So how do you make a bunch of junk look presentable? LOL

16 years ago

Our yard is pretty well picked up. The only bad spot is this area beside the shed. It's the spot where the stuff we don't know what to do with ends up. We added on to the shed two years ago to make room for the lawn stuff but we keep adding too fast! LOL We just bought a four wheeler so it now goes in the front of the shed where the lawn mower was and the riding mower is in back with the pressure washer, push mower, weed eater, garden tools and broadcast spreader are all shoved around it. There is no where to put the lawn mower cart or wheelbarrow or saw horses now so they sit alongside the shed.

The area beside the shed is also where we keep the garbage cans. We have four, mind you. We use three regularly and the fourth is there just in case we have extras! LOL

There is also a large wood pile. My father brought us pieces from an old deck he tore apart to put in a new for his job, thinking we could use the lumber to build a deck that summer. We did build a new deck but smaller than orginally planned. DH and I have kept the lumber around to use with other projects. It's been used slower than I thought! LOL

I just want to clean it all up! My first thought was to get a section of privacy fence and put up beside the shed to hide the mess from the road. However, this area is the only space we have to drive into the back yard if we need to. And I know in a little while, DH is getting a small trailer to put the four wheeler on to haul it. So I suggested making the fence into a door but he can't see into it..thinks it will sag and he needs more posts than he should, etc.

I want to restack the board pile so it's not as spread out from digging in it. I want to get rid of the extra stuff that's not being used or isn't needed. I want to paint this side of the shed because it badly needs it and I can't get in to do it normally. Then I thought if I found some garden junk to hang on this side like I did everywhere else, maybe I will like it. I even thought about staining the sawhorses to keep them safe from the elements and sitting my one flower box on top to pretty them up when they're not in use! LOL

I know it's probably hard to help without photos but I haven't taken any because, well, it's a mess! LOL Maybe later...if I get brave. Do you guys have areas like that? How do you handle them and make them fit in with the rest of your yard and gardens?

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kudzukween
16 years ago
YUP! It's along side my driveway! Right where everybody and their brother can see it. There's even an engine and a transmission,and some other junk my DH considers 'beautiful', I don't even know exactly what's over there but it's more than would fit in a shed.Then in the back is a pile of old Chicago brick,for 'one day',lumber in two separate piles,a pile of petrified wood,a pile of driftwood,a picnic table with junk piled on it,and glass underneath it....there's more but I better stop!
TxMarti
16 years ago
Dh did make a privacy fence around our extra junk & it's a real pain because it can't be mowed or weed-eaten the way stuff is arranged in there. I hate it.

I don't know what the answer is, but I'd like to get rid of a lot of our junk.
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sweets98
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16 years ago
It wouldn't be so bad if the stuff was JUNK but its all stuff we need so I fight with it.

I'm thinking about taking one of the old boards and making a large GARDEN SHED sign or something like that. Then a smaller TOOLS sign or something like that. Isn't there also a sign out there that says something about buying and selling used junk? LOL I'm sure the neighbors will love that!

Most of my neighbors aren't that tidy, either. I think our yard is cleaner than some. Both of my neighbors have homes that need cleaned and painted, overgrown shrubs, actual junk sitting around and only mow or do work outside a few times all summer. A few doors down, they have about 20 junked cars in the backyard! LOL So this is NOTHING!

It's just bothering me because last week I was up back playing with DD on her swing set and in her sandbox and the neighbor, his gf and his daughter (she's my age and I went to school with her) were out in the yard planting two trees. I don't think she realized that the wind carries stuff and I heard her make some comment about how I supposely thought I was better than everyone in high school (she did not know me very well then because I did NOT think or act like that!) and now look how I live! I live in a trailer but it's fixed up and the yard is landscaped and I have pretty flowers and items about. Many people comment on how NICE we've made the place! DH even went up in the woods and thinned out the weeds and jagger bushes and made us a fire pit and camping spot. The ONLY messy section is the board pile and what not beside the shed! It's not even JUNK!

Oh, I was FUMING mad! I told DH when he got home that I really should have yelled back that I AM better than her! LOL Seriously, though, with her history, I can't believe she had the nerve to say that!
anjabee
16 years ago
She's apparently been jealous of you for a long time Sweets or she wouldn't still be thinking of it. People thought I was stuck up in high school, but I was just very shy.

Gosh with all that equipment that you are using or will use I don't know how you could do it differently. I think your house is nice so take pride in it. I wouldn't worry about that that that.......... very mean person. ha You just do what makes you happy. You are very talented and I'm sure you'll come up with something to make your shed site acceptable to YOU (and DH of course!) ha ((hugs)) ~Anj
cindee11461
16 years ago
Geez that is to bad when people do things like that. I wouldn't worry about the stuff either. I have stuff that I need to do something with. I think everyone does. I would just not worry about it. I think the saw horse idea is a good one. Maybe plant some flowers in the area that might grow up tall like Sunflowers and that would hide some of it. Organize the piles that helps too. Other then spending a fortune and buying another storage shed what can you do?
Just forget the nosey neighbor.(-:
tasymo
16 years ago
I like the idea of signs in your storage area. I was in a 2nd hand store awhile back that had a sign that read: "WE BUY JUNK AND SELL ANTIQUES". That one made me laugh! Sunflowers are a great way to hid unsightly areas. One Summer I planted a line of them between our house and the dumpster next door. Kathy
TwoMonths
16 years ago
I suggest find an old mirror and make a frame for it and face it her way with a sign on top saying "my ugly view", facing your way of course. And when she looks your way she will see her prissy self, lol. Get bamboo and plant and put the barrier to keep it in line on your side. One year we planted a plant called myporium that can be trained as a hedge of as a tree. After a few years it hardens off and can get very tall. It is non-intrusive and grows many feet a year. It has a tiny almost non existant white flower. They might have it at your house. We bought small 3 feet ones and it was 9 feet tall within a year. We topped them and had a hedge...sorry no pics.
craftylady-2006
16 years ago
Hang in there Sweets. You just keep up your place the best you can and if anyone gives you any crap you just tell them you're getting ready to make some of that "high tech" lawn art!!!

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