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You know the old saying, one mans trash is another’s treasure. Well Sue Whitney wrote the book on it. She’s the author of Junk Beautiful: Outdoor Edition and she inspires us to look at junk with a new eye and guides in the ranformation from junk to gems.

Sue is president of Junkmarket, a company that focuses on teaching people how to turn old materials into home-decor items, and founder of the Web site Junkmarket Style. In the book, she collaborates with Kimberly Melamed, a member of Junkmarket’s creative team, to help the rest of us recognize the decorative potential in other people’s unwanted stuff.