COOL stuff! Love the ladder and all of your trimmings too!

You are a luckygal, I wish the things I piled on the corner of the patio looked so appealing. The ladder was a deal, I have a friend who put one like it in her garden and filled it with little bird houses, sort of like bird house condos, it was really cute. I love the big bird house,it's as big as a dog house!

Love your garden decor!

Were you walking around in my brain????? Way to go!!!! Now you have inspired me!!!!

Thanks everyone! You all are responsible for my lovely garden junk. You've given me the inspiration and courage to decorate my garden this way. I've always used a few "junk treasures" but am using a lot more since finding this forum.

Excessfroufrou LOL y'all only ever see a corner of my patio in pics - it's the ongoing "work" space of my garden and is often a mess. The birdhouse is one DH made for me a few years ago for Mother's Day. I'd wanted one for years and originally used it to cover the well head. I like it better on the patio and the plants cover the well head in the summer. No birds allowed in it altho I've seen the chipmunks visit it! I like the idea of little birdhouses on the ladder and need to make some.

Shabbybeach, if only I could pick everyone's brain here I'd have the totally coolest garden. I just have to wait til you show your ideas and I copy them one at a time! I'm a shameless copier! ;-)

Hey me too!!!! I like to put my own twist on things like I see you have done, so...I took inspiration from you and finally finished my ladder!!!! I have been wanting to fill it with birdhouses but since I didn't have any I just used what I had laying around. Went to Lowes and bought some discounted plants and this is what I ended up with....
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I plan to paint the ironing board with chalkboard paint and put a new garden sign on it whenever I take a notion....or when I get to it. Have fun and thanks for lighting the fire for me!!! (Sorry I left the hose in the after picture. At least you know I don't abuse my plants I do feed and water them!)

Never saw ladders look so pretty! Love them both. If someone isn't too fond of the look of an old ladder, I think ncshabbybeach's look of filling it with plants is a good one. You could completely cover it if you chose. Luckygal, I really like those rusty roosters of yours too! And that birdhouse is a mansion for some happy bird family. Great jobs on both ladders, ladies!

WOW! You gals are motivators! Luv both your ladders! Luckygal, you patio "corner" looks wonderful! & I already know there is a beautiful fenced garden behind it!

shabby...ladder looks great!Luv all the added old things!! My old ladder has gourds growing over it and up into a leatherleaf virburnum (sp?) ... all kinds of uses for old ladders & also some awesome ones in Inspiration Album! TFS! Jeanne S.

I like the dragonfly stepping stone propped up in 1st pic & you even have a rug on patio floor!! Looks great! What do you do with the wheelbarrows? Shabby, your ladder looks great with the plants & ironing board will look so cute when you can change the message after you paint it!! Jan

Oh, Shabby, that's WONDERFUL!!! I love the idea of turning the ironing board into a chalkboard! I wanted to put potted plants in and around mine but no one here has annuals for sale any more. It's too hot to dig the ones from my garden and pot them, they might not survive.

Luna llena, those rusty roosters live in my kitchen in the winter but "summer" outside.

Jeanne, have you posted a pic of your ladder? Love to see it.

Sunny, that dragonfly stepping stone was a YS find for $1. I couldn't make it for that so couldn't pass it up. The rug is our camping rug. I'd like to plant the wheelbarrow but haven't pried it out of DH's hands *yet*. LOL I'll wait til he find one more at a yard sale, then it's mine.

Thanks y'all for the nice comments. I'm now thinking of putting my old shabby folding kitchen stool out there as well. It's like a short ladder. I get so many ideas from "talking" with you people - so inspiring.

Awesome stuff!!!!

Lucky, there are 4 ladders on this page in our album, and another ladder on the next page.

I love that giant birdhouse!

hugs, Karen

Here is a link that might be useful: GJ garden vignettes

Love these !!!! The more "stuff" the better. Now I need to put more "stuff" on mine. It's looks pathetic next to these LOL !!

shabby-----love that giant clothespin

Kim

Thanks all!

Karen, thanks for the reminder - I love those ladders! Mine definitely needs more embellishments and eventually will have it's own place in the garden. I do look at the album every now and again for inspiration. Thanks for making it! I know we all appreciate it.

Great ideas! Love the old ladders, ironing boards, etc.

Lucky, you'll have to update us on the wheelbarrel :-) I love them too!

Thanks for sharing the pics! ~tenderlee

Tenderlee, I'd surreptitiously have that wheelbarrow planted by now (DH would probably never notice!) except we're having such a heat wave that I don't want to have to tend any more potted plants. I'll plant in it for sure next year. Probably do a fall vignette in it. Should hold a few faux pumpkins!

Here's my small vintage kitchen step ladder I "dug" out of the basement this am. Looks like Mama and Baby stepladders! LOL

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Need to rethink how to arrange and decorate. That will come.

Oh, cute, luckygal...luv your baby ladder! Now I have a oldie in my garden shed...that will have to come out! Eh gads! Ideas! Ideas! Forgot to say that I really like the barnboard mirror reflecting your GJ, too! TFS! Jeanne S. p.s. I will post my gourd plants on ladder when they get some more...right now just has 1 gourd hanging there & lots of blooms!

And thanks, purplemoon, I meant to put a link after I mentioned the "ladders" in the inspiration albums...always love lookin' at those vignette pics!

I like the weird looking bird on the lowest rung of the big ladder too. Great idea to bring out the "baby" ladder! Like JeanneS, I forgot to mention that I love that mirror too and the dragonfly stepping stone. You got a great buy on that one!