I never took a close-up picture of it. (What was i thinking? Ugh!)
But you can see it in the picture above, just in front of the wicker vase.
It sat in my living room for a while. Not sure what to do with it.
Last week, I spray painted it white.
Nice, but not quite "there" yet.
This morning, I realized all it needed was a little distressing.
This is it now:
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I loooooove it! The distressing really shows off all the details.
I will be using it for scrapbook storage. Much cuter than dollar store plastic stuff, no?!
This is my contribution for Met Monday @ Susan's @ Between Naps On The Porch!
(see, Susan! I was able to find SOMETHING for this week's party! teehee)
25 comments:
Very cute. You took an average sewing box and made it something special.
(By the way, I figured out the comment pop-up box setting. Thanks for the tip...I like it much better!)
Yes! That's much better and perfect for scrappy supplies! I remember having a jewelry box with that same style when I was little...great job!
J'ai la même alors ça m'intéresse.... mais j'aimerais bien voir comment tu as organisé l'intérieur, c'est mon gros problème à moi! ;)
What a lucky find! It looks so cute now!
Wow that looks fantastic what a difference. I belong to a shabby chic forum here in the UK and lots of the girls there have been finding these sewing boxes at bootsales and transforming them - they are ideal for any sort of storage
Hi Caro! You should link to our party today, girl!! You have rescued some pretty cool stuff!!...Thank you so much for visiting,
Clara & Marcela
Ah! Quelqu'un du Québec!!!!
A date j'avais juste vu des filles des soutern states. Je pensais quasiment être la seule dans mon coin....
Contente de voir qu'y a pas juste moi!
J'en ai une boite de couture aussi, la mienne est sur pattes, et j'me demandais qu'est-ce ça aurait l'air si je fesait c'que t'as fais... Maintenant je sais!
J'crois bien que j'vais ajouté ça dans ma to-do list!
Ste-Flavie c'est a peu pres 20min apres Rimouski, sur la 132. Mais la on vient juste de déménager a Rimouski.
Jme suis fait donner la chaise haute par ma coiffeuse :P
Et le mirroir trainait dans la maison familial de mon chum, a ste-Flavie, personne en voulait alors je l'ai sprayé jaune par dessus le faux bronze qui avait....
je t'ajoute aussi! C'est assez rare une québecoise ici :P
LOVE this! :)
Smiles,
Rachel
Not only do you have a great eye for junk, but you know what to do with it once you have it. Love how you have transformed that plain jane sewing box. White paint and a little sandpaper can do miracles. Thanks for coming by... love your blog!
Debra
Cute! The distressing was the finishing touch. Perfect!
Thanks for coming by to see my chair makeover.
Kelly
Great shabby paint job on your sewwing box. Mine is still bare wood waing for a momment of inspiration! It's day will come. Hope to see more stuff next monday!
I can't believe you found that in the trash! The white paint and distressing make it look like a million bucks (ok - maybe a slight exageration but it looks fabulous).
I love it!!
Great transformation --it always amazes me what a bit of paint can do!!
Love what you did with the sewing box! Great thingie for scrappin' supplies and SO much better than plastic!! Great finds in the previous post, as well! Have a great week *elaine* {ps Check out my blog giveback}
I love it white and distressed. YOu did a beautiful job.
Good morning.
Love the basket white!!
Great job.
Thanks for coming by, and glad you like the 'remember' sign.
blessings,
barbara jean
Gee, I feel so boring leaving my comment in English. The other posts have so much flair! I have a box just like that that picked up at a sale. It is brown and oh, so ugly. Tine to whip out the paint!
Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Ahhh, now you've gone and made me sad that I passed one of these up a couple weeks ago! I know they have tons of storage, but I was too cheap to pay $7 at a barn sale. Yours looks great painted white, and you distressed it just perfectly! Love it!
Yes..much much better then a plastic storage box...and the price at "free" was the best...
I have that same sewing box, in black that I bought from IKEA 12 years ago or so! I lined the bottom of the wooden drawers with felt. I love it!
Cute blog! Thanks for stopping by mine. :)
Love that sewing basket!!
Love it! I have one I picked up at a garage sale and was just going to use as is in my studio. Duh!!! I am so going to paint mine now! Thanks for the inspiration, Pam
Omygoodness...I am so in love with this!!!! What a wonderful transformation! Now I want one :) xxoo, Dawn
Very cool! I found one of these sewing boxes at a garage sale last weekend. My friend made fun of me for getting it, but I had to have it! Thanks for the inspiration! :o)
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