Calllllling all junkers! LOL

[NJCWGRL]

Angie,
I got my first tat 5yrs ago, When I was ready to start my new life. Mine is a tribal with a butterfly on my lower back the other is also a butterfly. My next is also a Butterfly.Yea, I know but I like what a butterfly stands for(rebirth)

Has anyone made a arbour? I want one for my front yard but they are soo expensive

Shannon

[jdkline]

I made an arbor. At the auction close to us they had 2 wrought iron porch supports for $10. I snagged them and brought them home. DH took a couple of pieces of metal, drilled holes in it, and attached them to the top of it, sunk it in the yard and I have a new arbor for ten bucks. I had been looking for a couple of those supports for a while. I was glad to see them on that auction site. It was very easy to do this. And didnt take long either.
Deb

[Shellee]

That's a neat idea, Deb! I would never have thought about using them that way, but I can see in my mind how it would work beautifully! Would love to see pics!

[jdkline]

Also if you can find any old wooden ladders, you can cut them to the size you want. Make the 2 sides the same size, and cut a piece for the top ever how wide you want it to be and attach it to the sides. That is an easy made arbor. The only problem would be finding the ladders. We had some around here I was going to use but when I was talking to hubby about it, he snatched them for the grapevines for supports. Kind of ticked me off. LOL
But at least they are no longer taking up garage space. And I still got the wrought iron arbor.
Deb

[SouthernCharm1]

Arbors! Aren't they absolutely beautiful!?!?! I saw one somewhere and it was made out of a screen door. I would like to try something like that also.

I found an awesome site for Free Arbor and Project plans! Step by step!!! http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/arbors.phpI'm gonna be lost there for a while!

[jdkline]

Thanks for the site info!! I"m gonna check that out.
Deb

[angmf2233]

I remember seeing somewhere you can make yor own cement birdbaths. By pouring cement into a sandmold? Has anyone tried this?

[jdkline]

Heres a pic of the arbor.


And another




Deb

[gardeningmom]

Great idea! A purchased arbor - same material and size would have cost a small fortune. I am going to have to keep my eyes peeled!

[zuzu's petals]

Very, very cool Deb!
I would definitely have grabbed those up, too!

You know what's kinda funny?
I think that I found the porch railings that went with your porch supports.

I used them to create what I call my "Charleston Gate"
inspired by the beautiful gated courtyard gardens I admire in that lovely city.

It may be a bit hard to tell from the photo, especially because of the festoons of Spanish moss ...
(that is part of the Charleston effect which I love )
but there are 2 pieces of railing there, stacked one atop the other.

This is not a functional gate, it is just part of the privacy screen that we built
at the top of our driveway to define the patio area
and to hide the vehicles from our view when we relax there.

And speaking of re-using junk in the garden ....

that planter down on the ground in front of the "gate"
is an old fireplace grate lined with cocoa fiber and planted with Impatiens.

[gardeningmom]

i think I need to visit some salvage yards - everyone gets rid of those wrought iron railings - now I need some!!!

[Pushin-up-Daisies]

2 cool u guys.yippee

[1H4J]

I've had two of these patio umbrella frames for years , I thought they would make a great trellis.
Finally found a place to use one.
they were both throwaways I salvaged.

[zuzu's petals]

Outstanding re-use of the umbrella frame, 1H4J!
And it meets my own personal criteria for the best garden junk installations ...
... it looks even BETTER than it did in it's original form. I give it a !

My beady little eyes spied some other great re-purposed or made-over decor in your garden photo album, too,
that awesome triple-bowl water feature that your wife beautified with mosaic
and what appeared to be an old window, living a new life as a garden mirror?

[Lovebnretired]

Do not have a picture of an old garden bed room I had so I'll describe it.
In one corner of my garden behind a group of evergreen shrubs and under a full grown fir tree I put:
an old iron bed frame with headbord and planted impatience in a raised bed in the frame
to one side a hung an old window frame from a tree limb
to other side a put facing the beds side a old 3 drawer dresser I found discarded by the side of the road - one drawer was missing other 2 were pulled out some and planted in
near the foot of the bed I put a bench made of a log split in half with a woodsplitter

After the 1st dresser fell apart by end of 1 yr. I replaced it.
The 2nd one I applied 6 coats of a clear floor sealer everywhere before putting it outside. I did put holes in the drawers before coating. It lasted 4 yrs.

Must add that once winter came I covered the dresser with thick plastic soild tarp and took the wooden window frame inside.
Each year I found more discarded bedroom type items to lay around the room - old shoes, hat to hang on tree trunk, baseball bat and ball, hairbrush and comb, etc. which I usually discarded at end of one year.

I loved creating it each year and vistors were always guite suprised. The Grandkids loved playing back there.

My new home does not have the big evergreen shrubs to hid anything but I am thinking of ideas to create a hidden area next yr. I just do not want to put up a wooden fence but may have to.