Large outdoor installations, metal garden sculptures and furniture. Popular features include light bollards, screens, bird baths, letterboxes and signage.
We have an inefficient fireplace in our living room (which is also my home office) so I’ve been dreaming about good heating and warm toes. When Jo posted this rustic DIY outdoor fireplace in the Junk Map Facebook Group it caught my eye immediately. Could we do something like this at our place? Unfortunately not easily....
Did you have a treehouse growing up? If you didn’t, I bet you wanted one. Built from scraps of timber (with varying levels of expertise), these ramshackle structures were forts, fairytale castles, pirate ships and playgrounds for lucky kids with a suitable climbing tree and tolerant parents. The owners of Treehouse wanted to bring that imagination and...
A recycled studio and art practice Sculptor Theo Koning sees treasure everywhere. His garden studio is bursting with boxes and containers of useful junk which he collates into simple stories and found-object artworks. The day I visited every surface held a collection of thoughts; neat arrangements of works in progress; or fabulous shapes, textures and...
Junk Map Loves… Businesses and creative people around the world are saving and celebrating all kinds of junk. Here are some of our favourites. Click the photo or link to visit their website and see more.
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