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Art Axes

bluebucket, member | November 2nd, 200910 comments

My daughter needed some painted axes to represent Slovakia at a beer festival. I had a couple days notice to get these ready. They were a big hit.

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Leafy Sail Sculpture

Refinerii, member | November 1st, 200912 comments

A cute sculpture created this spring; made from some old gears, a big bearing, brass, copper, stainless steel, & a few rivets & nuts & bolts. The top portion spins freely on the...

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Paris Themed Necklace

Gretchen Schaumann, contributor | October 30th, 200912 comments

A vintage element redesign, which was in the end snatched up by the one and only "Lani" to be a part of her own colletion.

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Birdhouse beauties

CraftingWendy, member | October 29th, 20095 comments

We love old birdhouses -- especially those with great paint. So for our side yard, we combined an assortment of birdhouses, along with a vintage bird bath we painted red, vintage chairs and a...

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RE Boutique Sign

Refinerii, member | October 29th, 200917 comments

A set of signs made for a cute little boutique in downtown Boise--that my cousin just opened this summer. I used left over copper, re-claimed steel, cable scraps, & other metal...

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Milk strainer "vase"

dohlman, member | October 28th, 20098 comments

An inverted, rusty old milk strainer (with a nice brass strainer grid) gets new life as dried flower container. The grid makes a perfect sort of "frog" that nicely separates and spreads the...

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Book stand of brass on wood

dohlman, member | October 28th, 20096 comments

My very first junk market project (some 30 years ago). Old pulpit brass hardware given to my brother was black. He gave it to me and I cleaned and polished it and went to a furniture...

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In love with old metal

CraftingWendy, member | October 27th, 20097 comments

We love the patina and color of old metal objects and have used them to decorate our outside deck. The blue child's chair, "home art project" red bell, wrought iron candlestick...

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Junkin' Punkin" at the Library

junkgrl48, member | October 27th, 20099 comments

Every year I "junk" up a pumpkin for the library I work at. The hat is from a "shish kabob" cooker and I finally found a way to use some buttons. The nose is a faucet. Love it when I can...

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A Chippy Welcome...

chippingcharm, member | October 25th, 200918 comments

Our light fixure by the front door has always been a dilema...low ceilings mean no fun/fancy light fixture. When I saw this rusty, crusty basket at the French Flea...I knew just what I would do...

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Junk Pumpkins

bluebucket, member | October 25th, 200913 comments

A few junk pieces and pumkins come together to create this scene.

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Steel Spring Table

Refinerii, member | October 25th, 200918 comments

New dining room table I made today; for the whole story behind it see my blog at http://industrialrevelations.blogspot.com . A huge, heavy train spring, with a concrete saw for a top. Base is...

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Junk Style Centerpiece

CraftingWendy, member | October 25th, 20097 comments

If only this rusty, green lantern could talk...We picked it up for $2 at the World's Largest Garage Sale. I love the color and patina. I married it with a vintage silver plate serving tray, some...

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Soap Stand for my Mom

RobJ98167, member | October 25th, 20098 comments

I saw a soap dish on Ikea Hacker- made from a heavy candle stick and a pie plate- Not wanting to waste what could be a perfectly good Pie Tin (In hopes of pie for later) I started scavenging the...

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Keeper of the Bling

RustyDiva, member | October 25th, 20099 comments

I must confess that I am not only a clothes hound but I also indulge in a little "bling" addiction. My bling is out~growing my jewelry boxes so I thought I would make one for myself. I...

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Tin trunk end table

dohlman, member | October 24th, 20099 comments

Found this rusty studded tin trunk at a salvage yard for $10. Just what my wife and I were looking for to replace our traditional end table ("Down with traditional!"). Cleaned up and...

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Hatchery pipe plant stand

dohlman, member | October 24th, 200910 comments

Kicking around an old DNR fish hatchery pond looking for morels, I almost stumbled over this corrugated old pipe--the first of such I had ever seen. Some of the other pipe there was actually...

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Harness ring "valance"

dohlman, member | October 23rd, 20099 comments

You find harness rings from old single and double-trees at junk shops all over. Loving rusty old metal, my wife and I started collecting them. Many folks put them on the wall as rustic...

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Scale napkin holder

dohlman, member | October 23rd, 20096 comments

This neat old scale must have been sitting outside in the weather for years, and we got it for $4. With a bit of Briwax, I sealed in the rust and gave it a burnished look. Adding an old...

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The Art of Entropy

dohlman, member | October 23rd, 200910 comments

Much of decor in our condo is junk market style. However, we like to call it the "Art of Entropy." What the process of natural decay does to many of mankind's creations is often more...

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