Here are some more easy ideas from Junk Beautiful for turning junk into chic home accessories:

• "Taking a spin" means something different when you redesign a steering wheel into a classic Lazy Susan.
• Let the sun shine in! Beautifully filtered light can be achieved by simply adorning your window with a vintage wooden screen.
• Clean up with a smile. An old croquet mallet holds down the fort as a playful paper-towel dispenser.
• Make learning fun by transforming math game pieces into whimsical and educational refrigerator magnets.

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Image and copy excerpted from:

Junk Beautiful by Sue Whitney
and Ki Nassauer, photographs by
Douglas E. Smith. Published by
The Taunton Press, Inc.