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    Home Ā» Repurposed Items Ā» Garden Arbor made from doors and crib parts

    Garden Arbor made from doors and crib parts

    Published by Gail | Published September 10, 2009 | Updated April 9, 2019
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    Justice

    1999-2006

    Most of the parts used were curb finds or freebies, with the exception of the brackets, $1 each at real deals, and 2 of the 2x8's at the top of the arbor. All the plants were purchased on clearance (75% off).

    This picture shows the empty corner of the yard before it was transformed.

    The pieces of the crib rails are coming together to enclose this special space.
    Rose got her inspiration for her arbor here (jeannespines did a fabulous job on her arbor!)
    Rose says: "I just loved the top of it. She and her husband really did a great job on theirs. You should check it out."

    As you can see, this was a large undertaking. It was slow going.

    Rose expresses her feelings: "My favorite part is the silhouette of the shepherd (Justice was a shepherd mix). That is the inspiration piece for the whole garden. I couldn't believe it when I found that at the curb last fall!"

    Rose adds "It's a great place to sit and hang outside with the dogs. They love it!"
    These are the current furry friends that own Rose and Mike. . . Yoshi and Sandy

    If you look closely, you will see the nice little details Rose put into this garden, ie teacup feeder, and other garden adornments.

    Rose explains: "I need to make a nice headboard bench to go inside still, right now there is an old park bench there. Maybe next summer!

    I absolutely love, love, love how Rose transformed this corner of her yard.

    If you would like to see more of Rose's finds and projects, she has a blog, check it out here.

     

    Check out other door projects here

    Looking for more crib projects?

     

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    1. Erin

      September 12, 2009 at 8:19 pm

      Love it! What a terrific tribute...

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    2. rosemst2t

      September 12, 2009 at 12:07 pm

      Thanks for posting this Gail, this project was very near and dear to my heart. I'd done a door arbor for my mom a couple years ago and wanted to do one for my yard too, just couldn't quite make out where to put it. Once I found the dog silouette, that was the lightbulb moment. Everything came together from there. The white brick surround is actually concrete fake stone siding leftover from a commercial building. They wanted to throw away the leftovers so I carted them all home! The posts are from a porch in my mom's neighborhood that was torn down and thrown to the curb. (got a lot of the old t&g floorboards too) I loved the house number that was still on one post, that became the "address" for the garden.
      The doors didn't match in style but were close, so a few old lath strips cut to size made the 3 window panes look like the 9 on the other door.
      Oh, and I hate to dig, so metal t-posts hammered into the ground are anchoring the posts. Even so, my husband was enlisted to help pound those babies in the ground. That was the hardest part of the whole project! (2nd hardest was getting the glass out of the windows.)
      The location was chosen by our dogs, who love to watch people go by from that corner of the yard. It's their "sentry station".
      Sorry this is so long.
      Thanks for the kind remarks everyone.
      Rose

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    3. Kathy

      September 11, 2009 at 7:39 pm

      This is just beautiful. Love the repurposing of the crib rails and the door arbor is amazing. What a great idea. I just love all the things that can be done with old doors! And what a great tribute to Justice. Beautiful.

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    4. Barbara

      September 11, 2009 at 4:12 pm

      This garden is Amazing! The things you have done with "throwaways" are so beautiful and creative; I just love the entire thing. I'm saving it for ideas for my own yard. Great job!

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    5. junkermidge

      September 11, 2009 at 12:36 am

      The garden is incredible! And I adore the arbor! I definitely want to try one next summer. Thanks for the inspiration.
      Midge

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    6. Grits414

      September 10, 2009 at 11:47 pm

      LOve it!!! I never would have thought, but now I do!

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    7. DeeDee

      September 10, 2009 at 10:17 pm

      wow...wow...wow..I love it..nicely done

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    8. The Persimmon Perch

      September 10, 2009 at 9:53 pm

      That is amazing! I love it! Too bad we are still using our crib. Great job! I would love to feature your project tomorrow for the Garden Section.

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