Monday, April 11, 2011

No such thing as junk...

Sometimes one of the most interesting things about auctioning is not the things that you buy, but the things that you don't.  Let me explain.  Sometimes you have to buy a lot.  Well you always have to buy a lot.  I mean you have to buy a LOT, as in a group of things.  You may just HAVE to have that broken, cracked thing with the damaged but repairable part-but in addition you have to take three left footed boots,  box of Barbie doll heads and a collection of telephone books from 1982.  Usually you cull the really bad stuff when you get home. 

Well, I have had this gun case floating around my shop for a year.  It is about three feet long, made of wood and I just couldn't throw it out.  Husband suggested that I convert it into luggage.  But seeing as we don't go anywhere and if we did, I don't think airport security would appreciate my crafty DYI-ishness concerning a carry-on shaped like a gun case.  That's just asking for trouble.

I don't have before pictures, because I wasn't sure this was going to work.  I painted it green, added some shelves and lined it with a piece of vintage barkcloth.   I converted it into a shelf for my thread.  Wow, I have a lot of thread.  (Note:  most of thread also bought at auction)





Pretty clever, huh?  Now can you tell me what I should do with this lovely piece of......art?  




Smiles from the farm,
Lisa
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8 comments:

  1. HosannaApril 11, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    That is pretty awesome. :)

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  2. MarigoldApril 11, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    You are such a clever girl! I'm going to have to look around and see if I can convert something here in the barn to hold all my Peanuts. That would be kind of neat.
    About the *art*... dancing horses? I've never seen horses dance. I wonder which one is leading?

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  3. DeniseApril 11, 2011 at 11:39 PM

    nope those horses aint dancing they's a fightin' and drawing blood too...very disturbing. I say paint over it or take cloth and batting and some ribbon and make it a bulletin board thingy...

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  4. Not So Simply SingleApril 12, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    Very cool!

    Love horses....what are they doing?

    Lisa

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  5. SkeederApril 14, 2011 at 5:50 AM

    considering the "artwork"...either paint over their bloody wounds and let the horses "dance" or paint the black one a pitchfork and cloven hooves and paint the white one into a unicorn and hope that good will triumph over evil.

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  6. LiliApril 15, 2011 at 6:20 PM

    Oh I need a thread shelf too, not that I have a lot of thread, but what a cool idea that is! And your oversized scissors are just "shear" delight! And you simply must paint over that horse "art" to get that out of our minds! ~Lili

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  7. Amanda :: Grace & GustoApril 20, 2011 at 4:58 PM

    Great idea! Thread isn't something I would have thought to display, but it's so cool and colorful, I may have to bust mine out sometime.

    I wish I had your DIY skills and motivation. All sorts of ideas are floating around my skull, but I never seem to have the gumption to actually put hammer to nail. Good for you!

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  8. CharApril 23, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    Lisa, what a great idea with the gun case. I would have never guessed.
    As for the blood thirsty horses, I have not a clue, but I just know you will think of something great.
    Have a wonderful Easter weekend, Char

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