Trash to Treasures, Its not all about Cows

 
I was visiting "MaryJanes Farm"(see my blog list) and she had a great post showing some "trash to treasure"  finds so I thought I would share a few of my recycling ideas.This bathtub was a"free-be". I was helping a friend do some demolition work on a house he was hired to remodel and they were planning on taking it to the dump.I use it for water plants and installed a water pump that comes out of the old fixtures to keep the water circulating. The iron wheel (another free-be)was given to me by a friend that does gas well reclamation. I think it came off an old gas well. And the picket fence was part of a $5.00 find out the road.

 

This garden gate was a "free-be". Visiting farms buying and selling farm animals I sometimes come across some great finds. This was laying in a "junk pile" on a friends farm. They gave it to me, I brought it home, spray painted with a little paint to make it stick out against the house, and hung a water can on the front with some wave petunias. I also plant vining black eyed susans at the bottom and by the end of summer you will wonder where the gate is. It  also helps with blocking the dogs from running through the flower beds.

I have also collected some old tools and horse tack from the barn and farm auctions to decorate the inside of my house with. These are just a few of my "treasures". I also have some furniture I am making from old barn wood that was torn down on the farm and I always have my eye open for more great finds.Like the say, "One mans junk,is another mans treasure." And who wouldn't like Free-Be's?

Comments

[AJ-OAKS]

Love, love the use of the tub!
Ah, you are very creative! It all looks fabulous.
How funny you use old tack and old tools to decorate. I have done the same thing on the side of the barn.
And the saying, " One mans junk is another man's treasure", well, how true is that statement!
Ask my kids what one of my fav words are and they will tell you, "Free"! :)

[Kathy aka Hereford Maid]

That was just a few of my treasures. As you know I am still in the land of dial up, so posting pics takes an eternity. Wait until you see what I do with grape vines and tomato cages.I couldn't believe the price people were paying for the tack that we had hanging in the barn. I was buying some tools at an auction and the guy helping me load asked me what I did with the stuff I bought. He loved the fact that I use it as decorations in my house. People will even bring me things they find when they are cleaning out barns and cellars to put in the house. As you know, I love Free-be's.

[Jim]

You should be on that show American Pickers, I think that's the name.

[Teresa]

You are so creative! I love the way you have used these things to decorate your garden space. It's beautiful.

[Kathy aka Hereford Maid]

Teresa, I get a lot of ideas from magazines. I love looking at something and thinking now what can I do with that. I have had people try to buy things I have in my flower beds and decorations, because some of them are one of a kind finds.

[gafarmwomanPam]

Now that is my kind of decorating. It makes me want to go out and get busy.(which I am on my way out to pull more and more weeds from the garden)

Love all your finds. But that garden gate is my favorite! Beautiful.

Have a great day.
Pam

[Kathy aka Hereford Maid]

Pam, When my friend stopped by and seen what I had done with the gate, they wanted back. Sorry about their luck. LOL