I asked myself the question "Does paint go bad" recently when going through a bunch of old cans looking for leftovers to paint a picture frame.

When my friend Carla gave me a rustic metal ornament she bought at a yard sale, I loved it but I had no clue of what to do with it. It's quite heavy — eight pounds to be exact — so I thought it would be perfect for the garden.

Years ago we bought two black padded desk chairs like the one shown below for our kids. The chairs managed to survive junior high, high school, four years of university and a week on the curb in the back alley when we were ready to get rid of them forever.