Rusty wagon
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Brittany on Aug 04, 2014Have you considered spray painting at all? Perhaps if you tailor the colors to your home it will look awesome!Helpful Reply
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SYNLawn Of San Diego on Aug 04, 2014Depending on how well it goes with your house and landscape, a new paint job might not be a bad idea. I would use it as a small, elegant flower bed with some bright flowers.Helpful Reply
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Donna Byram on Aug 04, 2014I think it would be adorable painted a deep red or barn red as some people call it and stencil your favorite saying or a welcome message on it. Then load it with a mixture of green plants and flowers. Some tall and some trailing over the edge. Posting a picture to show you the color of red.Helpful Reply
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Katie Lloyd Mansfield on Aug 05, 2014I like it as is. If it's too chipped for your taste, sand and respray. It looks darling red.Helpful Reply
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Mbdelong on Aug 06, 2014Thanks for the answers, but I'm still hoping for more ideas.Helpful Reply
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Julie Penley on Aug 06, 2014I would freshen up with some paint, you can antique or spackle on the underside until you get a good feel for what is good for you....the rust will come. If you don't paint, it will rust thru.Helpful Reply
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Jerri M on Aug 06, 2014what is that other reddish thing in the background? is that part of your garden too? if so, do you want to keep the same theme? or is this a different part of the garden, so you'll want something different? what about a goldish antique paint, with the homily on the side, and bright annuals? Is it 'permanently' part of your garden? I don't know how, but what about a pondless fountain? I'm a halloween freak, so I'd probably leave it alone, plant bright annuals in it, let them look beautiful during summer, then let them die, and turn it into part of the halloween decorations w/ a skeleton horse and skeleton driver, and bones coming out of the dead flowers. lol!! Good luck!! your garden is pretty!!Helpful Reply
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LaJean Dowty on Aug 06, 2014You've posted this before...and like I said in the earlier post, the wagon will continue to rust if you don't sand and paint it, or seal it somehow, all depends on how long you want the wagon to lastHelpful Reply
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Laila Garrett on Aug 06, 2014if it was in my garden I would just seal it with a clearcoat to keep it from rusting further and put in some blackeyed susans or other wildflowers and a rake and shovel leaning against it making it look like a project still in the works but abandoned.Helpful Reply
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A.E. Zaring on Aug 06, 2014myself, I would paint it orange so that it will stand out wherever you place it~Helpful Reply
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Jackie I on Aug 06, 2014Paint it a nice bright purple or blue and fill it with flowers! Let it make a statement!Helpful Reply
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Glenda B on Aug 06, 2014I liked the idea of leaving it as is and sealing it to protect it. Flowers of your choice.Helpful Reply
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Dawn Harrison on Aug 06, 2014a pretty shade of purple filled with flowers with some hanging over the sides!Helpful Reply
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Laura Cote on Aug 06, 2014I like the purple idea tooHelpful Reply
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Corine E on Aug 06, 2014It looks as though the back of the wagon opens up...you could do a placement of it and flowers as if they are spilling out the back of it...I would paint it a dark red (brick red as others have stated) and then I would plant it with flowers that complement and stand out from it...blues or purples, which will go well with the color of your house as they are opposites on the color wheel.Helpful Reply
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Shirley P on Aug 06, 2014paint it back the origional colorHelpful Reply
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Bonnie Christensen on Aug 06, 2014If that end gate opens, I'd tilt it and plant flowers that grow bushy...and plant them in the ground also, so it appears they are spilling out. I wouldn't paint the wagon, but I would line it. If it doesn't open, I'd still plant bushy flowers and vines.Helpful Reply
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Karen Hensley on Aug 06, 2014Barn Red and fill it with the rust and gold mums for fall.Helpful Reply
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Bonnie Linge on Aug 06, 2014Metalic blue and plant it full of yellow flowers and paint wheel rims bright yellowHelpful Reply
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Love Design, Decorating, Furniture Painting on Aug 06, 2014I would seal the wonderful original finish and any color of flowers would look great in it. Great wagon.Helpful Reply
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Kathleen on Aug 06, 2014Here's what I did with a rusty garden cart I got at a garage sale.Helpful Reply
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Teresa Elam Ayars on Aug 07, 2014I wouldn't paint it. It would keep changing out the flowers in seasonal annuals.Helpful Reply
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Brenda Long on Aug 07, 2014Leave it like it is. The vintage look is much better than being painted, and looking new. Plant flowers that will flow downward to hang over the top. You will be surprised if how nice it will look. I do this each year with my sons wagon. Love it and I get many complements.Helpful Reply
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Brenda H on Aug 07, 2014I like it as it is. I'd maybe seal it to preserve it's look. And maybe drill a few holes in the bed to let the water drain.Helpful Reply
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Mary Carper on Aug 07, 2014right where you have it sitting looks great,Helpful Reply
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Rebecca Parton-Sjostrand on Aug 07, 2014make a water garden with it laying on its side......make sure to seal with rustoleum first. Have a fountain rolling out of the top...down the wagon and into the pond. Some form of wildlife sitting in the wagon (frog, turtle etc.) looking out over the pond waiting on dinner, Would go with the woodland look of the garden already in place :)Helpful Reply
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Jacqueline Saam Cleary on Aug 07, 2014Leave it alone....add mums for fall.....Helpful Reply
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Verena Grant on Aug 07, 2014orangey-redHelpful Reply
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Penni Replogle on Aug 07, 2014Fresh coat of paintHelpful Reply
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Linda McAllen McDonald on Aug 08, 2014Definitely keep it rusty or red/orange...just not too bright or new looking.Helpful Reply
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Bgu248858 on Aug 08, 2014Yours is Old! Don't get rid of the rust! From the looks of where it sets. A burst I'd bright yellow and purple would look good in that beautiful rusty red!Helpful Reply
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Mbdelong on Jun 03, 2015This is what the wagon morphed into..All I need to do is stencil Herb Garden on the side in white letters......Helpful Reply
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Rebecca Parton-Sjostrand on Oct 06, 2016My husband said if you don't use pots it will ruin the wagon eventually...so good job. Your garden is beautiful.... could try to find some metal wheels instead of rubber. Metal would go with the old rusty look and you could simply apply a clear sealant to keep the trailer intact. White or black go with everything if all else fails. Our farmhouse has a similar garden....we use ( orange) tractors....so of course, I would use orange...sanded down slightly for that aged look and then sealed. Whatever you do I'm sure it will be fantastic... looks like you already have great taste.Helpful Reply
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