Patina White: back in command

hello everyone! wishing you a wonderful start to the weekend! my recent office project has inspired me to address another area lacking in the attention department. i am in full on organizational mode!

upon entering our home is our "command" station. it's better known as a drop spot for coins, keys, mail...+ a little bit of this and a whole lot of that! well i had lost command of this spot and found the army of dust bunnies and random keys had taken over!

as luck would have it...last weekend i found a "new" vintage magnet board to replace the former functional, but boring, number i put there to "get by". here's a peek @ one corner of the "newbie" put to work {below}

you'll see the whole enchinlada in it's new home {below}

the magnet board i believe was a former metal table top. it had a cove on one end that i popped a piece of weathered lumber into and proceeded to hammer in some railroad date nails {from 1933!} as a spot for items to hang out! lovin' how it turned out {below}

so...last night i had good intentions of sorting thru all the bits of paper and objects that had collected over time. but when i pulled out the collection of magnetic word poetry {below}...i found myself distracted for a great deal of the evening playing with phrases. oh well...figured i could always carry over my task to the next day! why rush...

back at it early this morning i wanted to catch hubby before he was off to the races and quiz him on what was really important to keep of the scribbles + assortment of saved bolts & whatchamacallits. turns out he didn't keep any of it. makes me wonder why it was saved @ the time! but who i am i to judge - being the queen of all things collected and saved.

now...onto those keys. neither one of us were really sure where they went...but neither one of us were ready to part with them. so my solution was to stamp a brass tag {below} and hang 'em up for the next cleaning session. and they will still be a "mystery" then!

we are now back in command of our little area. with an old cash register coin tray {below} sorting out the "necessities". {word poetry anyone?} that and an old glass mailbox + general store receipt "poker" to catch the media to be sorted later. often times MUCH later.

so there you go! i am moving on to other corners with their own "mysteries" to unravel. well see just where that gets me. and how many days of distractions it will take to play detective! i sure appreciate you popping by...

make it a great day!

6 Comments

Love the magnetic board with all those interesting "what nots" on it! You might find yourself with a good seller if you should market those brass "mystery keys" tags.....who doesn't have a collection of those growing in their drawer?!
Thanks again for some more fun inspiration!

Posted by: Ardee | February 10, 2012 at 01:29 PM

I wish I had one of these....I love the look and how you put it all together. Got to have mystery keys! Makes the world interesting.

Posted by: Kristy Hansen | February 10, 2012 at 03:25 PM

I love the way you put this together. I want everything on it:>)

Posted by: Cindy | February 10, 2012 at 05:14 PM

mmm mmm good - organized junkyness! love every single element! I want my house to be like yours when it grows up....or when we move/build...someday! you've been pinned! :)

Posted by: northern cottage | February 13, 2012 at 01:49 PM