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Junky Chicken Coop

chezdoublewide, member | August 13th, 20098 comments

This henhouse was constructed using old fence boards and recycled cedar shakes from the neighbor's roofing job. As the roofing guys were removing the old shakes I asked where they took the old...

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Rusty Re-Purpose!!!

lakelover69, member | August 9th, 20097 comments

I found this old rusty plant stand in an antique shop and had to have it. I put some mini clay pots and tea lights in it and now it lights up the entrance to my walkway.

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Have a "Belt"!!!

lakelover69, member | August 9th, 20097 comments

With the price of draperies these days I had to come up with an inexpensive alternative. I have been collecting old leather belts with interesting buckles and decided to use them as "Tab Tops" I...

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Somebody STOP me!!!

RobJ98167, member | August 6th, 200914 comments

I was trying to think of an idea for some plumbing pipe... and I wasgoing to do a table with a tray and do mosaic tile... but then I waslooking around the garage and it came to me! A stop sign! So I...

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Heir-Loom

Jim Healy, contributor | August 5th, 200919 comments

An old bead loom, rusty hanger and a vintage clip come together to make an unusual picture frame.

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Wheels on fire

RobJ98167, member | August 2nd, 200910 comments

Ever wonder what to do with those old truck wheels? You know the ones sitting in your yard? Well here is one thing I made- A bbq! Here are the steps: Find an old pick up wheel (I got mine on...

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Suitable Storage

KaitGriffin, member | July 31st, 20097 comments

For 3 days I begged my husband to dig this suitcase out of the dumpster in the alley behind our house. Once he finally did, I cleaned it up and he added some legs. It makes a cute little table in our...

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CAN YOU FIND THE LIGHTSWITCH?????

Detrian, member | July 29th, 20099 comments

I recently built a new home, and I really don't like the basic white light switch plate covers that the builder installs. So, I decided to custom make one that would be quirky enough for my...

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Let's Go Camping

Jim Healy, contributor | July 28th, 200924 comments

Old Sears Roebuck & Co. thermos was disassembled and the shell transformed into a Lamp Shade.

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wild and wacky custom desk / table

Detrian, member | July 27th, 200912 comments

I had three vintage farm tables, two were very old and not as visually appealing as they once had been (they passed right by shabby and went straight to homely....), but I still loved them and...

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You knew it was coming...

RobJ98167, member | July 26th, 20098 comments

A License Plate Birdhouse! Was a fairly easy build,,, just three old license plates and some bending with a sheet metal bender and some rivets. I think it adds class to my landscape! Just need to add...

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~Mother's Day Present From Hubby~

DumpsterDivingDiva, member | July 24th, 20097 comments

My husband surprised me with these around 3 years ago for Mother's Day. There's 4 of them going around the tree with 4 different cool metal pieces. I bought around 20 of these metal pieces from a...

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Doesn't Matter if it's Black or White . . . .

Lanette Lorsung, contributor | July 23rd, 200925 comments

In an ode to Michael Jackson, I thought I'd share my favorite colors, hmmm maybe they're not colors, but I sure do like to decorate with 'em.

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~More Glass Garden-Art~

DumpsterDivingDiva, member | July 21st, 200913 comments

My flowers are made out of glass bowls, candle holders, ashtrays, plates, knobs, tins anything that can transform into a flower. I then drill holes in them with a diamond bit (use water...

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A street light named desire...

oldnews, member | July 19th, 20098 comments

I wish you could have seen my husband's face when I came home with this thing! I think it was an old street light fixture that was burried in the loft of a friend's barn. She was GLAD to...

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Lotsa boxes...

oldnews, member | July 18th, 200912 comments

Everything in the little boxes in this old printer's storage box means something to me. May not to anyone else, but that's ok, because it's mine! The glass easily comes off and the contents can...

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Windchime

beachbabe39, member | July 16th, 20097 comments

My sister is a junkie too!!!! She and my brother-in-law own a restaurant on the Outer Banks of NC. Being a junkie too, but not a big fan of the computer, I wanted to post her super cool...

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Wine bottle garden border

beachbabe39, member | July 16th, 20094 comments

My sister saw this idea in an edition of Southern Living magazine. They used lighting in their project, but I couldn't figure out how to do that. Use empty (some by me, but most from Sunday afternoon...

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Lights, color, glass

beachbabe39, member | July 16th, 20093 comments

Having space between my kitchen cabinets and the ceiling, I needed a filler. Not being a basket or artifical plant kind of girl, I started collecting glass vases from yard sales, wine bottles, and...

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Crumbling Luck

MeretriciousCreation, member | July 15th, 20092 comments

This is made from an old drawer which, judging by the shape, likely came out of a sewing machine cabinet. I found this poor little guys behind some bushes in an estate sale (yeah I'm THAT kind...

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