Found this in the Taunton Homepage.
Never knew this site existed. Looks to have come about last fall…
http://www.junkmarketstyle.com/all
Edited 1/8/2009 12:32 am ET by rez
Found this in the Taunton Homepage.
Never knew this site existed. Looks to have come about last fall…
http://www.junkmarketstyle.com/all
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Yep, it's been around for awhile. I recognize some of the sceen names from the GardenWeb's Trash-To-Treasure and Garden Junk forums.
I wonder why it isn't set up like BT, CT, etc.?
Dumpster Divers of the World Unite!
Aitchkay
I had a customer bring this "wheelbarrwl" to me a few years ago. They wanted me to fix it "so that it still looked old and used and all".
I did what I could, charged them hundreds, and they were quite happy.
I have one of those gathering dust in the garage rafters, compliments on my wife. One of these days...
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
Somehow something PT Barnum said comes to mind.
I have one sitting around not quite as far gone as that one.
Bet it was a fun project tho'. ;o)
I wonder why it isn't set up like BT, CT, etc.?
It is a puzzle. Maybe they are just trying something new. Different form of magazine and all.
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I am fairly into the "junk" decorating. DH doesn't get it and hates it. (Though, he is sweet to tolerate of some it.)
For instance, I have a stack of small antique suitcases. As far as I am concerned, they make much nicer storage for family photos than some plastic junk from Walmart.
Also, I have a collection of recycled candle holders made up of newell posts, balistrades, table legs, and who-knows-what-the-heck-they-are...just for decoration. I'm not really a candle-type person, unless it's outside.
Well, and I have old bowling balls in my yard on pedistals...go figure. I keep thinking I will mosaic them pique assiet (sp?) with old china plates...
Recycling can be fun!
Well, and I have old bowling balls in my yard on pedistals...go figure.
heh heh Nope, can't figure that one.
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Think of them as unbreakable gazing balls.Check out posts 114802.54 and 114802.62AitchKay
Well, I am an anti-fake gazing ball, kinda girl...
Somewhere, I have pictures of my mom and her sister in a beautiful old garden, around a real gazing ball. Really neat old B&W photos. (1935, perhaps?)
I just hated it when even the drugstores started selling them. Cheap junk.
The bowling balls were just my way of rebelling...lol.
I'll try to find a picture for you.
BTW, one of the bowling balls used to belong to the grandfather of my kid's close friends. He was a great guy, my kids loved him, so we made a memorial for him in our yard when he died...never could figure out what to do with the shoes though...(donated them).
Have only two bowling ball stories.
One on NewYears Eve when just kids. The young cousin was lying down on basement floor rolling a bowling ball back and forth to his sister when oops...trip to the dentist. Front teeth of course.
Other was when visiting a while with a navy buddy in Ocean Beach so many years ago when his roomie and I stop by a second hand junk store only to find bowling balls for a dime a piece.
Put them everywhere. Took weeks before he found them all.
Remember him saying he was wondering what the rolling noise was when he turned a corner in his truck.
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When it comes to practical jokes, one of the qualities I look for and value most is a good work ethic -- -- Some people are so lazy --But when a guy's willing to work up a sweat and put in a good day's hard work, I know he's the real deal.Aitchkay
OK, so of course I had to google “Bowling ball on a pedestal.” I got 33,500 hits. One of them fell under the heading:YOU KNOW YOU’RE FROM PENNSYLVANIA WHEN...AitchKay
Search Bowling Ball at the GardenWeb.com (under Garden Junk)...those gals will glue anything to a bowling ball and put it on a pedestal!!! Squashed marbles, pennies, wallpaper, porcelain doll arms (now that was a weird one!)...one gal made a bunch of copper leaves and glued them on...ooo pretty, that was well done. Oh, and they also make bubbler fountains out of them.
http://search.gardenweb.com/search/?sp-a=00040229-sp00000000&sp-q=bowling+ball
I came across some pretty cool gazebos they made from the old huge satellite dishes, too.
Pretty funny when they go into their dumpster diving escapades...bless their hearts.
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Don't know what to say.
You know what they say --"Great minds run in the same channels... and so do little pigs!"Wanna form a partnership?AitchKay
You mean like 'Bowling for Dollars'?
Well, maybe more like "Bowling for Dullards"Aitchkay
If we went to a business lawyer to set up a company would you carry your papers in an aitchkay case?
See? I KNEW you would find that catterpillar!!!! LOL!
I just couldn't figure out how to post it to you!
http://nerdbots.net/
http://www.kansascity.com/starmagazine/story/965810.htmlFound object robot sculptures.And a friend of mine has this thing about old window sash. Hangs them on the wall..
William the Geezer, the sequel to Billy the Kid - Shoe
Do you mean sash or sash weights?I make hurricane chimes out of sash weights -- when you hear that gentle tinkling sound, you know the winds are up to about 75 mph!AitchKay
No sash.They are hung on the inside..
William the Geezer, the sequel to Billy the Kid - Shoe
And here I thought I was on the cutting edge with bowling balls...As for satellite dishes, I've been eyeing them for a while. I want two, with different radii, to make concrete forms for birdbaths. The smaller radius goes on the bottom of the concrete form, and the larger radius gets tapped down into the mix after the female mold is filled. I'm looking for about 3"-4" thickness at the bottom of the bowl, and about 1 1/4"-1 1/2" thickness at the rim.Since the inside surface is all that counts with Sat dishes, I'll probably have to make a male plug from the inside of the larger dish -- its outside face won't be smooth and regular, and will probably have mounting bosses, etc. on it. But then I'll be set to go.Semper Tweak.AitchKay
THIS IS TOO MUCH!!!I just posted a picture of a bowling ball on a pedestal about two days ago. I’m serious! Check out posts 114802.54 and 114802.62.The pedestals are scrounged water main parts. The one on the left usually has a scrounged 30” dia. bowl on top -- it’s our birdfeeder.I have several other water-main pedestals in the back yard, with old cistern covers that serve as beautiful tables. Some of them are cut limestone, some concrete, and they’re all about 3’ dia. I also have a smaller table, whose top is about a 20” dia. water-main cap.Here’s a picture of one of the tables:AitchKay
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yep, nothing like just hanging around.
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I think I’ve asked you this before, but I couldn’t find the thread next time I posted a picture..How’d you do that? My attachments always have to be opened...I think at the time I looked to see what you were talking about, but my controls looked different. I use a Mac. Does that make a difference?AitchKay
What I understand is a Mac is a different animal.
I know next to nothing regarding Apple. Perhaps someone knowledgable with Macs might wade by here and provide some answers.
Cheers
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"My attachments always have to be opened..."That's a good thing, when your pics average 2 or 3 megs in size...
Yeah, I know how to dumb the camera down before I take a pic, but once I’ve taken a pic, I don’t know how to dumb it down to attach.If I know beforehand that I'm going to be emailing a pic, I set the camera accordingly.Aitchkay
That's very cool!
Looks like you have a great time with your kids, too!
You know what they always say -- Put enough monkeys in a room with enough typewriters, give ‘em enough time, and sooner or later...... they’ll all start putting bowling balls on pedestals.AitchKay
is there an "after" picture or did you simply return it as is and ask "does this look old enough to you?"
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>>"is there an "after" picture or did you simply return it as is and ask "does this look old enough to you?"Actually, there is an 'after' pic, but your question makes me realize that I could have made a LOT more money on the job than I did.
Politics is the antithesis of problem solving.
That's some nice work you did there. Makes me want to go out and find some barn wood and get creative. =)
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LOL.....wife found an OLD steel wheelbarrow with a wood frame in someones garbage once. Brought it home and asked if there was something that could be done to make it look rustic for our garden area.
I filled it with dirt and planted some flowers within.
She was CRAZY about it.
Funny thing was, it only lasted a year.
Probably sat in someones garage, unused, for decades. Finally served a purpose and....
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>>"I filled it with dirt and planted some flowers within."When I accepted the task of "restoring" that beast, it was clear that the owners wanted to use it as outdoor decoration. They wanted to put some potted plants in it, park it in one of their mulch beds, and feel good about great-grandpa's cart for a few more decades.(And they lived in one of those neighborhoods that most of us aren't even allowed to drive through.)I replaced all of the wood with cypress, all the fasteners with stainless. The only items remaining original were the wheel, and some wrought iron braces. And I even treated the cypress with copper napthanate, to gain even a few more years of protection.Made fair money in the deal, and haven't heard from them since.Who knows, maybe it's still looking good.
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This is far from a new idea. I remember back in the 50s when my parents took an otherwise beautiful hardwood dresser, painted it and beat the snot out of it with a chain, then smeared dark brown pigment in all the dents and wiped it down to make it "antique".
My grandfather agreed with me (I was 10 at the time). He said they were successful in making a good dresser look like they found it at the dump. I was amazed then and I am amazed now when I go in someone's new house and see junk furniture that they paid extra for.
Like trying to impart a time worn patina to a new object to provide a comfortable feeling of nostalgia and quality I guess.
I remember going to a rather large guitar show when seeking a '70s les paul and was amazed when within the aisle after aisle of new and used instruments not one 70s paul reared it's head
but a slew of booths that specialized in turning new instruments into looking old by paint techniques and the like with a host of new Fender and Gibsons.
Still can't quite understand that.