One of my favorites things to do in my garden is put together footling vignettes of junk I ’ve picked up at garage sales , thrift stores , estate sales or flea marketplace and contain them into different areas of my garden . This post is filled with wad of pictures of some of these piddling garden interior decoration grouping I ’ve put together over the years . I hope you ’ll add up forth with some ideas of ways to add a few vignette using flea market finds , upcycled or repurposed junk in your prime gardens . Have playfulness and relish the virtual garden tour .

Do you jazz what a “ vignette ” is ? I have it away the definition of sketch on vocabulary.com:“A vignette is a abbreviated but powerful scene . A good vignette depart you desire more . ”As a cosmopolitan rule of quarter round , whether indoors or outdoors , decor sketch count best in left over numbers .

Sometimes the good place to start creating garden vignettes is to look around your own yard and/or garden shed for debris you could repurpose . A great example is this president hubby made out of sticks and limbs from a maple tree diagram we turn out down .   I parked a wicker handbasket of annual on the seat and twined a Nelly Moser clematis around the back . Mr. or Mrs. Robin liked it too and stopped in for a visit . It appear super cute gather into this flower garden .

Chair made from maple twigs and stems in a flower garden.

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Vintage Milk River cans calculate amazing in a flush garden . They work great as planters . I ca n’t get the lid off of this modest size time of origin milk can , so I just set the handbasket on top of it .

Here is a larger old milk can that I use as a planter . I just place a container inside it that has enough of a lip at the top so it does n’t slip down into the Milk River can .

Vintage milk can used in a garden.

Old Ladders as Garden Decor

time of origin ladder make such fun vignettes in the garden . They are very easy to find at flea markets , estate sales or service department sales . Perhaps you have an honest-to-god ladder tucked away in a gardening shed . This ladder was an estate sale receive several years ago and it ’s made an appearance in my garden every yr since then .

Most of the little junk pieces or knick knacks are also easy to find at thrift stores , flea food market , garage sales , or estate sales . This is the same ravel styled totally unlike .

Just to show how garden vignettes can be changed up from yr - to - year , here ’s another cute ladder idea .

Image of a vintage milk can in a flower garden.

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Another with child example of upcycling for the garden is the employment of wicker hoop . I love using wickerwork baskets as planter and you ’ll notice them in lots of my garden vignettes . They are really easy to find either on sale , or second - mitt . Wicker basketsgenerally only last a few seasons outdoors , but I always palpate like I puzzle my money ’s deserving .

Here ’s a minuscule vignette from a few yr ago have antique mason jolt which are also promptly available at flea markets . The bench was constructed out of quondam barnwood . I sleep with this one so much that I had a canvas print made and it hangs in my office .

Ladder in the Garden

Another cool small-arm made from barn wood is this sweet cart I picked up at a flea grocery store . The previous man that I purchased it from recite me all about how he made it from old barn wood .

Upcycled Wheelbarrow Planters in the Garden

Old Vintage Wheelbarrows make awesome flower plantation owner in the garden . If it does n’t already have some holes in the bottom , be indisputable to drill some for drainage . We purchased this old wheelbarrow at an estate sale several geezerhood ago and I love filling it every year with plants . For some intellect this wheelbarrow seems to always terminate up in the shade and filled with fishy yearbook , like impatiens , begonias , caladium , ferns and grovel jenny or vinca vine .

Here ’s another cute garden sketch feature my honest-to-god vintage wheelbarrow .

And one more garden vignette sport my vintage barrow .

Ladder in the Garden

Using Upcycled Chairs in the Garden

This honest-to-god chair was missing the rear , so I was able-bodied to snag it for a few sawbuck at an antique store several years ago .   I did n’t care if it had a seat , because I know forthwith that only a pot of peak was ever go to sit down on it .

Here is the same previous chair styled with a wicker hoop fulfill with dawning glory vine , zinnias , calibrachoa , lobelia and cower jenny .

This next one is my favorite . A galvanized pot with creeping jenny , lobelia , impatiens and caladium is looking adorable sitting on this old , drug addict appear chair .

Zinnias in a Wicker Basket

The hub knew I was count for an old piddle ticker to expend in the gardens and he found this one . It was in pretty amazing soma , but we used a wire brush to cleanse it , and then spray paint it . The updated urine pump still has a cool chippy old look and it adds some graphic symbol to this whisky barrel plantation owner . Spray pigment is an awesome way of life to spruce up or change the look of your flea market finds .

Finally , here ’s my rubble garden this year . I do it putting this together . As I stated earlier , both the ladder and garden cart came from the three estates sales . Hubby made the bench several eld ago and it ’s now showing historic period which I have a go at it . All the other stuff and nonsense just came from my appeal of garden decor and junk . apologise the shadow of yours truly in the picture . Some day this old shed will become one of my makeover projection , which will be fun because I ’ve always wanted a “ she - shed ” . That ’s fairly far down on the project lean though .

Here is a listing of items you’re able to well come up at flea market place , estate of the realm sales , parsimony store and garage gross revenue to upcycle and add to your garden :

Mason Jar Vignette on Barnwood Bench in the Garden

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I ’ve been exalt over the years by following the blog , Organized Clutter . Carlene has an incredible talent for upcycling and adding all kinds of junk to her gardens to create some really awesome garden vignettes .   I also loveFlea Market Gardening .   It ’s a site that focus on using flea market finds in the garden as well .

Image of a flower garden with an old barn wood cart

Happy gardening ,

Julie

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Vintage Wheelbarrow filled with flowers.

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