Tamara, I found about 3/4 of that "exact same crib" in the land fill several years ago, & carted it home! I dolled up the hen house, by cutting every-other post out of the head board end & made braces for it, so it would sit at an angle, to use as a roost! (I even hung a picture in there for them... also free - shopping at the land fill is fun! ...thought they'd appreciate it, but a week later it just looked like a chicken house again!

I would think that you could make a pretty nice looking little trellis out of the head & foot board ends. I kept the posts that I'd cut off, along with the side rail posts, & used them to stake up my Tomatoes & Peppers. I thought they looked a whole lot better than regular wooden stakes, & I just hate fighting with Tomato cages, so I don't bother with them anymore. (I use that Garden Velcro tape, which comes in little rolls... pretty slick stuff, & it's reuseable!)

I packed the posts up with the garden tools when we moved, because they were so handy, & look nice in the garden. We had no idea what was planted here when we bought the house, & when Gladiolas came up in the yard, they made really nice looking stakes in the flower bed!

Good idea, to recycle that crib! Happy gardening!

(Oh... and if you still have the metal springs to that crib, it can come in real handy to place over a newly seeded garden bed, to keep the cats from digging it up. They don't seem to be as interested once the plants are up a bit, so you can take the springs back up before the plants get too big, & slide it in against the wall in your garden shed or garage, till next year.)

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Also the bed springs made a fairly good drag to level your driveway with. Tie it to back of the riding lawn mower and drag it up and down the driveway.

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tamara, what did you ever do with the crib?

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I feel more like I do now than I did before I ever felt this way.

you could paint it green (or just keep it white) and take the mattress out and sit some pots of morning glories or other pretty vining plants where the mattress was sitting at and then you can have the whole crib be a big ol' trellis for the vines!

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Two year old god daughter still uses the crib, she won't sleep in her new bed but I get it back this summer. I don't want to put another child into it because it is 16 years old, it still passes the safety test.

The driveway thing is a good idea but mine is paved. DH won't go for the chicken thing because I keep putting off the buying horses and cows plan with him. We have a barn and it needs work so I'd rather wait a couple of years so we can do all the repairs than start getting our farm animals.

What great ideas you all have. I am impressed. I was thinking of attatching the two longer sides up with a hinge to create a trellis for pickling cucumbers. I'm still unsure about the two end pieces.

Oh by the way, Pat we use an old spring bed frame to groom a trail in the snow for skidooing and skiing.

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Thinking Spring, Thinking Spring...Nope, doesn't work.lol

Tamara, I would take out the bottom, tip it on its side and add lights and shelves. Instant seed starter house where you can move the shelves up and down. That is what ours is going to be used for since it cannot be used for a bed anymore. And once Charlie stops using the mattress in the toddler bed, that part will be going to Sarah for a new bed for her Abby!

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