Organized Clutter

  I recently decorated my covered patio for fall inspired by old wheels, like this one.

Besides decorating with real pumpkins and faux pumpkins in the fall, I like to repurpose junk and other items as pumpkins and Jack O' Lanterns. In the first photo, I found an orange rake head, tied raffia on it, and hung it outside my front door.

I found this wood chip basket pumpkin at a recent garage sale.  It was a little tired looking so I gave it a makeover! Scroll on down for my basket makeover and 8 other September upcycling projects from the Thrift Store Decor Team.

Deer seldom bother nicotiana annual plants but this year was an exception.  For several weeks (even with spray repellent), deer ate the blossoms off of the nicotiana. They were sad little plants.  But then, when the deer stopped eating them, they came in fuller and beautiful than usual.  It was like they were pruned. Here is Part 2 of the 2023 Junk Garden Tour, the Closeups!

Welcome to Part One of my 2023 Junk Garden Tour! This year I divided the tour into wider angle photos (part one) and the close ups (part two).  I hope you enjoy the tour!

I found this vintage coffee grinder at our local thrift shop last week for $3.00.  It's vintage, but like 1970's vintage, and I don't like the look. Scroll on down to see the coffee grinder makeover and 8 other makeovers from the Thrift Store Decor Team . This month's projects include a scale, a mannequin head, Halloween Art, botanical print mats, wicker baskets, a key cabinet, and glass bottles.

If you haven't picked up the September 2023 issue of Country Sampler , maybe you should plan to pick it up!  I have five of my fall upcycled decor projects featured, and my blogging friends Sadie Seasongoods and House Of Hawthornes do as well.   

Do you know what my all time most popular garden post is?  It's  Junk Garden Ideas Galore 2014 . The post had 22 photos of older garden junk ideas, like the one above.   Scroll on down this new post with some of my best junk garden ideas since then!

On June 6, I shared this laundry tub planter in a blog post  HERE. Scroll on down to see the laundry tub in July, along with the other planters on the patio.

Back in May, I shared four different planters with succulents, including three mop buckets, on my deck. You can look back at the old blog post for plant information  HERE.