// BEGIN editorial data var i = 0; var TDY_JunkBook_090413 = new Array(); TDY_JunkBook_090413.ID = "TDY_JunkBook_090413"; TDY_JunkBook_090413.ID_WB = 30155595; TDY_JunkBook_090413.sPubDate = "4/13/2009 3:38:36 PM GMT"; TDY_JunkBook_090413.navsectionID = "3032632" TDY_JunkBook_090413.appFmt = 2; TDY_JunkBook_090413.itemsPerPage = 1; TDY_JunkBook_090413.appWidth = 460; TDY_JunkBook_090413.appHeader = "Book excerpt | From bargain bin to outdoor beautiful"; TDY_JunkBook_090413.appDeck = "Books shares ways to give new life to old flea market items"; TDY_JunkBook_090413.appNavStyle = 7; TDY_JunkBook_090413.bDhtml = 0; TDY_JunkBook_090413.appLayout = 1; TDY_JunkBook_090413.copyHeight = 350; TDY_JunkBook_090413.copyMargin = 9; TDY_JunkBook_090413[i++] = new Array("","pg10","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/Today%20show/Today%20Home%20and%20garden/2009/April/JunkinBackyardPhotos/Page%2010.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "", "", "273", "205", "#000000", "", "", "", ""); TDY_JunkBook_090413[i-1].body = "In \"Junk Beautiful: Outdoor Edition,\" junk collector Sue Whitney offers tips to transform throw away items into a backyard makeover. Here, she shares examples of creative ways to make junk usable again.

Create a planter
Crafted from half of an old drawer, a frame, and some vintage letters and numbers, our planter is the center of all attention on this porch."; TDY_JunkBook_090413[i++] = new Array("","pg36","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/Today%20show/Today%20Home%20and%20garden/2009/April/JunkinBackyardPhotos/Page%2036.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "273", "364", "#000000", "", "", "", ""); TDY_JunkBook_090413[i-1].body = "Outdoor comfort
Enclosed patios are for more than just tending to plants. Carve out some space and tend to your own needs as well. "; TDY_JunkBook_090413[i++] = new Array("","pg46","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/Today%20show/Today%20Home%20and%20garden/2009/April/JunkinBackyardPhotos/Page%2046.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "", "", "273", "205", "#000000", "", "", "", ""); TDY_JunkBook_090413[i-1].body = "From old to new
Old washboards and printer's
drawers are like the deer population in Minnesota: They're running rampant. We removed some from the wild to provide you with a humane alternative for control.
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Show off your family photos in style — suspended from a rack that formerly displayed the latest fashion trends in department stores."; TDY_JunkBook_090413[i++] = new Array("","pg52bottom","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/Today%20show/Today%20Home%20and%20garden/2009/April/JunkinBackyardPhotos/Page%2052%20Bottom.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "", "", "273", "205", "#000000", "", "", "", ""); TDY_JunkBook_090413[i-1].body = "Brick decor
These found bricks give new meaning to the phrase \"if the walls could talk.\" Images of friends and family members are fire-baked onto the sides.
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Wet your whistle at a beverage counter made from a very cool old restaurant wash-and-dry station. Ice-cold drinks, garnishes, and glasses are all present."; TDY_JunkBook_090413[i++] = new Array("","pg84","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/Today%20show/Today%20Home%20and%20garden/2009/April/JunkinBackyardPhotos/Page%2084.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "", "", "273", "205", "#000000", "", "", "", ""); TDY_JunkBook_090413[i-1].body = "New life for milk crates
Milk crates are obsolete for their intended purpose, but can be put back to work with a couple of minor tweaks. Casters, hooks, and fabric pouches give this crate a green thumb!"; TDY_JunkBook_090413[i++] = new Array("","pg92","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/Today%20show/Today%20Home%20and%20garden/2009/April/JunkinBackyardPhotos/Page%2092.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "", "", "273", "205", "#000000", "", "", "", ""); TDY_JunkBook_090413[i-1].body = "Good, clean fun
A place to wash your hands is mandatory in this kitchen, but a run-of-the-mill soap dish is not. A set of dominoes, glue, and a cement board remnant hold the suds. "; TDY_JunkBook_090413[i++] = new Array("","pg108","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/Today%20show/Today%20Home%20and%20garden/2009/April/JunkinBackyardPhotos/Page%20108.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "", "", "273", "311", "#000000", "", "", "", ""); TDY_JunkBook_090413[i-1].body = "Containers for candles
Layers of flickering candles in cast-off containers offer a touch of elegance to this twilight repast."; TDY_JunkBook_090413[i++] = new Array("","145top","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/Today%20show/Today%20Home%20and%20garden/2009/April/JunkinBackyardPhotos/Page%20145%20Top.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "", "", "273", "206", "#000000", "", "", "", ""); TDY_JunkBook_090413[i-1].body = "Train-case tabletop
What to do with a train case? Tip it on end and top it with a weighty candleholder that's windproof and kidproof. "; TDY_JunkBook_090413[i++] = new Array("","Cover","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/Today%20show/Today%20Home%20and%20garden/2009/April/JunkinBackyardPhotos/junkbeautiful.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "", "", "273", "231", "#000000", "", "", "", ""); TDY_JunkBook_090413[i-1].body = "Excerpted from \"Junk Beautiful: Outdoor Edition,\" by Sue Whitney with Kimberly Melamed. Text copyright (c) 2009 by Sue Whitney. Photographs copyright (c) 2009 by Douglas E. Smith. Reprinted with permission from Taunton Press. For more on this book, click here."; // END editorial data