birdbath Rescue

Junkpony, member | October 2nd, 20095 comments

While visiting my parents, I noticed they had a new birdbath and this one was sitting by the driveway. It was destined for the trash the next day - my own parents were going to throw this...

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"While visions of giraffes and zebras danced in her head"

lakelover69, member | October 1st, 20097 comments

Another brass chandelier brought back to life. This animal print "candolier" will hang over a master bathtub in a zebra and giraffe inspired master bedroom suite. Hope she likes it!

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Happy Fall to All...

PaintingIsMyPassion, member | September 19th, 20096 comments

This is a huge foam pumpkin. Found it at a thrift store because it had a large damanaged area. Even though it's not the carvable kind, I carved a large enough 'M'...(my last name initial) to cover...

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Sunny Table transformation

TroyRash, member | September 17th, 200910 comments

found this little side table that felt like it wanted to be yellow - i painted a base of white, then the sunny yellow - then distressed it - i think it turned out pretty cute..

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Oh Junk Angel of Wind Chimes

byabpryor, member | September 16th, 20097 comments

BLAH! I am so corny.... My jeweler gave me a challenge.. if passed he'd give me some of the the silver plated items that crosses his precious metal desk that isn't so precious..... I rejoiced...

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Rock on Monday!

RustyDiva, member | September 15th, 200911 comments

Yesterday was my birthday and as I was sitting around ~playing hookie from work~ I wondered what wonderful Simply Monday project Sue had created. Since my goal for my B-day was to not strain...

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Garden Cloche

milkmaid1979, member | September 14th, 200920 comments

A junky old chandelier, remade as a vintage Victorian Edwardian Case style cloche. A $5 thrift shop find.

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Garden Fairy

zazzyzee, member | September 12th, 200912 comments

I found this rusted fairy and fell immediately in love. I placed a golden glass ball in her hands (seemed appropriate) and mounted her to the top of an iron gate which I attactched to (with a hubbys...

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Head on Over

RustyDiva, member | September 9th, 200910 comments

Can you tell I had a little time off over Labor Day? I live in the country and addresses are sometimes hard to see or not in sequential order so I wanted something that would be noticednbsp...

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Wish I Had a Penny....

RustyDiva, member | September 9th, 20099 comments

I love my wishing well! Mostly because I built it myself ~ except for the box on the bottom. My dad and I drug this off a trash heap at a gear plant and the minute I saw it I knew what it...

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Projects-In-Waiting...

DigginDeep, member | September 9th, 20098 comments

I am in need of ideas for two items I've been staring at for a while. I just KNOW there are some creative things I could do with them, but my brain is stuck. lol The black shutters originally came as...

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Vintage glass flower frog turned wind chime

UndomesticatedWife, member | September 5th, 20099 comments

Hi there, I'm a new poster here. My friend Candy (Junk Sophisticate) saw this project on my blog and told me I should share it over here. My mother and I have been collecting vintage glass flower...

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From garden fence...to cloche...to chandelier!

Kathy Stantz, contributor | September 3rd, 200918 comments

Here's the finished product - from my wire "cloche" post - inquiring minds wanted to see! :)

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Junky Sconce

RustyDiva, member | August 31st, 200913 comments

Finally ~ I had time to complete a project and I took my cues from some of the greats! (Janis?!) I found this semi-tarnished silver plate candle sconce on a junking trip and "rubbed" the phrase...

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handle solution

TroyRash, member | August 31st, 200910 comments

i had this old metal chest of drawers that i painted white. the original handles were missing and no matter what i found, nothing seemed to look 'right' with the piece. as i have said before, i find...

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what it is, what it is ..

TroyRash, member | August 30th, 200910 comments

posted this on my blog and thought i would share with ya'll - found little piece of metal and wire on a morning walk some time ago and held onto it - thought it would make an interesting 'layer' in a...

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license plate star ..

TroyRash, member | August 29th, 200913 comments

first i dissected a star pattern into points that were large enough to place on a license plate. i traced the pattern on the back of the license plate with a magic marker and then using a pair of tin...

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