JUNKING ~ 911

After finding Clint's place, I confirmed that this was a junking emergency! Sooooo, I called in some of the experts, Ki, Larry, Jane and Sara, some of my junking friends from the twin cities. There was far too much stuff here to just leave behind, so I called in the reserve junkers to come and help me salvage some MORE junk that I was unable to haul home to my stash.

Ki, the junk expert, anaylzing a found object that could certainly be turned into some fabulous new idea$(*!^@(*&^

Humm, what could we do with these?

Larry found something he thought could make a good hallway coat rack...

Another shot of ONE corner of Clint's.....

Here is Jane with one of her favorite finds, a giant megaphone in this wonderful red color, it definitely went home with her to her stash......

Sara with one of her finds just as it went into the truck.....

Jane, Clint and Sara, three of the most loveable junkers you could find in the Midwest!

There were many items that were bought at Clint's that will become projects for either Bachman's stores or the Idea House in Minneapolis, so keep you eyes open, see if you can find them as you visit both of these places. Let me know if you find any!

Cammie(:

Road Trip .... A True Junker's Paradise....

We took a little trip to the Black Hills to look at a pickup but we did have to get a little junking in between. Imagine how I felt when I pulled up to this place!!! My husband is a truck driver and he told me about this place but even he didn't have the ability to describe how great it really was!!

It was all I could do to keep from jumping out of the car window before it stopped!

Clint owns Antiques and Junk, he is a very creative guy, look at the way he arranges his junk even on the outside of the building, look closely, there are patterns everywhere you look.

Need some chain, well here is where you look for it, all nice and hung up waiting to go home with me....

Gas stove burners, aren't those just to cute....

Need a few glass globe light fixtures?

Now this is the room of parts and pieces of wood, imagine every part and piece of anything you could imagine and here it is all in one big long room...oh, do I wish Clint lived across the street from me....

Need a new set of legs, this is where you find them.....

This is a room with windows with pieces of broken stained glass where the light can shine through and show off all those old keepsakes of glass....

268 spindles all in one place, where else can you find that many of one thing in one place?

These are small pieces of glass that were used above the window in old general store to let light in before we had electricity, they allow more light to get in during the day yet looked more decorative.

Piano guts.... see Jenny had to write her name on her keys.....

Brooms handles of every color......

This a combination of horseshoes, stars things from spurs, and chrome display things for hanging cloths on, there are combinations of different things through out the entire place, how cool is that?

Looking south......

Wheels, wheels and more wheels......

Another creation, can you tell what some of the parts are?

More cool wheels.......

A few spare parts made into...... the bone pile, just don't take one from the bottom of the pile!

A few rusty springs.....

Do-dads, what can we do with these?

Jackson found his treasure, the biggest nut and bolt in the place...

More things I know could be something....

A thing but has some great potential for an idea....

Need some rusty metal shavings?

Drill bits....

Love these, had to take them home with me... old insulators used on the outside of houses....

Parts and pieces.......

Oar locks, maybe some kind of hooks for hanging things?

Pokey things.......

Cool metal rings......

Bottles....

Pieces of glass in different colors....

Know what these are.... old inserts for fireplace inserts....

Little galvanized corners.....

Old porcelain light fixtures....

More old house insulators.....

Rubber coated wire baskets....

The sorting and dealing table, you fill your bucket or the table them sort and negotiate prices...

Spur parts.....

It was a good day of junking and we really enjoyed meeting Clint, stay tuned to hear the rest of the story, more to come... I was gone for 4 days, wait till you see what else we found.

Cammie(:

Happy May Day!

Just wanted to wish you all a Happy May Day!

These are not my tulips, but happen to be my neighbor's. They were so beautiful, thought I would share them with you. Have a wonderful spring day!

Cammie(:

Now This Is American Picking!!!

My son is in the logging business and the scrap iron business, the other day he called and said you better get over here, this place is loaded with things you will love. Soooo, I headed to South Dakota with the truck.

The crew, Justin (my son), myself, and Ron (Justin's hired help).....

Ron looking through the broken glass on the skid loader, a branch broke it out....

The load on the truck that went home with me, garden gates, steel wheels, wire racks and more.....

Here is some more, galvanized buckets, cream cans, swirly roof toppers......

Funnels, planters plates, chicken feeders, and more....

One of the buildings that we went in to rescue some great things....

Another building that was full of doo dad's, mail boxes, hooks and misc.....

A cool piece off of an old piece of machinery....

Justin tying down his load....

A poor old windmill head.....

the crew taking a look at the load.....

Now that is a load!! That is American picking if I ever saw it! We had a fun day of picking through the junk, I got some great things, now off to the cleaning department!

Cammie(: