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Originally Posted by Mortal1
A sink in the yard is sometimes an indication of a trash collector who then calls the stuff "art"...it's not. You'd have less nostalgia if bought a shovel...filled it rocks and bent over with them a few hundred times simulating snow shoveling....
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It's also an indication of a property that was once a farm in the 1700's, and then eventually subdivided. The original farmhouse was next door to us. There was a small trailer park in the back of our property in the 1950's, and the sink was brought in some time in the 1940's. When they tore the trailer park down to build a senior apartment complex, they left the sink behind - along with many of the bricks that had been part of the original farm's outbuildings.
No, I wasn't a trash collector. And yes, I did turn a 1940's white enameled cast-iron sink into a planter. And built a short wall around the tree with antique bricks.
If you have a problem with my idea of repurposing antiques and vintage objects into artistic endeavors, then I feel sorry for your lack of creativity. Your life must be very boring if you aren't capable of existing unless everything fits precisely into its intended spot and anything that doesn't be immediately destroyed.