You already know that junkers are a resourceful bunch. But do you ever tire of seeing just how resourceful? We didn't think so. Neither do we!
Here's a great case in point! Check out that beautiful wood medallion, forlorn, in Lyons, Neb.! Cammie nabbed it from the dumpster of a building owned by an over-enthusiastic saver that was being cleared out. (One of her tipsters alerted her to the stash. Now you know just how far she'll go to find good junk!)
"They had been throwing this out the second story of the building through a door that went 20 feet down to the ground," Cammie said. "I looked out the door and there in a pile of rubble the medallion laid! I had to have it. So we went down and dragged it out!"
Once mounted on a metal stand, it made a stylish, one-of-a-kind screen for the non-working fireplace in Ki's Los Angeles living room (as featured in the Fall/Winter edition of Flea Market Style magazine)!
Now that's junker moxie at work!
Kim
22 comments:
wow, what a wonderful treasure !!!
Fab-u find! :)
That is such a great idea! And a wonderful find! You never know what you may find, but you gotta look right?
I would have climbed in, in my Sunday's best to get that. Love it.
Cool!
I lurrrrve it! AWESOME find!
Oooo....I ♥ it!! I would so jump in a dumpster for this!! What a great find.
I would have been in there head first too. Nice choice to use it as a fire screen! Susan
Love it! One of mine and hubby's favorite activities is so dumpster dive after an auction.....always so surprised to see what people throw away!
I love dumpster diving. I am embarrased to admit that I once held my daughter by her ankles and lowered her into a dumpster to pull out an incredible 50's tv tray.
Way cool!!
Wow, what a great find. It is amazing what you can find sometimes.
Super piece! That's got a lot going for it and will serve many purposes over the years, I bet. I've got to check out dumpsters!
Fantastic piece! Love how you repurposed it!
Wow! Look how large it is! Love it!!!
Great use for this old beauty!
great find! i'll admit i've done a bit of dumpster diving myself. you just have to keep your eyes out. sometimes people will be lazy and throw out perfectly good wood furniture! i guess they're just too lazy to try to sell it...
I think dumpster diving is so fun. Did it with my Mom as a kid and she still has some of the greatest pc of furniture. I dove into a dumpster near our cabin and got a vintage sink from the 50's and I cant wait to put it in my home. It's crazy what people will toss away...
I live in a small town so I have to be very discreet about dumpster diving and curbside shopping. My favorite finds have come from town-wide trash days. Everyone gets to throw whatever out to the curb. I put on my sunglasses and get out of snag some sweet treasures! LOVE IT!
Wonderful piece and it must be quite sturdy to survive such a drop.
Love your treasures!!! I go junkin most every weekend and love it.
Love your magazine sooo much!!
Wow,It look so wonderful treasure.I really like this.I such enjoy this blog.
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