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Any ideas?

LovesPeonies, member | September 10th, 200912 comments

We just purchased this LARGE piece at a flea market ($200 bucks). It is about 8 feet tall...these monsters used to sit on the peak of a barn as an air vent. It's made of heavynbspgalvanized...

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End of the Summer Retro Picnic!

Lanette Lorsung, contributor | September 10th, 200917 comments

As Labor Day signals the end of summer vacation, I thought we'd celebrate and go out with a retro bang!

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Head on Over

RustyDiva, member | September 9th, 200910 comments

Can you tell I had a little time off over Labor Day? I live in the country and addresses are sometimes hard to see or not in sequential order so I wanted something that would be noticednbsp...

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Wish I Had a Penny....

RustyDiva, member | September 9th, 20099 comments

I love my wishing well! Mostly because I built it myself ~ except for the box on the bottom. My dad and I drug this off a trash heap at a gear plant and the minute I saw it I knew what it...

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Seashell adorned Victorian Mirror

TroyRash, member | September 6th, 20097 comments

i had an old victorian era dresser mirror - very eastlake style - simple - original wood finish - i picked it up for like 12 bucks at a sale - i liked the shape of the frame and the flaking of the...

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Door Headboard for the Guest Room

airzinnn, member | September 5th, 200911 comments

This is by no means an original project, but I thought I would post it anyway because it makes me happy. A while back I got some old wooden doors to make into a headboard for the guestroom...

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Brassy Broad Lights up my life!

lakelover69, member | September 3rd, 20096 comments

This was a great find, a double chandelier!!! A little paint and bling and voila!

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Milkstool Chalkboard

Dolly3cats, member | September 1st, 20094 comments

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Don't be Chicken

Jim Healy, contributor | September 1st, 200925 comments

But if you are afraid of the dark here’s a Nightlight made out of an old Chicken Feeder.

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handle solution

TroyRash, member | August 31st, 200910 comments

i had this old metal chest of drawers that i painted white. the original handles were missing and no matter what i found, nothing seemed to look 'right' with the piece. as i have said before, i find...

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what it is, what it is ..

TroyRash, member | August 30th, 200910 comments

posted this on my blog and thought i would share with ya'll - found little piece of metal and wire on a morning walk some time ago and held onto it - thought it would make an interesting 'layer' in a...

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license plate star ..

TroyRash, member | August 29th, 200913 comments

first i dissected a star pattern into points that were large enough to place on a license plate. i traced the pattern on the back of the license plate with a magic marker and then using a pair of tin...

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One Happy Junker...

chippingcharm, member | August 29th, 200919 comments

I feel like I just won the "Junkers Lottery"...thought I'd share my joy with some others would would "get it"...long story short, my Mother and Father-in-law found out about an amazing old house and...

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corner shelf

BOOKENDS, member | August 28th, 20094 comments

once upon a time this was a door in my grandparents house..my uncle is remodeling and replaced all the original windows and doors...so my dad and I try our had at a corner shelf...I love how...

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From garden fence to cloche - an unexpected project!

Kathy Stantz, contributor | August 28th, 200918 comments

My girlfriends and I had our workshop night and in the midst of a whole different project - a wire cloche was found/made...

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wood mosaic tabletop

TroyRash, member | August 24th, 200913 comments

my partner made this tabletop from pieces and scraps of wood that he glued together to create this random pattern. he used one of those old bar type tables that have the metal pedestal base. i love...

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garden seat

BOOKENDS, member | August 23rd, 200910 comments

another piece of my yard art...a chair made of tobacco sticks...my dad no longer raises it and has a barn full of these...also have a trellis made from them

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garden angels

BOOKENDS, member | August 20th, 20096 comments

I love yard art...and am always adding pieces..The first is a piece of salvage wood(from a barn door), cut in to angel form then added a rusty barbwire heart...The next is a grater with a...

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shell shelf

BOOKENDS, member | August 19th, 20099 comments

first time posting....love this site....so many great ideas!!! a piece of salvage wood (from my grandparents house; uncle had thrown it in bonfire), took it home, cleaned it up and added a few glass...

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Garden Adornment

Burrobird, member | August 15th, 20098 comments

We find ways to repurpose objects that will add to the beauty and usefulness of our garden, such as using this old iron bedstead for a trellis (looks even better at the height of summer, as it is now...

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