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Dresser Rescued and Restyled

BarkingDogs, member | July 30th, 20096 comments

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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Let's Go Camping

Jim Healy, contributor | July 28th, 200923 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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What do you do with an old window and $1 garage sale shutters?

PaintingIsMyPassion, member | July 25th, 200914 comments

Got this old farmhouse window, mix with $1 garage sale shutters, scrap molding and split chair legs and this is what I came up with. My hubby put it all together...I painted it out and now it's a...

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Crib Conversion

new2nc69, member | July 24th, 200911 comments

Having a toddler with no fenced yard is a nightmare! When her crib got recalled (yes I know you aren't supposed to resuse it...) I couldn't see sending it to the dump. So with some extra 1x4s, screws...

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

Lanette Lorsung, contributor | July 23rd, 200924 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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I live behind a white picket fence!

BarkingDogs, member | July 23rd, 20098 comments

This fence was such a great find! My husband and I were actually at someone's house demolishing their huge deck so we could repurpose the wood. As we were leaving I noticed a pile of picket fencing...

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A new garage from Salvaged Wood

BarkingDogs, member | July 23rd, 20099 comments

My husband built us a garage last year almost entirely out of salvaged wood. We took the windows and garage door came out out of a house. All of the lumber and siding was from a pole barn that...

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Little-bit Junky Wedding Table Decorations

chippingcharm, member | July 16th, 200912 comments

My sister Anna was married in June...we put our heads together to come up with "Budget Friendly" decorating ideas for the her Big Day. It was so much fun...

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What a Racket!

Jim Healy, contributor | July 15th, 200915 comments

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

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fencing in the platters

THein, member | July 13th, 200915 comments

I found a roll of old garden fencing at a yard sale for less than a$1.00 and decided it was the perfect way to display my collection of platters. I had seen something similar awhile ago but...

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More Garden Junk!

rosiemoonbeams, member | July 13th, 200915 comments

After seeing some very creative gardens decorated with junk here, I thought I'd share some of my found junk that I've used in my garden.

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Georgia Moon's First Occasional Sale

Georgia Terrell, contributor | July 11th, 200927 comments

My very first Occasional Sale starts 7/11/09. Here's a sneak preview.

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More of my free junk pile saves...

oldnews, member | July 11th, 200910 comments

Digging through this pile of stuff that was just going to go to the dump was absolute heaven! We had such a great time and came away with what we considered to be real treasures!

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Shelves - special addition...the silver forks/spoons for hooks!

PaintingIsMyPassion, member | July 9th, 20095 comments

These are several shelves that I have made with the specialty of the hooks being old silver forks or spoon handles with the 'bowl' cut off.

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Converted Chandelier

PaintingIsMyPassion, member | July 8th, 20095 comments

I found this dated foyer light fixture at a garage sale for $2. I took it apart and used just the inside bulb assembly. I spray painted the brass white. I then took an old teacup and drilled a hole...

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Firewood becomes trellis project

DigginDeep, member | July 8th, 20096 comments

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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New Potting Bench from Salvaged Wood

BarkingDogs, member | July 7th, 200911 comments

My husband surprised me yesterday by building another potting bench for my booth. The door was from the barn we salvaged as well as some of the wood. The rest of the wood came from a free pile...

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Door Becomes Twin Headboard

PaintingIsMyPassion, member | July 6th, 20099 comments

A FREE garage sale door was the inspiration for a twin headboard. The upper part of the door had a square glass, that was removed and a 2 x 6 was added to each side for width. The joint caused by the...

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