Weekend junk finds

I managed a quick bit of junking this weekend. I only had Friday to go out because I was expecting company on Saturday morning. Many of the subdivisions around us are having their neighborhood sales every weekend this month, so I didn't have to drive far to find anything!

I found this great wrought iron plant stand for $2.50. We're in the middle (the very messy middle) of refinishing our deck and making it a place we actually want to be, and part of that plan is adding plants! I picked up two tropical palms on sale at the grocery store the day before and was thrilled to find that one fit perfectly in the plant stand! It may get a coat of spray paint somewhere along the way.

 This cool mirror is huge--around 5' long. It's tricky to photograph a great big mirror, so it looks a bit weird in my photo. It was $5 and the seller said she'd always hoped to do something neat with it. It is older, but I'm not sure how old. I think the frame needs a coat of paint and then I might try to do some distressing on the mirror glass itself with muriatic acid and then back it with fabric, a technique from Mandi at Vintage Revivals that I've been dying to try! If it works, I may hang this above the large open entry way you can see in the photo of the plant stand above. I need something interesting to fill up that space and a great big mirror might just be it!

A few more smalls for planting flowers: two old tins (or I could do this with them) and an old crock, of which I already have a slightly larger version.

Two more planting possibilities: an old cheese box and a sewing machine drawer. The drawer has had it's knob removed and the previous owner installed a couple of sawtooth hangers so it can be hung on the wall.

Peek-a-boo! Did you find any good junk this weekend? I'm in Southern Colorado right now; in just a few hours is my grandmother's estate auction. I'll have more to say about that when I get back home!