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Everybody has shutters, don't they?

DejaVu, member | January 22nd, 200910 comments

This was a broken shutter, the slats were falling out of the top. I cut off the top and used that for the support. Now I can get the magazines off the floor. I shutter to think what...

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Fire Place Dress Up

DopplerDave, member | January 21st, 200911 comments

We love old porch posts !!!! I cut this one in half and about eight inches off each base to fit them on the sides of the fire place to add visual interest. The original face and wall of fire place...

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Wooden architectural pieces

wildmary, member | January 21st, 20099 comments

Found these two pieces in an architectual warehouse of sorts in Kalamazoo. Bought them and cleaned them up and have had them sitting in different places in my home. Love their form and...

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East meets Midwest

DejaVu, member | January 21st, 200920 comments

I'm the kind of girl that will build a whole outfit around a $3.00 belt, so with that in mind. A while back I came across this fabulous machanical brass lock and key with an oriental...

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jewelry box with a history

MelHow, member | January 21st, 20095 comments

This jewelry box has a funny story. I decided I wanted to modify a jewelry box for my oldest daughter to use as a dolly wardrobe - so I combed the junkstores for one but couldn't find one that fit...

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Cigar box reinvented

wildmary, member | January 21st, 20096 comments

Cigar box decoupaged using pages from Nick Bantock's "Egyptian Jukebox". As well as 3 dimensional pieces I've added to it. I find all of his books inspiring and creative and look at them again...

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My Little Chair

tami4gsd, member | January 21st, 20095 comments

I found this little chair at my favorite junk store for $3. It's amazing what a little paint and a pot of flowers can do. A friend told me she has seen something similar at craft sales for $40. Wow!!

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My Patio

tami4gsd, member | January 21st, 20094 comments

I wanted a room divider to cover up the "working part" of my house. I found this one in someone's trash! How dare they!. It was perfect except it was a little too plain. A fern stensil & some...

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Potting Bench

tami4gsd, member | January 21st, 200911 comments

This was my first go at a carpentry project. I've always been scared of the saws. But with my sons help I got over that & was abl to build this great potting bench. I used an old door for the...

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Out to pasture

DejaVu, member | January 21st, 20095 comments

One of my roadside finds. I find it hard to drive by any promising treasure.

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Les Fleurs Table

JudyJunkster, member | January 20th, 20094 comments

I painted a discarded demi-lune table like the one Shamerockin posted. It was featured "Painting" magazine a couple years ago has a how to project .I crackled the top and painted gerbera...

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Wisdom Gal For A Special Friend

Jenny Kompolt, contributor | January 20th, 200913 comments

My closest friend recently lost her mother and I needed to find a way to deal with my own sadness. I put this Wisdom Gal together as a gift to her.

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"Every Wall Is A Door"

Jenny Kompolt, contributor | January 19th, 200918 comments

I've been looking for just the right found object pieces to assemble together and give one of my favorite Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes justice...

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Shelf from Antique Sewing Machine Cabinet Parts.

plumberdaughter, member | January 19th, 20095 comments

I made the shelf from parts that I had found in my Dads garage, the center of the shelf and the knobs are from a Antique Sewing Machine Cabinet that had been dismantled. When I found the parts...

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junk box

MelHow, member | January 19th, 20096 comments

little box I decorated for storing miscellaneous junk in.

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DRAWER OTTOMAN

SHABBYPATTY, member | January 19th, 20096 comments

I AM NOT SURE WHERE I SAW THIS BUT ITS AN OLD DRESSER DRAWER MADE INTO AN OTTOMAN. I HAD TWO DRAWERS AND BOUGHT 3" FOAM, REMNANT FABRIC, SOME FURNITURE TACS AND HAD SOME OFF WHITE PAINT FROM...

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Outdoor Coffee Table

Redesigned, member | January 19th, 20097 comments

Since we are having such unseasonably warm weather I thought I'd share a little of the outdoors (although everything is pretty dead and dreary right now!). This coffee table is made out of fence...

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Glass Cigar Tubes - Totally Tubular Project

Candy Allen, contributor | January 19th, 200922 comments

Project One of more to come, with your help, using glass cigar tubes.

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Painted and papered door and desk

JunkMistress, member | January 18th, 20097 comments

I found this door on the curb and bought the desk at a garage sale. They were both in decent shape but had crummy finishes. I didn't even think to take before photos. I was...

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"Soilax Bucket" Tool Box Lamp

Jim Healy, contributor | January 17th, 200924 comments

Believe it or not they still make this cleanser; I saw it at the paint store. One of my “theme lamps” that is also functional. It’s like having a live-in janitor. The ldquoSoilax...

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