texasjunkermom

Kathy, thanks for the info on the cloche and suggestion about checking E-Bay. This one is old, part of its appeal.

Oh, the grizzly? Bet no one argues with him about a price he might offer----"uh, SURE you can have it for that lower price" !! Junk Hunk, love it!

Did you see all the 'wow's in the comments??? Add mine. I too wish I was closer---I'd have bought that glass cloche I think I see in the top right pic titled 'more metal and dishware'. Since the one I need is at least 16" tall, wonder if you could tell me if the price of $65 is about right or is it too high? I don't know the going rate of one that tall and about 12" wide. Can you advise me, Please? Don't want to be taken in by this dealer. It sure looks like y'all had fun and your wares are certainly snatchables (just made that up!), looks like. Thanks for any help. T.

I'll take it AND give you the credit, if you do decide to remove it!! (It's really pretty.)

Beautiful!! I've done some of this (for the first and last time--it's NOT easy) so be very careful if you take it off and then just send it to me!! Problem solved. No, it's very pretty; and on your first attempt?! Wow. I vote you keep it there!

Okay, I like the suitcases-turned-decor; now, show us more of the sideboard! It looks beautiful from what I can see. Love antique/heirloom furniture. What's its history? (Good save on the suitcases.)

Yeah, too late to plan to come, but where IS IT?! Looks great and hope you do well. Do show pics so we can enjoy being there that way.

What a fantastic, appropriate and well-thought out tribute to your dad. The picture shows a handsome man! Hope he's still around for you to hug and show him how one of his "L's" wants to showcase HIM. You did a great job with your challenge, using records, your memorabilia and the covers.

What a great job and for such a good cause. That bench will be gone so fast! Really a change from what you picked up last year. Good for you! (Let us know how it did in the auction.)

How many ways can I tell you that I love this idea?! The old lyres combined with the brass mouthpieces look great, and the positive sentiments just have to make one feel good. Great post.

Wow, what a collection. Unusual shapes and names, but I had even forgotten about 'Yoo Hoo'chocolate soda!! Used to love it. Great pics, great display, as always from you. But I have to ask, how do you dust them all?!

Hey, Georgia, you absolutely get the prize for the post everyone admires/envies/wishes-they-had-thought-of (not to mention had the needed parts for it). Very green, very useful, very classy. Was it worth the gray hairs you earned?! Are you going to part with it?!

YOURS LOOKS FABULOUS!!! Give each other a hug. This is such a wonderful thing for an organization to do for a great cause. Do the people take the things with them when they move? I'm guessing they do. We have a place like that here in Dallas, the difference being that the organization has a huge warehouse where people (like me) can donate no-longer-needed home furnishings. The volunteers then 'go shopping' there and no money is spent. Yes, down to pictures on the walls, pots and pans, linens. And the family does take the whole houseful with them when they move, so they have a great start on a new life. (Give each other a BIG hug!!)

Very creative thinking AND very healthy-looking plants. Good save!

Very cute love NEST! (Sorry, couldn't resist.) It is very cool with all the stuff attached to it. They didn't even need a key! Very thouhtful of you. T.

And I'll put in a bid for the green vase, in fact for that whole vingette! That's beautiful! It coud find a home right here in Dallas, and I'd be very protective of it for you! Love it. T. (Yeah, go back and buy the lawn chair and do the polyurethane treatment on it.)

Why do people throw great stuff like that away?! I've never understood that. What a great rescue! Happy riding!

That is absolutely the most beautiful patio! Knowing from experience how hard it is using only big rocks, that really must have been hard to do. You had a great idea and the pieces fit so well! Quite a change from what you had, and I'll bet you can use this from now on. BIG kudos to you and all who helped you!

Jan, Like you, I look at things for a day or so and see if it really 'suits'. I agree with you, upside-down is better in this case. The bowl really sets it off. I like the way your mind works--this is really pretty.

That is one great bench, and (according to the picture) one very happy neighbor. You did a great job.

This is the one you got at the big sale last week, right? Loved it plain, love it more this way. So many options for totes. I am a sucker for old tool boxes (or whatever this WAS) and this one is great!

Very unusual and a good way to use mismatched spoons. I, too, need to know how to flatten a piece of flatware, but promise not to compete with you. (I need it for something else!) Thanks.

Use it to store rolls of gift wrapping paper (standing in the tall part under the lid) and use the drawer to store rolls of ribbon and tape. Great in a closet for this project or paint it and decorate it and keep it "out in the open" so all can see it.

Very nice, and you did a great job of coordinating the colors to transition from one to the other in a pretty way. How wide is the rug, and about how much fabric did you use? I like it.

Very neat save! You both are very creative!

Beautiful!! I couldn't have parted with this one---way too cool. Good save.

Beautiful views of the great stuff in your booth. I'd love to go shopping there, but would definitely spend too much!! Your booth is so full of so much it's hard to pick out any one thing--you really do have a gift for displaying things to the best advantage. Glad you did well.

I agree with the others, you are lucky to have these. Don't think about how big they are, be GLAD they are so big and can store so much stuff. I like the idea too of everyone having a place to store their 'stuff', and yes, it takes space. Even the garage would be a great place to stash them, and even there, paint them a cool color and decorate for eash person using one.

Amen to what mimitoria said, enjoy your mom. Everything about your post is pretty and your mom should feel extra special for all of it. (Happy Mother's Day to all moms and those who had moms---that's all of us!!) Your pictures are beautiful and the muffins look delicious. You ARE going to have to share the recipe, you know.

What a 'haul' you made for very little money! Why aren't there more sales around here like you found there---. Good stuff, definitely. The pitcher and glasses set was quite a find. Lucky you!

Ditto what monakent said: I'd wear that black & white number to church!! Love your great finds, and what a good price. T.

Sorry about the spelling errors in the last post; just in a hurry! T.

I get it!! All these are great ways to display your pretty jewelry and very innovative. Love the total look or your selling areat. The screen door on top is cute and the antique cradle shows it off well.

Amen to that! AND, isn't it nice when junk isn't really junky?! So pretty, what you did with the mirrors and what a nice 'find' on the water globe. You lucky thing! The rub-ons really add to the mirrors, as does the jewelry bling.

Janis, we used to have one of these, but it wasn't nearly so pretty. This is very nice and what a good use for it! You did a beautiful job and it brought back many memories, good ones. My dad and my future husband drank many cups of coffee from ours. Thanks for the memories! Totsy

Jim, you did such a nice job of transforming junk to something beautiful. The flower colors are great, and I'll try my best to out-bid Marie and gailmarie for this cheerful planter! Your work is always so inspiring. T.

I agree with Candy and Jim---they look like they were made to be frames and they are perfect FOR frames! I'm trying hard not to covet, much less envy like Marie. Love these!!!

What a neat way to display photos/memorabilia!! You did a great job to remind y'all of the fun TEXAS time. (Alas, I no longer have the whole section of p.o. boxes that were on my grandparents' farm. Some scavenger thought the place was abandoned and took that, as well as other neat things.) It was good to see you and the others and imagine the fun you were having. Great save on your part.

Wow, what a nice spring present to receive! Makes the one I sent to my partner look bad, believe me! Love what Georgia did with the door, handle, etc. It really will be cute in the kitchen with a towel on it. And the tablecloth and seeds with the gloves---what pretty colors. Georgia did herself proud with this one and YOU, artifacts, got a nice gift. (the chocolate looks good too!)

Love it ALL...wow! I'd buy any of this in a shop, especially the stool, birdhouse, candle holder,bell jar-----!

Today is pretty chilly, Snowyowl, about 41 degrees this a.m. Sue, what IS that thing on your head? Looks like y'all are having fun. T.

Those are really cute, useful and very neat (not to mention easy!). You did a great job.'They' say that the sincerest form of flattery is to copy it, and that's just what I'll do with the 2 old corner pieces of molding I've had stashed for a couple of years. Thanks for the idea!

Absolutely beautiful! The knobs that look like lids for the spice jars--looks like they fit perfectly. You did a great job of prettying-up (is that a word?) the jars with ornamental buttons and pretty ribbon. Love it. This would work with lots of other stuff in the jars too.

You always come up with the neatest quotes! Very nice horse and the perfect way to display it. Looks like a little weather vane. T.

Okay, Geo, it's really neat and very clever and springy. BUT I'm like JunkArchitect---what's up with you and moss and planters in the new book? Come on, 'fess up! (Sue DID say to ask!) Very nice project, as always from you. T.

I don't mean to be rude, but hope the property wasn't like ours--not abandoned, but just not able to go there much. So much was stolen that really meant something to us; now we'll never be able to recover our sentimental treasures from childhood. Hope I don't offend you.

Potting table? Are you serious? Not at my house! That sweetheart would be in the kitchen holding all kinds of neat stuff!!! Love the doorknob that you left and all the details. It's great.

Very pretty! Did you use a backing and put batting between? I'll bet it's warm even without it. Unusual and functional. Good save.

Very pretty, each one. I needed one to serve a practical use and my husband moved heaven and earth trying to find one for me. He did and it is in use right now to keep dust off a very precious ornament made by a 90+year-old lady. I'd love to find some like yours. Maybe at a garden shop? Love the ones on the rusty lamp bases. (I'm trying not to covet!)

How many mantels do you have?! Goodness, you have an abundance of riches there. So beautiful, every one. Yep, the grain bin door and the rusty gate are outstanding. (The boys are cute too!)

Yes, wow! That is one beautiful table you've got there now. You had good insight to 'see' the tree just glowing through the black paint. No $7 table now! Great save.

I'm with Sue--I'll be right over for tea; prefer Earl Grey but whatever. Such a great idea you had! Your tea things are pretty, the cookbook pages really set the whole thing up right. (Absolutely love the old secretary!)

So pretty! Much better way to show off interesting old bottles than just sitting them on a shelf. Such detail--even the stoppers become jewel-like in your hands. (Yes, interesting website you have.) Thanks for new ideas.

How neat is that?! Very pretty and quite a conversation piece, being so old and being what they are! Good save.

Oh, and give us a close-up of the chandelier so we can see the how it's made from junk!

I agree with Georgia, why not bring it in the house? Looks great, nice save. (Why DO people throw things like this away? I don't get it.)

Very interesting photos. In the one of the fireplace, to the left of it is a picture of a drum major--is it an advertising piece, like the top of an old calendar? Very neat. The fireplace is well-done; how ingenious of you to put it all together to make a "fireplace"!

All of these are so cute! Where did you get the bulb clip that has a ring for a hat? I've never seen anything like that. Very clever way to make an unusual lampshade. All so pretty and feminine.

Very unusual shape to the shade. Love what you did with it. Sometimes a happenstance turns into an 'aha' moment. Pretty.

Very cute idea! What is the black object with 3 points on top at the right of the angel? Can't tell, but I like the whole composition.

Wow, all the entries in the challenge have been great. BUT, seeing as how I am a musician, can I pick a favorite? The train tracks representing a music staff were brilliant. All the related music parts and pieces evoke such memories. The 'plastic flute' is a Tonette, the same as I started out on MANY years ago, then graduated to a clarinet. (Which I still play in a concert band, thankyou very much.) All this to say, if I found this in a shop, it would be MINE in a heartbeat!! You did a great job.

Very cute idea. I noticed the posting from you on 2/17 called 'entry table' made from a shutter and half a table---now THAT is cute too!! You do good work!

Jim, the whole display is really great, as usual for you. Thanks for giving us good ideas!

Very nice save. I've seen some teddies made from fur like old mink stoles or coats. Is this one from that? They are very popular 'down here'. You did a great job!

All so beautiful and useful.Very feminine. What a great re-purpose for some of the ones you have. Others just look great. Don't you love re-sale and thrift shops? They have the greatest things and you're helping others by buying (as if I needed a reason!).

Great design! I agree with paisleypenguin, it looks like a double helix, which has a very pleasing shape. How special to have done it with your father.

Ditto all the nice comments about what you created. It is wonderful, as always. NOW, let us see more of what it is sitting ON. That looks very intersting too.

Amen to what RNKtiki said, too bad they don't make them like that anymore. I had one very similar, wish I still did. What a curbside deal you got! Awesome save!

And I love the surprise!!! Don't I have a craft-y daughter? It fits perfectly in my house, though I have to say, it's a lucky thing she didn't just keep it. It looks good in HER house too! Love it, love it. (Thanks, Judi!)

Very pretty composition. Love it all; simple, yet beautiful.

All the pictures are so neat and show such cute, cute, ideas. OK, so what is the thing on the wall, under the picture and above the wall shelf with the dove and lamp. Looks like some kind of box or something.Always love your posts.

Black paint looks great, and I too vote for toile.

Sure makes the clock look great---get it, grate,great.....oh,well. I like it!

That is really a great, well put-together hanger! The round things are (like MimiToria said) the wick holders from kerosene lamps? That's what they look like to me.

Great way to handle the text! And the text itself if so haunting and beautiful. Love it.

Very clever re-use of something old and not seen anymore, at least in that form. I'll bet it's quite a conversation piece, too, when it's in use. Very good 'thinking outside the box'.

Sorry, but I agree with irishrovr, wood this beautiful would be a shame to paint. The inlaid parts are just too pretty. I'd take that suggestion and sell it and buy what you DO like and make fit into being 'you'.

lovecrafting had a good, but since you are in a rental, find somewhere for it to go indoors. Then when you move, put everything back like it was originally.

Pretty FAN-cy! Okay, so where did you find the finger scissors? I've never seen anything like that at a fabric store or craft store, and it looks very handy to use. The fan is a beautiful shape all on its own and now it's useful again. Way to go, Sue!

How tall is it, how big around? It's beautiful wood, but painted might be good too.

Great piece of 'junk'! I think the idea of a strong piece of plywood cut to fit, then padded and covered would be easy and affordable. Then use it like a bench when you need extra seating. Beautiful details on it. Lucky you!

The quote is great, the individual items came together like you were inspired! I'd rather have something old with some history to it than something new any day. Now your 'something old' has a totally new meaning, not only for you, but for all who see it.

What a pretty valentine! If your sister doesn't like it, there are several (including me!) already in line for it! The wheels do add to the 'glamour' of the whole thing.

That's beautiful! You did a great job. Don't tell anyone who compliments you on it that it is made of pieces of this and that! It looks like a high-dollar candlestick.

Beautiful! Where's mine?! (Remember I like green or amber!)

Beautiful! The wooden block is called a sugar mold--the sides of the holes are sloped to make a cone-shaped hole. Supposedly these were used to make sugar cones that were later grated for use. I use mine as a votive candle holder, but this would certainly be a neat change. Buttons for filling the spaces. What a good idea!

Another idea for using the tubes: how about gathering a group of them in a bundle large enough to stand when tied with a ribbon, then put individual flowers in the tubes. Make a large bouquet....

Wow, your whole house needs to be featured in a magazine! Thanks for the beautiful photos. Lots of good ideas; let's all sign up for our time in your guest room. And yes, like cSudderth said, we'd love to see your master bedroom, hint, hint.

Amen to what MimiToria said about a follow-up on the great post on the "shutters-as-divider" peek into your beautiful white on white dining room. Ditto what several have said about your milk-glass collection. And a BIG 'good for you' to YOU for using your pretties all the time! What's the use of having it if you aren't using it? No paper plates for me, my family loves using what I have.

Very cute ideas! I've put in my order with my crafty daughter for one of slightly different design, but would love one of these too!! Like country Texans say, 'you done good!'

Oh, wow, I thought I was looking at one of the old candlesticks I have in the cupboard. Now that's what it's been missing! Did you use an old bracelet for the jewels? This house is the headquarters for old jewelry and vintage glassware, and there will be something there to use, for sure. Thanks for the neat idea!

Amazing transformation! Beautiful wood under all that gunk. That old inlay craftsmanship can't be beat. Yay for you.

Very cute idea! Mind if I 'share' your creation? They'd be cute for a friend's birthday, a housewarming gift, even a hostess gift. Thanks for the neat way to share pretty things.

Well, every farm girl knows that is a row of chicken nesting boxes that hung on the wall of the chicken house, right? Wish I had the one from our farm; I'll bet you can do all kinds of neat things with this!

Very cute idea! You have a good eye for details. Tell us more about the dining area--we need to see pictures! What is above the entry way going horizontally? It looks like a louvered shutter, maybe? Very cute house. Post more projects, really.

Now that is a great idea! Pretty enough with the bling added to display in a bedroom or bathroom. No need to put away after each use. Good thinking.

Very cute use of jeans. I'd love to have one! The 'wall' behind the halltree is interesting too! Story behind it?

All those odds and ends put together make a really neat 'new' decorating focal point. How creative you are! I'll bet you collected those things over a long period and finally got the inspiration. I noticed the old-fashiioned soap dish that's holding the votive--very cute way to use it.

Very cute project! I am the mom of a very creative person, right? And to think, she took all parts of this that I gave her over years and made this. Can you see the old-fashioned soap dish that holds the votive?