l’histoire se répète! Yep, History repeats itself. What does history and my junque have to do with each other? The answer is……..My garage is a mess and I can’t fit my car in there anymore!
Remember I bared all to you last year? I publicly shamed myself into cleaning up this mess. 
I DID clean it up. I fixed it up, SOLD IT! Donated it, or got rid of what was truly not salvageable. But is it my fault that the junque just keeps on coming? Non!
Here is the new mess:
I am more selective in my pickings. I stopped bringing home every homeless, decent looking wood pallet, (when I realized there were enough pallets just in a 5 mile radius from my home to cover my home). I stopped bringing home cheap things that were more work than they were worth to save. But I still keep finding stuff!
During this past year of “honing” my junquing skills, I have developed a 6th sense. You see, my junque “talks” to me. It tells me it woes and sad stories of being dumped, trashed and terribly mistreated.
This week my junque was jabbering away!
A quick drive behind some stores and I spied this lamp:
Apparently, it wasn’t illuminating enough and someone cut the cord to punish it.
I found this little weird thing. It didn’t speak English, so I am not sure what it is. A Printer’s box? It was pretty much an open and shut case that I would take it home.
Open….
Shut:
This GIANT double fold out bulletin board with giant white board in the middle. They all need to be separated and given individual style and worth. When the bulletin boards are folded in, they smother the white board. The white board can’t breathe. The bulletin boards are just left in the dark. Leaving a cold, hard exterior. I found the whole thing to be very close minded. I will strive to open it up to new possibilities.
This Coffee table had been maimed and left to die. Apparently it preferred Decaf. The previous owner got really cranky on the Caffeine withdrawal and finally threw the whole thing out.
This poor girl. She started off life uber cool with the frosted glass cabinet doors and modern funky legs. Not long after she went home, she lost hers edge. Her doors started to sag. Her legs started to go and she couldn’t show them off anymore. She became yesterday’s news and was replaced by a hot new chick from Ikea. I had to take her home to show her she can live a new and happy life with a new top, some plastic surgery to repair the side, and maybe we can do something to help with those legs.
I never shut the door on a cupboard door. There are endless uses for these guys.
And last not but not least, Heart Break Head Board. This is a private story between the headboard and me. All I can tell you was that she was so down, she lost a lost a leg to stand on. She was so happy to have a chance to live out her life as a reinvented coat rack and message center.
I am headed out to the garage to sort out my salvageables. Emma is coming to assist. I will let you know if we hear anymore trash talk. I imagine there will be plenty.
You picked up an old secretary’s desk from me a while back…I would love to see what you can do with it!
My trash is starting to haunt me in my sleep. I’ve forgotten what I have in my garage. The trash has been shoved way to the back and I have to climb over my husband’s big van, and navigate my way around a trashy cupboard and some workbenches to get to the junque. That’s why I the avoid the garage like the plague. Instead I find new junque to re-do….tst,tst,tst
Karen,
You crack me up!!! I love your posts and I see a lot of great treasures in that garage.
Kris
Put that trash in it’s place! Don’t let it bury you alive!!
Kelly
LOVE THE POST! i feel the same way, im weeding through things and have become more selective when
finding or buying things!
Karen, I love seeing your warehouse aka Garage, there are always such neat stuff in there, but seriously, I don’t think you need to “find” any more chairs for awhile! lol If you ever come across an old barbecue and want to do something fun with it let me know and I’ll show you how I turned one into a potting bench.
Love ya post Karen. Love ya junk, Yep even when we get rid of it all, it keeps coming back. like you I am being more picky in my junk treasures. But it still keeps coming. I am so glad I’m not the only one and alone. truly. ! keep up the good work.
Sharleen.
Oh my goodness, I needed a laugh today 🙂 I am VERY familiar with the garage situation as I have the same problem here. My solution was to use an extra store room in the basement & build a new shed 🙂 Lol. I think your way is much more responsible. I can’t wait to see the new life you give that lamp…it’s so pretty.
Ug! I feel your pain! You have a lot of sorting to do.. Good luck 🙂
I feel your pain too ~ so tired of all the clutter. Sometimes I wish I wasn’t a project oriented person so I could just relax in a clean house.
I love that printers box and your sense of humor!
that’s one big pile of potential!
Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha!~
That’s how I’ve been spending the last hOw mANy days~
cleaniing out, making order, hitting the quick projects.
I need BiG room to work on BiG project.
But I don’t have enough nERVe to show my mess~
Catherine
I am the same way—picking up every cast-off stray. Thanks for linking!
This is why I never get to do furniture pieces…..I have no garage. If I did…..it would look like this..all the time! I love that your furniture talks to you! How can you refuse? Thanks for linking up to Tongue-In-Cheek Tuesday!
I think you need another chair. 🙂 I wouldn’t know where to start refurbing furniture. Love the French too, by the way. My baby girl is learning French in school and I LOVE it!
If it makes you feel any better, your garage looks much better than mine! Glad to see I’m not alone–thanks for the fun post!
Ok Karen this is absolutely HILARIOUS – your junque jabbers rotf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much for linking up!
Big hugs,
Suzan
You know, at least you sell your stuff and make some money. I’d say you are resourceful.
Bliss
I am with you! My dear husband is so patient. Recently, I even had to resort to putting furniture to be painted on the front porch when I ran out of space in my garage! My husband has threatened to change my ring tone on my phone to the theme song from Sanford and Son! Life to the full, Melissa
Que belle junque!! Je voyouerai beaucoups de projets magnifique avec c’est junque!!! It’s been a while since I practiced my French, mais je parle un petit, so excuse any errors, si’l vous plais.
You’ve got lots of cool junk and so funny that it talks to you I’m following from the Junk in your Trunk party and wanted to say Hi, and see your junk, et je s’aime que tous appelle “Redoux”
OMG! this French is coming back so fast… I was just trying to say that I really like your blog name “Redoux” , so simple and chic!! Lol ~ aurevoir – Amy
umm is it wrong that I covet your junk! Love this post, everyone is feeling a little better I think lol It’s good to share.
Thanks for joining us!
Mel xo
Thanks for sharing! We are artists, not hoarders 🙂 These things are treasures