Thinking Outside the Box

February 26th, 2009 in member junk

4_whimsy, member

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These started life as a very ugly dark brown, rather greasy breadbox and a plain oak-colored file box. I spied them in a thrift store and rescued them from a certain life of continued mediocrity. I had a collection of embellishments at home to choose from since I am always seeing things and thinking of how I can use them for something other than their intended purpose. So, some paint, pretty paper, one color copy of a vintage postcard, and some found objects later, I have two not-so-plain-anymore useful boxes.

Pattern or design used: My own design

posted in: member junk, vintage, wood, bathroom, bedroom, office, paint

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Junquerette writes: I love what you did! I have an ugly file box so this inspires me to pretty it up. Just because I keep it behind closed doors in a closet doesn't mean it has to stay ugly. Posted: 10:38 pm on March 12th

suewhitney writes: Ooo, la, la...these are both junk beautiful!

Cheers,
Sue Posted: 5:11 pm on February 27th

rebeljunker writes: These are both very nicely done! It's great what you can find at a thrift store and turn into something beautiful! Di Posted: 12:10 am on February 27th