I love your chicken house(-: The rooster painting is wonderful!! I need one on my house too(-: My house is an very old old cargo trailer. Extremely redneck! We love it though and the girls have a nice safe home too!

These were all projects I started 3-4 summers ago. Rooster is faded and pulled back where we had a bout with raccoons and stuff has been piled up & neglected since I had to take on second job. I'm hoping to be more energetic and finish them, but I'd sure like some input.

Cindee-
I think it's great you repurposed the trailer into a home. I'll bet it's neat!

I love your barn and chicken house .... looks so inviting .... I want to stroll on around to the back of the barn ....

I would just love to have great outside buildings like that. But for now, I have to settle for one of those big ol Rubbermaid shed things .... What we really need is a shed/greenhouse combo. Maybe someday .... perhaps I should go buy a lottery ticket lol .... or maybe it'll fall out of the sky ....

:-)

Your chicken house is great. Looks like your dog is thinking bout chicken for dinner!! Did you paint the rooster on the tin...I love the look of it...You use the tub in front of the barn for drinking for the animals?? If not, great place to start w/ water feature of some kind, course if your animals are like mine, they'd still use it for drinking... you'll have fun w/ that..all good things come with time...Judy

Thanks for enlarging the pictures! They look great! Love the rooster sign and the front of your barn has quite the collection of tools, etc. Is the bathtub for watering animals or do you use it as a planter?

Love the chicken house, and the rooster is awesome! Did you paint it yourself? Great idea for those old tins.

Betty

I bet you'll have oodles of fun decorating it! If you painted the rooster yourself, I will have to hate you. lol! How did your dog manage to not be in the last picture? he-he I was beginning to think he was being a ham getting in every shot. It looks like you are off to a great start on "junkin'" things up just perfect! Please keep us updated on your progress! Now I want a shed! (But I need a house with a yard first!)

Cindee, your house sounds as cool as your gardens!

I am going to "ditto" what the others have said. Especially on the rooster.
You got the photos the PERFECT size this time. Thank you for all the effort to post them for us.

hugs, Karen

Looks good to me! I think you might get an old window & paint some pretty flowers in it & hang it on the right side of the barn, on that nice big blank space, or paint right on barn, grass at bottom, some flowers, bit of old trellis look with some morning glories going up it!! Would jazz that end up & rest of it looks great, oh, tub might look great some bright color!! Jan

Oh boy, sandplum, can you have fun!!! Your bldgs. are great & if you have some time on your computer, you can browse the "Garden Junk Inspiration Album" created & updated by purplemoon...lots of awesome ideas there by all of us GJers! (link below)

Great job on the pics...just perfect to see your details...I usually use "large 640 x 480 ... sometimes medium will work, too on Photobucket...You've already got some great stuff...love rustic & love your rooster!

I like sunnyca's idea of windows (old frames)...no glass required ... or an old door...ck the albums...and you'll see lots of cool ideas!

Just have fun & when you get to relax (away from your jobs)...add a thing or 2 or 3 ... & take lots of pics to share! Jeanne S.

Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Junk Inspiration Album

Thanks for all the kind comments. I've missed all the encouragement you get here. Thank goodness we were finally able to get high speed internet!

The first thing I plan to do is touch up the rooster and nail the tin back onto the building. I've been considering what to plant by the barn. It's so hot in the summer I don't know what will survive. I do have a lot of mint at the front of the house I could try for green and the nice smell. Still not sure what to put in the pocket planters or the old tool box.

A friend gave me the tub, but there's no base. Right now it's storing some PVC piping I wanted to use for a project. Thought about a water feature (but Tyrone the dog likes to drink out of my other fountains-grrr.) I also thought about doing the shrine thing, but not sure where to put it so it would stay upright on its end. Not sure what color to paint the outside either. Ideas???

I also have 2-3 old windows I scavenged, but not sure what the best way to hang them will be. They definitely need to be reinforced.

I think I'd also like to attach the 2 old oilfield ladders to the barn to grow some morning glories on (thanks for the idea!). Just have to make sure they're very secure. Don't want 8 yo son to get any bright ideas about climbing them!

I've been checking out some of y'all's pics and absolutely love them. Lots of inspiring ideas-thanks, ladies!

I always thought it would be cool to use a tub as a shrine (quite popular in the Polish Catholic neighborhoods around Milwaukee with a statue of Mary) except I would mosaic mine. Below is a link to a picture of a sink that was mosaiced, it will give you an idea of what I'm talking about. And it wouldn't have to be a religious shrine. It could be a shrine devoted to happiness or fun or whimsy. Just feature things within it that represent what happiness or fun or whimsy mean to you like a doll, statue, fun buttons, etc. Keep us updated on your progress!

Here is a link that might be useful: Mosaiced Sink

I too love your barn and chicken house! I like your dog too! If you painted the rooster yourself you are mega-talented! I just love it!

And cindee, using an old trailer for a chicken house is a neat idea.

I keep flirting with the idea of raising a few chickens for eggs. These posts really make me want to do it...

Now we need to see some pictures of the feathered inhabitants!