(Edit: Kathy and her son Danny who live in Huntington Beach Central Park area and have a beautiful southwestern themed backyard have since painted this bench purple with pink accents and it came out amazing!)
We created the Junkin' version of a potting bench for a friend who had everything but was in love with our basic potting bench/bar in the back yard.
We got a hot tip that Habitat For Humanity (http://www.habitat.org/) was having a warehouse sale, and upon arrival was told that everything was going to be sold or tossed. We found some cool stuff and saw some turn of the century doors getting taken out to the dumpster.
The next morning the idea hit us... a potting bench made from an old door!
This is where our lives took a turn for a new low. We jumped into the truck and went down to dumpster dive Habitat! Sure enough, door secured and new project was under way.
After picking up $25 worth of lumber, we threw together a table of 2"x4" and 1"x4", secured it to the door with some lag bolts I had laying around, bolted up some rusty crap from the workbench (horseshoes, etc) and bolted some old jelly jars to the bottom of the table to put knickknacks in. Complete with a coffee cup succulent garden and an old insulator to store string on, and we were good to go.
Delivery of this beast took two grown men, but it was worth it. Kathy couldn't have been more pleased.
Dumpster dive project accomplished.
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