Coconut Cups and Contact Paper

To Purpose or not to Re-purpose... that is the question.

As we start the journey of selling and organizing our stuff in anticipation of the big move in November I have been noticing things about my home that I had been previously unaware of.

One thing I have noticed is that I re-purpose things... A lot! Usually in an organizational kinda way. Not sure what I mean? Well let me show you...

This is a 2 tiered serving platter that I picked up at a garage sale last year. Perfect for displaying jewelry! I'm thinking of painting it some bold color when we get to Austin so stay tuned for a DIY blog post in the future!

No, I don't usually have price tags on my belongings... this pic was from my "moving sale" post on FB. At the far right you can see a 3 compartment candle holder that I used as a cosmetic organizer. Because it was glass it was easy to to see what was in each compartment. In the background you can see a basket with handles that I re-purposed to hold my brushes and combs. I just hung it on the towel rack by using an "S" hook. At left is a mason jar that I applied some spray chalk to and wrote "Q-tip" on.

This net material worked perfectly to display earrings. I affixed it onto the wall by clear push pins.

Here is a close up of the clear push pins (I glued buttons onto the end of the push pins to make them fancier)

Various sized wine bottles used to hold bracelets. Don't you just love the brown leather cuff my cousin Roby made me? (It's made of a guitar strap... so there is another example of re-purposing!)

Here is a Christmas decoration re-purposing idea. Folded magazine pages = Christmas tree decor

Medicine cabinet re-purposed organization. This is a jelly jar with contact paper wrapped around it.

Here I took the same contact paper as seen in the previous picture and used it to decorate my very ugly fridge. I removed the hardware, because it was broken (and gross looking) and covered the holes from the screws that held the handle in place with pretty contact paper. I wanted to cover the whole side of the fridge with the contact paper, but didn't have enough... so I made a checkerboard pattern instead and placed my magnetic spice jars as "pawns" on my faux game board.

Another re-purposing example that I found in the kitchen... this is a coconut cup that I got at my dear friend Beth's bachelorette party years ago that I use as a sponge caddy next to my sink. I'm sure it came with a yummy tropical drink of some sort in it.

 I love all my one of a kind re-purposed things... even if I have sold some of them since these pictures were taken. I also love that we aren't rich, so instead of going out and buying a fancy jewelry box or a crate and barrel sponge caddy, I had to use my God given creativity to make something unique for my home.

Do you have any re-purposed treasures around your house? Share in the comments!

Coconut Cups and Contact Paper,
Taylor

p.s. We booked our tickets for the move! It's official!