Another frigid day in Northern NY - The flu has come home with my son. He sleeping on the couch, poor boy.
In the warmer months I like to peruse sales of all kinds for wooden objects that I can get for next to nothing, and can be fixed up and given a new life. Yesterday I showed you a telephone table that I refinished. Today I am going to introduce a few pieces that were re-purposed.
This Bluebell change bowl was found at a junk sale. It was one of many wooden objects that I loaded into my box and donated $20.00 to walk away with. I wish I had a before picture, but imagine a rounded, broken off handle shooting out of the top and a shallower spade shovel like shape for the bowl.
The wood is very soft and smells like incense. I deepened the bowl and rounded off the sharp point. This wreath of Bluebell compliments the finished piece. A butcher block oil was rubbed into the wood to protect the wood and render it food safe.
The Tulips and Butterfly add a feminine touch to this rustic mirror. The wood was salvaged from an old water bed frame. The mirror was one of many panels that decorated a wall. Even the pine 2x4 that the flowers and butterfly were cut from once added support to a child's tree house. The mirror is not the best for gazing at your reflection, but it add country charm. If that doesn't suit you then perhaps you'd like a tray to hold a comb or perfume bottles on a dresser or vanity.
This wooden utensil holder was once tongue and groove pine boards. They were cut into an oval shape with a flat back. One piece was set aside while the rest were stack cut to create the open center. They were sanded, stained and then glued together. A food safe finish was applied. The idea for this was taken from a challenge Steve Good posted a while back for a mug. My niece is in cooking school and I thought this pattern would make a nice utensil holder. I have to make her another one, this one sold at a craft fair.
These adorable kittens were burned onto a cork memo board. It can still be used as a memo board, but bare it is beautiful.
In the warmer months I like to peruse sales of all kinds for wooden objects that I can get for next to nothing, and can be fixed up and given a new life. Yesterday I showed you a telephone table that I refinished. Today I am going to introduce a few pieces that were re-purposed.
This Bluebell change bowl was found at a junk sale. It was one of many wooden objects that I loaded into my box and donated $20.00 to walk away with. I wish I had a before picture, but imagine a rounded, broken off handle shooting out of the top and a shallower spade shovel like shape for the bowl. The wood is very soft and smells like incense. I deepened the bowl and rounded off the sharp point. This wreath of Bluebell compliments the finished piece. A butcher block oil was rubbed into the wood to protect the wood and render it food safe.
The Tulips and Butterfly add a feminine touch to this rustic mirror. The wood was salvaged from an old water bed frame. The mirror was one of many panels that decorated a wall. Even the pine 2x4 that the flowers and butterfly were cut from once added support to a child's tree house. The mirror is not the best for gazing at your reflection, but it add country charm. If that doesn't suit you then perhaps you'd like a tray to hold a comb or perfume bottles on a dresser or vanity.
This wooden utensil holder was once tongue and groove pine boards. They were cut into an oval shape with a flat back. One piece was set aside while the rest were stack cut to create the open center. They were sanded, stained and then glued together. A food safe finish was applied. The idea for this was taken from a challenge Steve Good posted a while back for a mug. My niece is in cooking school and I thought this pattern would make a nice utensil holder. I have to make her another one, this one sold at a craft fair.These adorable kittens were burned onto a cork memo board. It can still be used as a memo board, but bare it is beautiful.
What do you re-purpose?
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