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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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Get your Lighting in Gear!

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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Avocado Green ... NO MORE!

patinamarie, member | July 8th, 200920 comments

This is my first post to share a recent make-over. I started with an old, second-hand, avocado green, solid wood, mail caddy. Using a little paint, vintage book pages, a few rub-ons, some ribbon, and...

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Once a Crate Now a Shelf

TinTinJunkFan, member | July 7th, 20095 comments

This wooden packing crate for bottles was found discarded on the streets of Tokyo when we were ex-pats living overseas in Japan. (Japan is a junkers paradise as most living quarters are...

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Got Gas!

Jim Healy, contributor | July 3rd, 200918 comments

Old, crusty and rusty is just how I found most of the components for this Lamp. I combined an old Gas Can with a crusty vintage Hose Reel and out popped a Lamp.

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Can I Have Your Number ?

Lanette Lorsung, contributor | July 2nd, 200919 comments

Okay, I have a thing with numbers. Why? Who knows. But they're sure fun to accessorize with, don't ya think?

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HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE!!!!!!!!LET YOUR BANNERS WAVE :)

italianpeasant, member | July 1st, 20097 comments

JUST A LITTLE PATRIOTISM & FLAG WAVING, I LOVE FLAGS & HAVE AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION, DON'T FORGET TO LET YOURS WAVE :) GET OUT YOUR NEWEL POSTS & PUT FLAGS ON THEM, JUST DRILL HOLES...

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All dressed up with no where to go!

oldnews, member | June 22nd, 20099 comments

This is made of a kind of chalky ceramic material, and I really have no idea what it's original purpose was. I just liked it. For now, she is a coat rack, but that could change at any time!

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Hey Mr. DJ . . .

Lanette Lorsung, contributor | June 19th, 200912 comments

As they say, better late then never. Ha! Here's my version of the Contributors Challenge. It's an ode to my Dad who was a DJ in the late '50s and '60s. Hey, hey, Mr. DJ . . .

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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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Cast iron treasures

burningrubber, member | June 16th, 20094 comments

I was at a yard sale the other day and got a large heavy baggie of cast iron toys. It was a mish mash of wheels and mysterious parts. The ladder truck was the biggest mystery to me as it was broken...

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Souvenir Pennants

TinTinJunkFan, member | June 11th, 20092 comments

I was cleaning out closets and came across these pennants---souvenirs from numerous college visits, road races and various family vacations-- I was aiming for a really creative use for them...

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Once upon a screen door

TinTinJunkFan, member | June 10th, 20094 comments

Lots of other wonderful door projects have been posted and it's fun to see them all...This is not very original, just another variation, and is actually the 2nd repurposed life for this simple...

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Sew Simple Tassel

TinTinJunkFan, member | June 10th, 20096 comments

Wooden sewing spools are harder to find since almost all threadspools are plastic...This was one I had left when I finally finished the thread...just couldn't throw it away! I covered...

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Navigational Chart Tote

TinTinJunkFan, member | June 10th, 20099 comments

My son the merchant mariner brought home all his navigational charts (which the ship's crew junks after sailing is completed) from his six months at sea. He knew that his mother would find...

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OH MY

italianpeasant, member | June 8th, 20091 comment

AND SO IT CONTINUES....................................

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OK, I'M STILL GOING STRONG WOO HOO

italianpeasant, member | June 8th, 20097 comments

I HOPE I'M NOT BORING YOU :) I CAN'T BELIEVE THE "STUFF" I FOUND THIS WEEKEND & IT ALL FIT IN MY VAN!

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MORE JUNQUE FROM GIONI :)

italianpeasant, member | June 8th, 20094 comments

MY JUNKIN' ADVENTURE CONTINUED, I PACKED A HAM SANDWICH BECAUSE I KNEW THERE WOULD BE NO TIME FOR A DRIVE THROUGH :) SO AS I ATE & RODE, I SPIED ANOTHER COUNTRY SALE.

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PLEASE BEAR WITH ME, I WENT ON A JUNKIN' SPREE!!!!!!!

italianpeasant, member | June 8th, 20093 comments

MY JUNKIN' WEEKEND WAS PROFITABLE; I TRAVELLED FAR & WIDE TO LOOK FOR "STUFF", I THINK I DID OK, DON'T YOU? to see more of what i've been up to check outnbsp...

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