Curbside Bookshelf

who says you can't turn trash into treasure? i mean, i do it all the time...i always have an image in my head of the finished product...now if it doesn't turn out that way, thats another story...

about 2 weeks ago i went out onto my patio and found this piece...my husband had picked it up beside the road to put his shoes on..seriously?

first of all let me say that he was not gonna put his shoes on this..in my room...maybe in a closet...but to me thats just kinda tacky...he also said that he thought his hats would look good on it...jeffrey, i really do love you...

i'm always so quick to fire the spray can..i didn't get a good before pic...this is a pork skin holder..yes, you read that right...pork skins...we have a place in our town that makes them...they put these displays in stores to sit the bags on..each shelf had turkey creek wrote on it in red and i really liked the vintage feel of the piece...i originally had no plans to paint it...but, how could i say no to a 10 year old...didn't i write that this week already??

there was a little bit of damage to the legs at the bottom..paint was the best option but this was the cheapest wood ever...even with primer it took a bunch of coats to cover...my daughter and i painted on it for 3 days...i had to do some nailing and gluing on the shelves...they were a little warped..i guess from getting wet...

so another piece of junk turned into somewhat of a treasure...she thinks its worth a million dollars the way she has been acting...cost of project- $0...i had everything on hand that i needed....the less money i have to spend the happier i am...

CREATING LOVE AND JOY

Ashley