Vintage silverware, or any old silverware, is a gift! You can use it to create so many whimsical decor objects for the house or for the garden. Are you ready to try being an amateur metal-smith? It's easier than you think.

Seven Hometalk members posted phenomenal projects in which they turned old silverware into something fabulous. Top row, left to right: Stamped Vintage Silverware Whirligig, Recycled Spoon Drawer Pulls, Vintage Spoon Garden Labels. Middle row, left to right: Vintage Spoon Garden Labels, Spoon and Pallet Hook Rack, Coke Bottle and Spoons Bird Feeder. Bottom row, left to right: Spoon Bell, Spruce Up Mismatched Utensils.

Chaya Kurtz writes for Networx.com.