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WUVIE
Hulbert, OK
(Zone 7a)
April 28, 2009
01:12 PM Post #6475251
| This poor thing has been pushed around, shoved around
and now kicked outdoors. Well, since no one wants to take
a futon without a mattress and my vehicle was not built for
hauling large items to the recycling center, I think I'll keep it.
I was thinking about taking the frame off, standing it on it's
end and making it into a trellis for some Honeysuckle I've
been fighting all morning.
Or, I could use the ladder part of it, stand it on it's end and
use that for a trellis and then use the remainder as the frame
for a garden 'bed' since it will look like one without the ladder
section.
The nuts and bolts are old and rusted, so I'll get to use hubby's
nifty pneumatic wheel thing to cut them off. Whoo hoo!
Any other ideas I might consider?
Karen Marie
P.S. Lost my job Wednesday, so I may be popping in to visit more often
until I go back to work.
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teko
Brillion, WI
April 28, 2009
01:15 PM Post #6475269
| My first thought was having the whole thing grown over with a vine and having a "green sofa" with some flower pots on it. But I suppose that depends how much room you have in your garden. I like the trellis idea. |
denimangle
Oakwood (Butler,TX), TX
(Zone 8b)
April 28, 2009
01:44 PM Post #6475387
| Hi Karen,
Sorry about your job .. But good to have you back .
Cheryl |
dahtzu
(Faye) Henderson, NC
(Zone 7b)
April 28, 2009
01:56 PM Post #6475438
| Karen no matter what you decide to do, I'm looking forward to another masterpiece. Welcome back, sorry it's under the condition of your job. |
WUVIE
Hulbert, OK
(Zone 7a)
April 28, 2009
02:24 PM Post #6475549
| Actually, it could not have happened at a better time. ;-)
All the taxes and insurance bills are out of the way,
the large winter utility bills are in the past, I had been
saving up money, and best of all, it's SPRING!
I'll get back into gardening and getting things done,
maybe even take temp jobs to keep fresh, but I have
to say, I'm almost glad about it.
Glad to be back, have missed all of you!
KM |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
April 28, 2009
03:28 PM Post #6475861
| We have missed you too!
Can you make it into an arbor? I like the trellis too. |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
April 28, 2009
03:34 PM Post #6475901
| I sure like the arbor. Could use 4x4's or landscape timbers for posts and both of the frames for top . Whoope!! digger |
greyma
Mukwonago, WI
April 28, 2009
07:41 PM Post #6476960
| you could make a short fence, connecting the 4 different pieces and attach to posts. or stand it zig-zag fashion |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
April 28, 2009
08:44 PM Post #6477268
| Trust Wuvie to come up with something you nique. digger |
morrigan
Craryville, NY
April 29, 2009
01:29 PM Post #6480054
| How about a couch alive with bromeliads and orchids??? Use osmunda as the base, and wire on your plants, plant other epiphytes to fill in the balnk spaces??? |
thelittleflower
Penfield, PA
(Zone 5b)
April 29, 2009
10:11 PM Post #6482353
| I have a futon that looks almost identical to yours and I used it to make a fence along my copper trellis. 
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missingrosie
Hillsborough, NC
April 29, 2009
10:17 PM Post #6482377
| Flower that is great!
I thought the 'parts' would make a good drying rack for herbs and flowers.
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seedpicker_TX
(Taylor) Plano, TX
(Zone 8a)
April 30, 2009
06:11 PM Post #6485606
| I LOOOVE what littleflower did with hers...do that! :0)
you almost have enough materials left over to make the arbor part, too...
-T
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blackThumbz
Santa Rosa, CA
(Zone 9b)
April 30, 2009
10:25 PM Post #6486802
| littleflower - great job!
WUVIE ...you could make a really big wind chime.
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greyma
Mukwonago, WI
May 01, 2009
09:58 AM Post #6488220
| you could use the arm parts as swinging gates |
seedpicker_TX
(Taylor) Plano, TX
(Zone 8a)
May 01, 2009
10:06 AM Post #6488277
| oh, good one!...you are right!
-T |
RenderedGypsy
Louisville, KY
June 03, 2009
04:50 AM Post #6634862
| Wow I am happy I saw this thread! I have an old mattressless futon sitting in the backyard. It has been there for over a year. I usually just use it to sit gardening supplies on but it would be nice to do something with it that is decorative or practical. Right now it is just kind of embarassing although my mom does call my next door neighbor's house Disney World due to all of the random yard ornaments everywhere. |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
June 03, 2009
08:20 AM Post #6635195
| LOL!!! Your Mom came up with a good discription of my neighbors house too! I never knew what to call it, just that it "sticks out" in the neighborhood. Disney World is a nice way to say it. (My FIL called it "Upscale Sanford & Sons" when he gave directions to our then-new house.) My Disney World has a futon frame bolted to the back of the house in an arbor configuration around a bathroom window. The side rails are already covered in euonymus, but it looks like they were put on the wall kind of high up from the ground with the idea that the plants would cover the lack of "legs". These are painted white, as is the house and all of the Disney stuff in the yard. This is bolted flat to the wall.
If I had one, I would maybe use it as a frame for a concrete bench like I've seen on the concrete & hypertufa forum, tho' I love it as an arbor or trellis... |
helenchild
Decatur, GA
June 08, 2009
05:06 PM Post #6660132
| I like the wind chime idea but it might be a lot of work hanging it up somewhere.
I suggest adding a few pillows and using it for sitting! napping! or whatever you like to do in a horizontal position... like reading for example.
Have fun,
Helen |
WUVIE
Hulbert, OK
(Zone 7a)
June 08, 2009
08:31 PM Post #6660995
| Helen, sitting? Napping? What is that? Ha ha!
Thought I would update the thread. Hubby cut the legs off and
I dragged it around looking for a new home for the futon frame.
It is temporarily holding up a branch of the peach tree, which
is loaded with tons of peaches! After the harvest I can figure
out what to do with it.
:-)
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