OH MY GOSH! I just bought the same grey swirly one at a TS last week! I thought the same thing, just begging for something quirky. I would like to find something like lawn bowling balls or some type of orb to make small mosaic gazing balls for it. What do you think?

Ramona

Oh Wow, those are some great vine climbers. I like that gray swirly one also. I think you're idea for mosacic'd lawn BB's is fantastic RC, hope you can finish it soon so we can see a pic. That's going to look sooooooo nice.

Sal

You got some great items!!! The grey thing is my favorite too(-: I think it would look cool with some sort of gazing balls or orbs etc. Is it a bottle rack too?

The only idea I have come up with so far for the grey one is to 'plant' it in a container of something like verbena or lantana and let that grow through. Maybe put a couple of winebottles in the front holders and have a couple of fake butterflies on wires flying above it. Somehow that just doesn't seem quirky enough.
A couple of the items will end up as planter holders, but I am stuck on the upright wine holder- I haven't thought of a use for it.
I also had a pedestal fan that quit on me this year and I am trying to think of a use for the fan cage. If I can get it off, I may attach the fan blade to a pole and plant it.

Our Goodwill has so much wire stuff ,too. I stand there and look at them wondering what they were originally used for. This post opened my mind - why use them as they should be used ???? ( Slapping my forehead ) Wire shapes are awesome when just grouped together ! Who needs a "purpose" for them !!!

I really like the look of all that metal just sitting there together! That swirly thing is just begging for some BBs or pots or both! I love the way that wine rack looks just sitting there too! I think you've opened up everyone's mind to all the possibilities of this kind of stuff!

LOL, I really thought that everyone would think I was nuts! I got interested when I found a really odd wire taper candlestick holder early in the summer. I didn't want it for the house. But thought it was interesting so put it in the flower garden. Instead of candles the little round things hold sponge pieces that I can wet for the butterflies. Since then I have found a couple more wire candle holders. Then I found the wire file holder and thought AhHa! a plant support. And my collection keeps growing.

I can't think of anything outdoors for the wine rack, but I use them in my bathrooms for rolled up towels.

I love your finds! How fun!!!

Hazie

The fan cage would make a great hanging basket. Or bend the wires and see if you can make it into more of and orb shape...

I wonder what the grey wine rack looks like upside down and hung.... the swirly's remind me of the dangly's everyone was making... Do you have anywhere you could hang it?
Hang it upside down, wire the bottles into it (neck side down) and make the quirkiest haint catcher.

That's a great idea about the fan cage! I was looking at it tonight and because it has a solid center on the front I thought it looked like a sunflower. I could make it into a sunflower and line it with sphagum moss add soil and plant it! The spokes are pretty narrow so I may need to cut some of them in the back.

You know I never even wondered how the grey one would look upside down. I will check that out tomorrow.

Those are all great ideas. My first thought when I saw the gray swirly one was to plant herbs in clay pots and sit the pots in the openings.

The gray one would look great just holding pots.

Morning glories are another great climbing plant if you need something to grow up the tall wires.

Couldn't you turn the wine racks "sideways" and put pots in the "circles" for an herb garden?

I'm soooo jelous! I have been looking all over for cheap (or free) wine racks. You can drill holes in the bottoms of wine bottles and fix it up as a fountain. It takes a little time to drill the holes. You run tubing from the pump (using diverters for more than one bottle. It's a really cool idea that I saw on HGTV (I think).

Great finds!!

Phyllis

The gray one hung upside down could hold hummer bottles or any fancy bottle. The fan cage could just be lined and hung with chains and filled with dirt and flowers