Building benches and ‘paths of desire’
Places to sit in the garden? You’ve got to have them. First the paths… You have to take your time to figure out where to lay out paths and the words “paths of desire” I’d read about stuck in my head....
View ArticleHow to build simple garden benches for free
Easy benches for the garden that anyone can make Places to sit? You’ve got to have them in a flea market garden. You can build these benches! Here are 4 simple projects to provide many lovely places...
View ArticleHow to make a bench and planter from old bed frames
Ann Elias’s headboard bench Ann Elias recently visited an estate sale, one of the favorite pastimes for a Flea Market gardener! Our secret is that you get the biggest bargains at estate and yard...
View ArticleSitting pretty in the garden
Showing off quaint old chairs in the garden Marie Niemann posted her quaint chair done up for the garden and it created a sensation on Flea Market Gardening! Here is her chair and 16 other chairs that...
View ArticleGarden Benches: Flea Market Style
Recycled and re-purposed,…into benches for the garden! Here are a few great ideas for fun flea market style benches for season after season of cozy contemplation in your garden. Above: Playing with...
View ArticleSherry’s perfect pallet chairs
How to make simple lawn chairs from pallets Some couples just love working on garden and building projects together. To me, this is the ideal marriage! ‘Cheap Seats’ for the garden Every Flea Market...
View ArticleHow to plant flowers in an old wicker chair
I’m a fan of this chair! Take a couple old pieces of junk and transform them into new and beautiful little garden scene using just a little imagination! Here’s how I planted my garden chair. On a visit...
View ArticleSissi’s flowery chaise lounge
Trash to absolute treasure! Sissi snagged this rusty old wire-work lounge, no longer useful for sitting. Her fantasy flower-filled lounge is a cool fresh focal point in her garden, still good as a...
View ArticleNew garden benches using old salvaged materials
Every garden needs a bench or two or three! These gardeners have found interesting ways to make or adapt benches with a Flea Market Gardening spin. Two fun how-tos! How to make garden benches in Flea...
View ArticleBarb’s terrific tailgate bench
Upcycle a rusty old tailgate by making it into a garden bench Transform an old vintage Chevy tailgate, a few old license plates and some awesome wagon wheels into a gorgeous outdoor bench? This was a...
View ArticleFlea Market furniture fix-up for the garden
How to refurbish wrought iron garden furniture After you bring home a Flea Market treasure for the garden, you then begin to make it your own, many times with paint,…and especially with our...
View ArticleEasy garden projects from recycled wood
9 Fun and easy wood garden projects When this group, Flea Market Gardening, talks about wood, we’re talking about recycled and weathered wood! From doors to old stumps, we love the soft grey look of...
View ArticleBillie’s DIY cinder block planter bench
Cool concrete-block planter bench How to Billie Hayman shows us her simple, but sturdy concrete block bench that transformed into a very cool place to grow flowers. Twelve double cinder blocks make...
View ArticlePerfectly painted garden chairs
Whimsical hand painted chairs for the garden Our Flea Market garden chairs have created a sensation! With simple bowls filled with flowers on the seat, they’re always so charming as garden ‘plant...
View Article50 Planted Garden Chairs: A gallery
A Flea Market Gardening Gallery As you look through the gallery, it’s fun to decide what type of chairs you would like to search for,…decide would you paint or not and what color scheme and flowers to...
View ArticleAntique Motel chairs in the garden
Flea Market collecting: Motel chairs Whether you keep the crusty patina, or sandblast and paint, collecting ‘Motel chairs’ from the 1930s and 1940s to use in the garden can be addicting. At one time,...
View Article50 Flea Market Style Benches: A gallery
A Flea Market Gardening gallery “We sit in Other People’s Gardens, Why not our own?” –Mirabel Osler Beautiful Benches! Where do you sit in the garden? I know, you don’t sit in your own garden. We...
View ArticleMy garden retreat, green and serene
A Flea Market Gardening ‘My Big Garden Project‘ First exercise,…then relax……completing a relaxing project! Friends, I’ve been stretching, doing knee bends and weight-lifting! At the gym? No,…my latest...
View ArticleFun retro metal chairs in the garden
Retro-style and metal rockers work and ‘play’ beautifully in your garden Remember these colorful metal lawn chairs that Grandma and her friends would sit on chatting on a nice day. Referred to as...
View ArticleBillie’s Yellows in the garden
Choosing a color from ‘Over the Rainbow Garden’ Billie Hayman’s garden is full of color and she shows how one color, yellow,… can cheer up any garden. Get out your paint cans and plant pots and let’s...
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