Feeling Spindle-y, Re-purpose, Guest

Gail from My Repurposed Life sent over this little project and I love it.  I think they are beautiful.  And after reading her post I am wanting to move to a place where you find such great junk on the side of the road.

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Jamie told me that I needed some height on my mantel. I was thinking candlesticks. I looked at the store (Meijer) and I saw that they are VERY expensive. I braved the cold in the garage and rummaged around to see what I could find.
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This is a bedpost from a full sized bed that Cathy and I found on the curb. It wasn’t really bench worthy, so I parted it out. I cut off the posts and legs, and threw the headboard away.
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This is another bed post, not sure where the rest of this bed ended up. 🙂
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While in the garage, I also cut some 1x’s and some 4×4’s into squares for bases.
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Then I sort of just started playing around with the configurations. A lot like I do when I make totems.
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This is a 1×5, and part of a bed post/leg.
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Here I added the top of another bed post.
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I sanded the rough edges, and cleaned up all the saw dust.
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This is the bottom part of the bed post pictured above.
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This is a 1×5, and a 1×4, a part of a staircase spindle, and the top (finial) of an old chair.
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This little cutie is a 1×5, 4×4 and a chair leg!
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This is the other part of the stair case spindle, with another chair finial on top.
I used gorilla glue to hold all the pieces together. I could not decide what color I wanted, so I chose 3 different colors.  Here I have one of those cute little glass ashtray pieces I picked up at the peddler’s mall.
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This is the same turquoise I used on my last window cabinet I made. I watered it down so it was more like a glaze. I used Kilz on all of these before I painted their new colors on them.  This white one is the free Glidden “Crisp Linen” with a wash/glaze of raw umber over it. The browns are a glaze of raw umber. The candle I got on clearance this week at Walmart for .25 cents.
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I put them in my gynormous firebox and lit the candles.
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I am not sure what configuration I will use. I don’t know whether I will keep them in the firebox, put them on the mantel, or on the hearth. I may change up the colors. I tend to change my mind a lot. Ideas? Suggestions? I’m sure you true junkers have lots of items in your stash that you can make these from. They sort of remind me of chess pieces.
I am still enjoying my fireplace and can hardly believe I actually made it!
Love it!
Does anyone else have any clever re-purpose ideas?  

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Cassity Kmetzsch started Remodelaholic after graduating from Utah State University with a degree in Interior Design. Remodelaholic is the place to share her love for knocking out walls, and building everything back up again to not only add function but beauty to her home. Together with her husband Justin, they have remodeled 6 homes and are working on a seventh. She is a mother of four amazing girls. Making a house a home is her favorite hobby.

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  1. >I love this idea! So simple, but such a big impact. I've been saving your tutorial on headboard benches for my husband 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

  2. >I love your blog, these turned out so pretty. Now when I'm out junkin' I'm keeping my eyes peeled for old furniture legs to re-purpose.
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