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Friday, August 5, 2011

repurposing a vintage crib frame from a yard sale!

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I saw a beautiful, white iron crib at a yard sale for $10.00.  I'm sure they thought I was crazy, but I said I would take the frame, and leave the mattress.  They were so kind, they disassembled it for me while I was looking at other sales in the neighborhood.  Honestly, I didn't know what I would do with it for sure, but it was so pretty.

I decided to put one end of the crib frame in my front yard on a little hill behind my potted impatiens (sorry the photo turned out kind of fuzzy)...

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With the other end of the crib, and the sides, I made a little backdrop and fence in my blackberry garden.
(Before i show you a better photo of it, I wanted to show you another yard sale find.  It was a big slab of marble.  I brought it home and decided to make it into a bench by putting some cinder block under it and then putting it in front of the crib frame.)

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(sorry again, about the fuzzy photo.  By the way, the pedestal is from a yard sale too!)

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There is some parsley growing to the right of my bench, and some wild strawberries creeping in.  I think the crib frame makes a nice backdrop and is a good focal point for the back of the garden.  Do you have any other ideas of what could be done with the crib frame?  Perhaps inside the house???

7 comments:

  1. It looks great! My mom just picked up a twin headboard from someone's trash (it looks similar to your crib, with the scroll work) and stuck in in her garden. It looks so pretty! Great minds think alike!

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  2. What a clever idea! I just love it!

    Jane
    Flora Doora

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  3. Lisa over at Serendipity Chic Design used one of the side rails of a vintage crib as a magazine rack in her bathroom. She actually hung it from the ceiling so it hung down the wall to the side of the toilet. It was genius! I really love it in the garden too! Great find!!

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  4. What is the popup that keeps popping up on your site? VERY annoying...

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  6. Roxy, I don't see any popup. Can you tell me what it looks like? It might just be from your computer.

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  7. I would LOVE to have this bed. If you'd like to sell it let me know. :) korihenryphotography@yahoo.com

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