Ladder towel hangers

I think the idea of using objects in interesting ways adds so much interest to your home. These ladders were old family heirlooms from my grandparents basement. With a coat of my favorite color of spray paint, they were livened up to give some new life to them and repurposed to hang towels in our bathroom!  

 I think they are pretty cool, how about you?  What objects do you like to give new purpose to?

Distressing about it

I am just loving distressing just about anything. This ugly table got a makeover with some lovin' from me. It brightened up our room, I just adore how it turned out. It was most recently painted black. It was making the room really dark and I wanted a change. I sprayed some sea green and olive green paint over it, sanded down the edges to show some of the black and wood through it and presto! It was that easy. I have a few others of these, I think I may have to tackle a few more of them. I like the detail on the front facing and love how the edges of the legs rough up.  Just love the instant character it got.

Sealed with stamps

We had a beat up old table that worked as a great display of my husbands stamps he'd been saving for years on old envelopes. It was my daughter and I's project for a present for him. We were trying to be top secret about it, but I think he figured us out. It turned out to be quite a quirky little display of stamps. We put them on with decoupage medium, our favorite all purpose good for just about everything goo. :)