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missusprim
True Blue Farmgirl
400 Posts
Karen
Fostoria
Ohio
USA
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 Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 08:46:00 AM
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We have an old ladder in our barn that is missing a rung and is unsafe to use. So I thought it'd be a hoot to attach it to the side of our barn and plant some type of vine (maybe Morning Glory) at the base and let it just climb to it's hearts content.
Wish I'd remembered this a few days ago when I tied up a rose bush to the side of the barn - it would've been perfect! Oh well.......it gives me a chance to have some more posies to purtify our barn and give it a bit more appeal.
Farmgirl Sister #2984
"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." George Eliot
http://farmchicatheart.blogspot.com/
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 08:54:16 AM
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Great idea! Or you could clean it up a bit and bring it inside, ceilings allowing, and use it to show off vintage tablecloths. That's what I did with mine :)
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Mariebelle
True Blue Farmgirl
54 Posts
Marie
Clarkston
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 08:58:15 AM
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When we bought our house the previous owners left a wooden ladder in the birch tree out back. Of course it was weather-worn. My husband cut it up and made a mantle for the downstairs fireplace. It's awesome. He just shortened a section of it, hung it horizontal, so it still has wrungs (the wrungs go verticle) then with the leftover pieces he built out the top for big enough for a mantle. I love the rustic look.
Born in the wrong era...
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 1:28:39 PM
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Can you put up a pic Marie? I'd love to see it and can't quite visualize it.
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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woolgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
901 Posts
Elizabeth
Great Lakes
IL
USA
901 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 2:44:23 PM
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I use mine in my bathroom to hang towels on!
Liz
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
1511 Posts
tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 3:40:14 PM
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pot and pan hanging rack, works like a charm useing S-hooks on chain suspended from the ceiling, and more S-hooks to hang the pots and pans...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl
1547 Posts
Angie
Buckley
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 5:52:09 PM
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I hang blankets in the family room. And... right now it's laying across the bookcase and fire place with comfrey hanging off of it. =)
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henlady35904
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
Kim
Gadsden
Alabama
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 9:15:20 PM
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| Depending on the length... I saw a pic in a mag that made an arbor for a fence. It was beautiful. I've been looking for an old ladder to make this arbor. Can't remember site, google it and take a look. |
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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Mariebelle
True Blue Farmgirl
54 Posts
Marie
Clarkston
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 10 2011 : 2:20:40 PM
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Jen- I tried to find a pic on the computer, i don't know where my hubby put it. I will ask him and try to get one posted. It was hard to explain-sorry
Born in the wrong era...
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ChickieMama
True Blue Farmgirl
303 Posts
Angela
Banks
Oregon
USA
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missusprim
True Blue Farmgirl
400 Posts
Karen
Fostoria
Ohio
USA
400 Posts |
Posted - Jun 12 2011 : 12:49:16 PM
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Thanks for the great tips everyone! I also thought that a ladder that is uniform in size would make a great headboard as well. Too many sliding doors on the one side of our barn but maybe on the other by my rose bush. Or, maybe lean it against our one small outbuilding and see how that looks.......
Farmgirl Sister #2984
"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." George Eliot
http://farmchicatheart.blogspot.com/
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