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End of the Summer Retro Picnic!

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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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Hey! Look what I found...

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I picked this up today after the school run... For FREE! It was a curbside find. I even waited out a guy who was wondering what I was doing... I played off pulling over to text. (very importantpull...

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"The Twelve Best"

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This old tobacco tin had been in a Connecticut barn for the last 50 years.

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Old Mother Hubbard

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I made two laundry room organizers out of one old ironing board.

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Old Timer Checkerboard Table

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I finished this table earlier this summer, but had been holding out trying to finding the perfect checker pieces, so here it is! Not sure what sparked the whole idea, but I had an image in my mind of...

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Have a "Belt"!!!

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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!!!

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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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Repurposed Antiques goes to Market

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Repurposed Antiques at the Fourth of July Antique Fair - This was my third year to do the fair.  I got bold and doubled my space from the previous years and in spite of the economy, it paid...

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Dresser Rescued and Restyled

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This dresser had missing handles and one broken drawer beyond repair. The remaining drawers are dovetailed construction and very strudy. I sanded off most of the white paint to reveal the red...

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A good junk find

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The last few sales I have gone to were really slim pickins.................until I hit the junkpot! I did not picture the rackets. They were already in my studio. My favorite are those cans. Lots of...

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Let's Go Camping

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

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Recycled Window

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This is one of many windows that I've done. It is a recycled window that I got from the side of the road, some scraps of glass from a Church window company and lots of shards of glass, glass...

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Old electric panels?

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Newest trash treasure! Soon to be art frames. Notice the old mounting holes and silver hardware. Just my most recent find.

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Wiry Joe Clock

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Old tin wire spools have some of the best graphics and Wiry Joe is no exception!

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What a Racket!

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A days worth of junk discoveries turns an old Badminton Racket into an unexpected Clock.

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Firewood becomes trellis project

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One day my 6-year-old-daughter wanted to build a bird house and I liked that idea. So I scrounged around our garage and found the scrap wood we needed. While we worked on that I thought I'd like a...

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Can you see me now?

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I live in a rural area, on an island in the Sacramento Delta. Our fire department asked that we make our street #s more visable because they've had a difficult time finding addresses in emergencies...

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Is it REALLY a Watermelon?

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We had an unsightly looking propane tank. It was painted silver and very much rusted and chippy. I wish I would have taken a before picture of just how ugly it was.  I decided that a makeover...

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Got Gas!

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Old, crusty and rusty is just how I found most of the components for this Lamp. I combined an old Gas Can with a crusty vintage Hose Reel and out popped a Lamp.

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flag project

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This was a junk project a few years ago. Since July is almost here this would be great project now! I took an old door panel.........crackled one end. While the crackle was drying I picked out...

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