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iron & lace headboard

bluebucket, member | September 7th, 20098 comments

I nailed and wired an old iron headboard to the wall then added lace, silk flowers, some purses from my collection and some other pretty things to design this headboard.

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Door Headboard for the Guest Room

airzinnn, member | September 5th, 200911 comments

This is by no means an original project, but I thought I would post it anyway because it makes me happy. A while back I got some old wooden doors to make into a headboard for the guestroom...

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File and Magazine Holder

sixsprouts, member | August 31st, 20098 comments

Pieces and Parts! This is the drawer from an old White Sewing Machine cabinet that got a fresh coat of shabby teal. Now it holds stuff on my desk.

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Junk for the Den/Office

airzinnn, member | August 30th, 20099 comments

We just finished re-decorating our den/office, and because I pulled some junk finds in I thought I would share a few. There are other items but I'll have to save those for another day. The color...

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You Like Books? I Got Books.

Candy Allen, contributor | August 29th, 200913 comments

I wanted to share my awesome trash picking story with all of you! While running errands , I came across a glorious pile of old books neatly stacked on the roadside (tied up with stringsthese...

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Oronoco was Flowing with Good Junk

Candy Allen, contributor | August 19th, 200918 comments

A road trip like no other provides this Ohio girl a pile of junk to take across state lines.

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canadian ranch/farmhouse items

karilelek, member | August 7th, 20098 comments

These are some of my latest finds and projects. new to the website so I will add more as I figure it out.

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Ol' Blue Door

Junkpony, member | August 6th, 200922 comments

I found this door last weekend at a flea market for $8 - couldn't pass it up, even though I don't know what the heck I'm going to do with it! Any of you clever people have ideas?

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Dad's Junk

thehillbillies, member | August 4th, 200913 comments

My dad finally let me raid some of his treasures on the farm. I took this old standing lamp and transformed it into a papertowel holder. I'm not sure who to credit because I have seen...

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wine & cheese cart

greencricket, member | July 28th, 200910 comments

An afternoon dog walk in my neighborhod turned up this sad cart. Only 2 wheels and a broken shelf. New matching casters, some paint and a few fun new shelves and she is ready for the...

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Sorry Folks...My Mind's Been in the Gutter

Candy Allen, contributor | July 27th, 200918 comments

Old rusty gutter guards make for inexpensive holders for your floral arrangements.

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

Lanette Lorsung, contributor | July 23rd, 200924 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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Boot Scoot ~N~ Birdie

RustyDiva, member | July 22nd, 20095 comments

I love old cowboy boots and am always lookin for ways to use them. I saw the boot stool on the site and thought I would post an idea of my own. I just cut a hole in the boot, inserted a...

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fencing in the platters

THein, member | July 13th, 200915 comments

I found a roll of old garden fencing at a yard sale for less than a$1.00 and decided it was the perfect way to display my collection of platters. I had seen something similar awhile ago but...

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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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Coffee Bean Message Board

bluejean, member | July 10th, 20097 comments

These message boards were made from coffee bean bags. I cut them apart and then startched and ironed them (a very stinky process). I then glued each bag to recycled...

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New Use for an Old Friend...

chippingcharm, member | June 28th, 20099 comments

I get so frusterated by "clutter" on my kitchen counters but I'm an "outta sight, outta mind" kind of girl. So for a while I just dealt with the unsightly vitamin/medicine containers by the...

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What do you do with a bedspring, fabric and shuffle board puck? Make an Art Doll of course!

byabpryor, member | June 18th, 200912 comments

So, I've been working on this doll for quite some time... It is comprised of many different recycled elements:lacesilk rosebed springwooden dowelwooden shuffle board pucktorn brown bag...

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