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It's a sifter...it's a shell casing...it's a cigar box...No... it a vase!
2 commentsJust a few of the things that have become vases at my house. Seems like almost anything can become a lamp, a clock or a vase!!
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Dick and Jane Vintage Reader Gift Tags
11 commentsI made these tags from vintage Dick and Jane readers. I love the style of art and the colors are so vivid. They can be used for so many things; gift tags, book marks, altered art or...
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Milk strainer "vase"
8 commentsAn 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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Keeper of the Bling
9 commentsI 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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Threshing tray coffeetable
16 commentsThis oak winnowing tray with tin reinforced corners must have had a lot of use in its day--just enough to make it beautiful. Years ago (probably when threshing machines took over this...
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Suitcase endtable of another sort
13 commentsWe have seen "end tables" made of stacked old suitcases, but did not have room for that beside our living room chair. We found this nice old hardboard suitcase we liked and wanted it upright in...
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Tin trunk end table
9 commentsFound 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
10 commentsKicking 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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Hallway hat and coat rack
9 commentsThis one was total whimsey. My wife and I found this remnant of an old Rube Goldberg sort of farm drag made out of oak with drag tines made out of old railroad spikes. Dark brown Briwax...
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Surveyor's tripod lamp
7 commentsMy son brought home a set of surveyor's "sticks" that once held a transit. The metal tripod head was missing, so I fabricated one out of wood--which made it really easy to make it into a...
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Tripod lamp (small)
7 commentsThis is the third lamp I've made out of old tripods. It is pretty simple: just use other lamp parts or even a wide dowell to drill a hole through for the lamp rod and wire. You will have...
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Harness ring "valance"
9 commentsYou 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
6 commentsThis 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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Doctor's bag "bookcase"
10 commentsMy wife and I love old leather and find it hard to pass up a bargain on an old doctor's bag. But how many can you just have hanging around as simple decor. We decided to put one to use as...
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The Art of Entropy
10 commentsMuch 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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Toilet paper storage "cabinet"
7 commentsAs a wood lover, I had to have the old solid oak toilet seat with heavy brass hinges I saw on the floor at an antique mall. But what to do with it. After a bit of pondering, however, the...
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Wallpaper side-table...
7 commentsWhile not technically junk... this table had long lost it's charm. While in someone's possession ~ they shall remain nameless ~ a thick and drippy shellac was slathered across the entire piece. Ewww...
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Darling Dresser Cracks Me Up!!!
6 commentsThis was a terrific thrift store find. A solid cherry dresser that had seen better days. I sanded, painted and crackled the top and drawer fronts. A new set of drawer pulls "pulled" it all...
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Garden Junk Ensemble for Fall
10 commentsA Garden Junk Sculpture I assembled using a lovely chipped painted metal rooster, an old wash bin (yorkie Krumpet refuses to stay in it) and a heavy gear of some sort I picked up on the side of the...
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Artful Rust
14 commentsI was doing some training in another town when I passed an automotive shop that had this piece out front leaning against a fence. After a quick U-turn, I pulled in and ask if it were for...
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