greetings! today's post highlights an item re-purposed from a thrift store discovery. originally my thrifty features were to be off the "dollar menu". but it seems i am having a tough time hitting that dollar mark often enough so i am expanding my horizons to include a "value meal" price point...thus giving me a few more dollars to work with!
i happened on a table in the not so distant past that had clean lines + just the right amount of rust on it's industrial-like steel frame. so for less than the price of a fast-food value meal...i had me a project in the making! here is where i started {below}...not terribly exciting with it's ho-hum "faux" wood features. but those legs...they have potential!
out comes the bucket of vintage yardsticks {below}. and i honestly mean a bucket-full! i have collected them for years for various projects. and it was time for something different!
next - the layout. should i run them all in one direction? maybe a collage? what shade works off that one? blonde...dark...honey...highlights of red? i sat for a L O N G time contemplating. after the wheels of invention turned for awhile i got out my arsenal of trusty power tools & went to work. and the end result can be seen {below}. are you loving it as much as i??
a bird's eye view of the assemblage {below}
i will have a hard time parting with this creation. but my house is pert near full. i did shuffle things around a bit to stage a little photo op for you all so you could see it in a home setting {below}.
now those of you who have bought vintage yardsticks know that they can well reach beyond "value menu"...but the foundation was a bargain & inspired me to create this one of kind work of art! a fine unit of measure if i do say so myself! i hope i have sparked you to scour a favorite thrift store in search of your own item of value to put a spin on!
go forth and create & make it a great day!
