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Halloween Upcycled Bird House with License Plate Body

Brian Carlisle, contributor | October 29th, 201913 comments

I started this birdhouse with a 1953 Texas orange old license plate. I immediately got the sense that this one needed to be inspired by Halloween and witches. From there I used several different...

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Apothecary Fall Mantel

dmfuller, member | October 29th, 20194 comments

I re-did my mantel display for Fall and Halloween using antique and salvaged apothecary items--even a hand-lettered antique medical degree--it's all in Latin on sheepskin!

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Happy Autumn

Jim Healy, editor | September 14th, 201930 comments

This vintage shopping cart is a recent flea market find that was destined to hold falls harvest.

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Junk

KimberlyMelamed, member | July 17th, 20191 comment

In the true spirit of the traveling junk, it is now my turn to share my all purpose, never in the same place for long, traveling junk. Who wants to be next to pass the junk forward?

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Pile of Michigan License Plates = Flag of USA

DesignTurnpike, member | July 2nd, 201912 comments

Ouch, my hands hurt! Why or why did white 1962 Michigan plates have to made from thick steel... 40+ plates, 63 pieces and over 300 nails mounted on a stained red wood board comprise this 5-foot wide...

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Upcycled Red Metal Hard Hat Lighted Bird House

Brian Carlisle, contributor | July 2nd, 20196 comments

Shedding some light on upcycled bird houses!

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How to Make a Towel Bar Cool!

Sue Whitney, editor | June 2nd, 20195 comments

Easy peasy!!

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Copper Pipe Dining Room Table

Jim Healy, editor | May 22nd, 201951 comments

A box of scrap copper pipes and fittings becomes a more avant-garde approach to the typical Dining Room Table.

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Industrial Table [WRECKAGE]

Jim Healy, editor | April 15th, 201930 comments

Here's the latest piece of furniture created from my debris field...check it out.

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Silverplate English Tea Kerosene Lantern Trophy Birdhouse

Brian Carlisle, contributor | April 13th, 20192 comments

This birdhouse kind of slowly started to resemble the structure of a trophy as a continued building it. I started with an antique silver base to a Svea (of Sweden) No. 121 camping stove. It's got...

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Machine Shop Posey

whiteflower, member | April 11th, 201912 comments

Here is a little machine shop inspired posey made from the frame of a workshop light, a small, metal measuring cup, and a metal chain pull.

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Vintage Stool Turned Table

FleaMarketTrixie, member | April 6th, 20196 comments

I took two vintage metal stools I found at garage sale and repurposed them into tables.

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Never had more fun with a Teeter-Totter!

Lanette Lorsung, editor | March 27th, 20197 comments

We found this piece in Ohio. Sue and I had to wrestle for it...and I won!

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DIY Garden Urn Turned Coffee Table

dmfuller, member | March 15th, 20198 comments

I took a cast-iron garden urn, filled it with some of my favorite treasures, and topped it with glass to make a unique and simple junk beautiful coffee table.

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5 unique JUNK picture frames

Funky_Junk_Donna, member | March 11th, 201912 comments

Desiring to come up with a few unique ways to frame photos, I played around with some standard junk components. The unique end results please me much more than your typical square wooden frames. It...

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Spring is HERE!

Jasmin Marisett, contributor | February 23rd, 20194 comments

Ok, well not really. But the springs are! I'm on a mission to find a bunch of ways to use these. I thought this was a simple easy peasy little redo.

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A Desk Reorganization ala Junk Style!

Lanette Lorsung, editor | February 19th, 201913 comments

The home desk is often a place for disarray. But with a little help from some good old vintage junk, it doesn't have to be that way.

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Steam Punk Lighting

Sue Whitney, editor | February 18th, 20199 comments

Now this is what I call a find. I knew instantly these parts from a piece of mystery junk would become pendants!

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Get your Lighting in Gear!

WhisperWood Cottage, member | February 18th, 201912 comments

Save those junky car parts as the foundation for an elegant lamp!

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LOVE on the line

whiteflower, member | February 10th, 20199 comments

Make a sign using old cotton clothes line and hanger wire. Remove the core of stuffing from the inside of the clothes line by pulling it out while sliding down the cord. Insert the wire...

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