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bmblsad
Northfield, MN
(Zone 4a)
May 16, 2009
08:32 AM Post #6555574
| I love this forum and have lurked in the background marveling at all the creative ideas you folks have. I was hoping you might be able to offer a couple of ideas on what to do with this galvanized vent hood. When upside right, it looks a bit like a witches hat. When flipped over, a very pointed basin. I thought about a bird bath, but I think it's too deep. Or a hanging flower basket? or the basin for some type of fountain...anyway, if you had it what would you do with it?
btw - is there some way to post two pictures to the same post? or do I just have to do two posts? I'm a bit of a DG newbie.
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bugme
Barnesville, GA
(Zone 7b)
May 16, 2009
11:03 AM Post #6556046
| Good thinking ...a hanging basket, just drill a few more holes in the bottom for drainage and spray paint it (or not). |
planolinda
Plano, TX
May 16, 2009
11:54 AM Post #6556207
| and hang stands of beads and ribbon from all those little side holes! |
seedpicker_TX
(Taylor) Plano, TX
(Zone 8a)
May 16, 2009
04:41 PM Post #6557055
| some silver ghost plant would look great in that, if you make it into a hanging basket:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/351/
I can't tell from the picture, but it looks kinda large...is it about the size of a birdbath basin?
You could always still use it as a basket, but instead of hanging it, you could mount it on top if a large diameter galvanized pipe, to sorta imitate a birdbath look, but still be a planter.
does that make any sense? |
huvenia
Lake Charles, LA
May 16, 2009
10:05 PM Post #6558156
| When i saw it , I thought hanging candle holder-- put sand in bottom add candle and Romance (lol). Good luck- post what you decide to do with it. Liz
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scraps
Lena, MS
(Zone 7b)
May 16, 2009
11:32 PM Post #6558495
| This is my 2 cents worth on that vent hood. Don't they use something similar on the post of bird feeders to keep squirrels from climbing up to eat bird feed. It would look better than some that I have seen that look cheap. You could paint to match if need be. The galvanized will not rust will it? Of course you would have to cut a hole for the post. scraps |
seedpicker_TX
(Taylor) Plano, TX
(Zone 8a)
May 17, 2009
08:02 AM Post #6559216
| scraps- I actually had the very same thought about the squirrel baffle, but thought it might look too functional/industrial. I guess with paint you can make it more subtle...
But, if you need a baffle, it would certainly be a good one!
-T |
cue_chik
Palm Coast, FL
(Zone 9a)
May 17, 2009
08:42 AM Post #6559335
| or, buy a plant stand, fill the bowl with some rock to make it a bit more shallow and then you have a bird bath |
greyma
Mukwonago, WI
May 17, 2009
09:55 AM Post #6559603
| or you can put a handle on it and use it for an umbrella over a sculpture? |
planolinda
Plano, TX
May 17, 2009
11:16 AM Post #6559953
| i thought of a bird bath too--i like that idea---or a bird feeder-again with something to fill in the bottom to raise up the food
i also think you could bury it so that only the top 3 inches or so show and put a few succulents in it or some flower you'd like to sort of frame and highlight in the garden--with holes drilled in the bottom |
Zanymuse
Scotia, CA
(Zone 9b)
May 17, 2009
12:36 PM Post #6560233
| When I looked at it my mind instantly invisioned a great big Tin Man Hat. Body a Galvanized trash can, Arms and legs of galvanized pipe, Head out of a smaller can...
standing in the middle of a flowerbed ... Holding a watering can in one hand and waving with the other. I got so enthralled in what he looked like that I couldn't "see" anything else! |
seedpicker_TX
(Taylor) Plano, TX
(Zone 8a)
May 17, 2009
01:56 PM Post #6560554
| Zany-that sounds cute...sorta like those pot pals, only tinman style...I like it! |
Elena
Nashville, TN
(Zone 6b)
May 17, 2009
06:19 PM Post #6561693
| Zany, your creative imagination always astounds me. You are GOOD, Girl! Wish I had you around here to create something for me. I have so much stuff hidden behind my garden shed for doing something with SOMEDAY but I never seem to make the plunge into actually creating anything. |
Zanymuse
Scotia, CA
(Zone 9b)
May 17, 2009
08:07 PM Post #6562135
| Thanks Elena, but now I see an imaginary, lifesized, tin man in an imaginary garden and want to make him but his hat is somewhere in Northfield, MN!
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Elena
Nashville, TN
(Zone 6b)
May 17, 2009
10:25 PM Post #6562825
| I think I could probably find him a hat in my collection. LOL |
Zanymuse
Scotia, CA
(Zone 9b)
May 17, 2009
10:58 PM Post #6562986
| You probably have the whole man somewhere there if you put the poor fellow together ;~) |
scraps
Lena, MS
(Zone 7b)
May 17, 2009
11:21 PM Post #6563066
| Oh zany I absolutely love your idea!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I could weld and I would make me one maybe I could figure out a way without it. I have a strainer thingy somewhere in my shed that looks similar. I think you use it when canning tomatoes or something. It may not be as big but similar shape. I think I could come up with the stuff when I have to clean shed out to move to new house I may try it too. Great ideas come from Dave's garden T2T. |
Elena
Nashville, TN
(Zone 6b)
May 18, 2009
01:26 AM Post #6563475
| Zany, you are a real HOOT! Love you, girl. Yep, I probably have an army of tin men there is the truth be known. LOL |
bmblsad
Northfield, MN
(Zone 4a)
May 18, 2009
06:56 AM Post #6563818
| Oh my gosh! So many wonderful ideas. I really love the tin man - am a huge fan of the wizard of oz - but don't think I have the skill to pull that one off. Thank you everyone for your ideas. I'll give it a whirl and post a pic...but it may be a while. It takes me a bit to finish projects :-) |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 18, 2009
10:45 PM Post #6568146
| If that gets to be too big a project , you can mark lines all the way around , then use a punch to put small holes in it . String low voltage lites inside and perch over a pole for mood lite at nite ,off patio digger |
lizrainey
San Mateo, CA
(Zone 9b)
May 19, 2009
07:19 AM Post #6569071
| oh i love the tin man idea! my dh made me one for the yard,
but wow a full size one how fun would that be!
then his creative mind took them off in another direction
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Elena
Nashville, TN
(Zone 6b)
May 19, 2009
09:22 AM Post #6569489
| Lordie me, those are darling. He ought to sell those to folks. They are so cute. |
planolinda
Plano, TX
May 19, 2009
10:23 AM Post #6569720
| is he a fireman? i'd like one for my fireman son--did you follow instructions online for it? if so can you tell where to find them--you both are very creative and inspiring!! |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 19, 2009
10:35 AM Post #6569768
| Those are really cute . I'd sure go for that first . How do they say it ? "You can build it , we can help " lol . Go for it ! digger |
Zanymuse
Scotia, CA
(Zone 9b)
May 19, 2009
12:57 PM Post #6570291
| lizrainey, those are really nice!
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dahtzu
(Faye) Henderson, NC
(Zone 7b)
May 19, 2009
04:14 PM Post #6570997
| Love the Tin Men. |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 19, 2009
07:33 PM Post #6571830
| Dahtzu will be making one now . Hugs, digger |
lizrainey
San Mateo, CA
(Zone 9b)
May 19, 2009
09:24 PM Post #6572283
| lol oh thank you for all the good cheer, yep he has quite the imagination!
actually the original tin man the small one in the middle of the pictures is from hobby lobby web site we printed that out and he made 4 or 5, then his imagination went wild and he started to add things then he created thease, he is a crafter but lol he says in his macho way look what i've been reduced to a tin man maker( dont let him fool you for a minute) he loves to make them!
it was his step mother who works for a fire station that inspired him to do those two went for a silent auction at the fire house and the indian went to a dear friend in chicago, another dg member.
oh but i might add that the themed tin men, cost roughly about 50.00 to assemble with all the accessories so to sell them at a craft show might be a little pricey, but were going to try in october and see what it would bring in, the basic tin men probably 10- 12.00
but the more i look at that vent hood, oh i would love to have a full size one,
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curvesarein
Kingman, AZ
May 20, 2009
02:16 AM Post #6573389
| Zany,
Your idea is fantastic!!!! |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 20, 2009
06:52 AM Post #6573593
| Hmmmm, wonder if i have enough trash , uh , treasure around here to make a facsimile. digger |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
May 20, 2009
07:11 AM Post #6573619
| Funny how minds work... I could only see the vent hood as a flower painted "umbrella" for my bird feeding operation. I need something to use as an umbrella over the tray feeder and that was the only thing my brain saw! I love this forum and y'alls creativity! |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 20, 2009
07:19 AM Post #6573636
| Maybe you can figure out a way to attach a child's real umbrella to it . be cool ! Or make another feeder to hang from underneth the umbrella , then hang the whole thing from a branch or something . Be cute . digger |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
May 20, 2009
07:55 AM Post #6573739
| Good idea. Thanks! |
scraps
Lena, MS
(Zone 7b)
May 20, 2009
10:14 AM Post #6574230
| Liz, Those are adorable.I am like digger, I can't wait to go through all my junk and see what I can come up with. I certainly could not do one as nice but I think one made of junk would be cute too. But I am in the middle of building a house and then a new yard to create so it is on the back burner for now. This house business is too slow when doing the work yourself. It has been almost a year(July) since we poured concrete. No time for crafting. I am so jealous. |
dahtzu
(Faye) Henderson, NC
(Zone 7b)
May 20, 2009
02:58 PM Post #6575338
| digger, you know me to well. LOL and hugs |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 20, 2009
04:06 PM Post #6575619
| Yep , and it'll be fab u lus ,too digger |
planolinda
Plano, TX
May 20, 2009
06:36 PM Post #6576140
| ok--silly question but do you ever get attached to the tin guys and have a hard time parting with them? i think i would--i feel like they would start to take on a little bit of a personality with how each one is a bit different--- |
lizrainey
San Mateo, CA
(Zone 9b)
May 21, 2009
07:00 AM Post #6578022
| lol, yes its hard they sit in the living room for weeks and we stare at them and think wow next week it will be gone.
but he is working on omg, a female stripper tin lady only my dh thinks this up, and he wants to make a police tin man as well. poor guy works 70 hours a week so i dont know when he will get to all of thease :) |
Dirt_Road
Janice~ Gulf Coast, MS
(Zone 9a)
May 22, 2009
11:45 AM Post #6583054
| Oh Liz, they are so cute!!! Tell your son he did a awesome job!! He really knows his way around a tin can!! Once again,, They are so cute!! :~) |
SallyD
Yardley, PA
June 01, 2009
03:57 PM Post #6627394
| I just put in some mint but had to bury a container to put it in because it is so invasive. That looks like it would have been
perfect to plant the mint in. |
planolinda
Plano, TX
June 04, 2009
06:18 PM Post #6642666
| ok--asked at school lunch room for cans for tin man and came home with huge bag of the big cans--i found the tin man directions from hobby lobby-thanks miz liz!
now i wonder what else can i make from tin cans? any other sculptures anyone can think of or has seen or has a pattern for? i am going to post in the trash to treasure a new thread and ask also |
chasmarie
Brentwood, CA
June 09, 2009
01:50 PM Post #6664154
| Poke a small drainage hole, paint it a bright color, maybe add some large red painted ladybugs on it. Add a chain, plant it with spider plants or hanging fuschia. Then hang a hummingbird feeder above it and you will have a beautiful planter not to mention winged visitors. I have done this with many pots, pans and other kinds of planters and I have hummers all year long. ( No. California area)
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planolinda
Plano, TX
June 09, 2009
05:53 PM Post #6665078
| very good thinking! i have been trying to attract the hummingbirds but no luck yet--
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