YARD OF FLOWERS 2015 Garden Tour

The YARD OF FLOWERS is owned by my brother and sister in law, Kris.  Kris has the green thumb, the awesome craft skills and the eye for junk.  My brother may help out from time to time, but I'm pretty sure the YARD OF FLOWERS is all Kris.  Let's start today's tour by the front porch and a gorgeous tub of calibrachoa, climbing clematis and annual marigolds 

Vintage Inspiration Party #199

Welcome back to the Vintage Inspiration Party!

The VIP is the place to share anything old, treasured, passed-down or tattered,
and you can also share projects that were made to look old,
including repurposed and upcycled creations.

The Organized Clutter 2015 Junk Garden Tour

Let's start the tour today at the front door, on the covered patio.  There were early spring changes to my Adirondack chairs this year.  Besides new seat cushions from Menards, my chairs were given an authentically chippy white finish with Fusion Mineral Paint.  I also painted the sewing machine drawers  on the Red Wing crock table.  Lastly, I painted a thrift shop iron table, added it to the center of a small flower garden, and set a bucket of geraniums on top to add vertical interest to a small garden.

What I Bought With My Birthday Money

What do you buy with your birthday money?  Clothes?  A manicure or pedicure?  A night out?  Not me, I buy old gears.

My Friend Danita's Rustic Garden Decor

Today I had lunch with my good friend, Danita.  I brought my camera along hoping to share some of her rustic garden decor with my readers.  

Vintage Inspiration Party #198

Welcome back to the Vintage Inspiration Party!

The VIP is the place to share anything old, treasured, passed-down or tattered,
and you can also share projects that were made to look old,
including repurposed and upcycled creations.

Decorative Rock Formation in the Garden

 Here's a fun and inexpensive idea for your garden!  A rock formation.

The Prettiest Window Box in Town 2015

Every year my sister in law, Kris, puts together a gorgeous window box in front of her office building.  

 This year's window box features a wonderful old time annual, the Nasturium.

Vintage Inspiration Party #197

Welcome back to the Vintage Inspiration Party!

The VIP is the place to share anything old, treasured, passed-down or tattered, and you can also share projects that were made to look old, including repurposed and upcycled creations.

From Church Rummage Sale Frame To Farmhouse Biscuit Cutter Display

I purchased this wooden, three oval frame at a church rummage sale this spring for 25 cents.

Adding Vertical Interest In A Small Garden

This small flower bed is planted with red and pink geraniums, dusty miller and alyssum with two spikes in the center for height.  The little garden is doing well but even with the spikes has little vertical interest.  Taller plants won't work in a small garden, but an item in my shed will.

MORE Beautiful Flowers in Junky Containers

I hope you were saw my post yesterday on Beautiful Flowers in Junky Containers.  Today I am sharing more beautiful flowers in junky containers at my sister in law's house!

Here a simple marigold thrives in a bucket inside a gym basket, and for added fun Kris added "Custom" old vehicle trim and a water main valve painted blue.

Beautiful Flowers in Junky Containers

Here double impatiens are planted in a square laundry tub.

Vintage Inspiration Party #196

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Welcome back to the Vintage Inspiration Party!

The VIP is the place to share anything old, treasured, passed-down or tattered, and you can also share projects that were made to look old, including salvaged, repurposed, and upcycled creations.

Rusty Industrial Junk Garden Decor

My junk garden is heavy on old farm junk.  I don't find very much industrial junk, but my sister in law, Kris, has some fun industrial junk in her garden.

An old rusty rim encircles a perennial cranesbill in the garden.

Rustic Garden Wheelbarrow 2015

My old wooden, chippy wheelbarrow is my favorite junk garden piece ever!  I purchased it over 15 years ago at a garage sale for $15.  I seal it with clear Thompson's Water Seal to preserve the chippy weathered wood as long as I can.

Junk Garden Vignettes in the Corner of the Deck

The idea for the framed lobelia is from 2013.  In 2013, the frame hung in a old dying birch tree that was cut down in May of this year.