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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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Bird friendly coat/apron rack

THein, member | July 14th, 20097 comments

Another project I've been waiting to share. This one is an old floor lamp that I gutted, painted and stained to grunge it back up then I topped it off with a chalkware bird(looks like...

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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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My Little Turtle-Pig Meter

TinTinJunkFan, member | July 13th, 20097 comments

When our water meter was replaced, I rescued this old one from the junk pile-- I have hung on to it because I always liked the solid feel and shape of this little fella--and its copper patina. He has...

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Get your Lighting in Gear!

Amy (aka ALVN) of WhisperWood Cottage, contributor | July 13th, 200913 comments

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

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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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Time to use some of these buttons...

oldnews, member | July 11th, 20099 comments

I have 12 jars full of buttons, and it's finally time to USE some of them! I wired them into a floral vine and attached it to this wire screen that I picked up at a thrift store. It hangs on our...

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Cooper's buddy!

oldnews, member | July 10th, 20098 comments

Cooper #2 is made of old scrap pipe that my son welded up in the likeness of my corgi, Cooper!

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Trunk/Chest Planter

tabathamiller1, member | July 9th, 200911 comments

I finished my trunk planter!! I don't know ANYTHING about flowers so I hope the ones I got are ok :) Thank you for everyone's advice!

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Garage sale ScOnCeS become Showstoppers!

PaintingIsMyPassion, member | July 9th, 20095 comments

I found four sconces at a garage sale for only 50¢ each. I took them home and made two of the framed by attaching them to metal framed mirrors after drilling holes in the glass. One was put...

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Converted Chandelier

PaintingIsMyPassion, member | July 8th, 20096 comments

I found this dated foyer light fixture at a garage sale for $2. I took it apart and used just the inside bulb assembly. I spray painted the brass white. I then took an old teacup and drilled a hole...

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Firewood becomes trellis project

DigginDeep, member | July 8th, 20096 comments

One day my 6-year-old-daughter wanted to build a bird house and I liked that idea. So I scrounged around our garage and found the scrap wood we needed. While we worked on that I thought I'd like a...

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More junk pile saves...

oldnews, member | July 7th, 200912 comments

More Junk pile saves...

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Cool rusty thing

oldnews, member | July 7th, 200911 comments

A friend's of mine's elderly father passed away recently, leaving behind a house with 80 years of "junk"! The front yard was piled high with stuff they wanted to throw away, so of course she asked if...

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Can you see me now?

oldnews, member | July 7th, 20096 comments

I live in a rural area, on an island in the Sacramento Delta. Our fire department asked that we make our street #s more visable because they've had a difficult time finding addresses in emergencies...

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Garden metal flowers

dee54, member | July 5th, 200916 comments

After seeing and making the glass plate flowers and breaking some while drilling I tried different sorts of metal.

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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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Gazebo redo

junkista, member | July 4th, 20093 comments

Metal gazebo redo- this gazebo had a canvas cover which rotted out after one season. We decided to create a pergola style roof for it so we could save the metal frame. It turned out wonderful and...

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