But I wanted to feel like I was at least a bit productive around the house. I had a bit of time yesterday morning before visiting Amy so I decided to do a couple projects I've been putting off.
First up was hanging my spice racks. An ex-boyfriend of mine gave my mom this spinning spice rack for Christmas once-upon-a-time. I thought it was a stupid gift, but apparently he knew better because she loves it. And retired her old, straight racks to the basement. I rescued them because I was sick of hunting for a spice on the too-high-to-see shelf where I was keeping them. First she could only find one and that was great, but it was a little too small for all of my jars. Then she found the other one, whose racks are a little more narrow and short do don't fit everything, but they're great for food dyes and boxes of toothpicks and such. I'm so excited to have more storage space!
I'm toying with the idea of painting them. The more usefully-sized one I have no qualms about. It's kind of country-ish and not in a good way. But the other one is a little more tricky. It's this old, beat-up wood and has great vintage charm. And it has an eagle at the top and two little stars at the bottom.
They'd be super fun highlighted in another color or just made shiny again, but would it then be too generic? Or would it be like those Federal mirrors that are even cooler when painted all white?
Ahhhh - I'm probably overthinking it all. But for now, both are staying brown, even though they do take up a lot of visual space that way.
Next up - postcard collage
1 comment:
I do like the idea of them all glossy white, though painting the eagle and stars some unexpected color is also fab
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