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.

Materials

• Old printer’s drawer
• 2 old washboards, standard size
• 1-in. by 1⁄2-in. scrap wood or new wood
• Sand
• 3 pieces premeasured and precut 1⁄4-in. glass
• Skidmore’s Woodfinish Cleaner
• 4 screws
• Nail gun
• Junker’s Toolbox

Directions
1 Cut bottom legs off both washboards to identical heights. (Ours are 18 in. tall.) 

2 Measure and cut four 1-in. by 1⁄2-in. pieces of scrap wood or new wood, each 241⁄2 in. long. 

3 With nail gun or hammer and nails, attach two 241⁄2-in. pieces of wood to top of washboards (one on each side) to create a support frame.
 
4 With nail gun or hammer and nails, attach the remaining wood pieces to the bottom of the wash-board (one on each side) to create a bottom frame.

5 Set printer’s drawer on top of washboard and top frame.
 
6 Screw printer’s drawer to each of the four top corners of the frame. This should leave a 3-in. overhang on each end.  
 
7 Clean wood with Skidmore’s Woodfinish Cleaner, if desired.  

8 Fill compartments of printer drawer with sand.  

9 Place premeasured and precut glass over each of the three large sections.

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Excerpted from Junk Beautiful Outdoor Edition
by Sue Whitney and Kimberly Melamed. Copyright 2009 by The Taunton Press. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.