Small, Old Wall Organizer

I thought this would be a cute little addition to my study area at home.
The little slot things can hold my study flash cards, and the tiny drawer can hold little random things.
Perfect for a university student with a lot of studying ahead of her this year !

 

The plan with this one is to simply prime it, and paint it a loud colour.
I figure it’s small enough that it’ll be a good object to choose to give the room a pop of something.

Tomorrow I get to go shopping for paint, which is turning into my favourite thing to do.
Really, what’s better than choosing colours !
Although the stand in my last post is now being turned into a tv stand instead of a bench, because my Grandma wants it.
So I’m now making that for her, and sadly she wants it to be a boring white or cream colour.
But I’m sure that’ll turn out fine and I think maybe I’ll change the hardware into a dark brassy colour for some contrast.

I’m still not done sanding the bench/tv stand… it’s taking awhile.
I’m hoping to have it done within this next week before I go on a trip, and before school starts !

What I’m currently working on

Here is another piece that I’m currently working on.
I’m not exactly sure what it is, some kind of stand.
It has wheels on the bottom.
My idea for this piece is to turn it into a little bench, which I could see looking very cute at the end of a bed or by a low window.

I’m currently in the process of sanding this, which is taking for ever.
I don’t know if I just have a sucky sander, or if the way this wood was treated is just being difficult to sand.

I’m not totally sure what colour scheme I want for this one.
I was thinking of doing a jade colour, and doing silver hardware again.
I think I also want to make a cushion for this as well.

I’m excited to see how this piece turns out !
I’m going to go work on sanding it right now.

Classic Bread Box

I found this bread box at a fleamarket , and I just love bread boxes !
I think they make great storage containers, and they’re fun to decorate and refurbish.

I forgot to take a before picture, but this one gives you the basic gist of it.

Mine had a very light flower engraving on it.
I decided to go black on this one, and on a whim outlined the flower with silver and added some touches of blue.
I also added a couple extra vines, leaves, and the flower on the handle.
I think the hand painting really gives it an extra special quality, and it’s my favourite part.

It looks a little streaky in the pictures, but that’s because I was too excited to wait for it to dry before taking a picture haha.
It’s actually a matte black.

I don’t have a picture of the inside, because I just finished it today.
But I painted it the bright blue colour, just to give it a pop when you open it.

I really love it, but I think I’d be willing to make this my first piece to sell.
If you’re interested just let me know.

What do you think?

I’ll definitely be keeping my eyes open for more bread boxes to revamp =]