We inherited a really cool old freezer with this house. It must be from like 1953 or something, but it still works like a charm! Should I say it? OK, I’m going to say it. They just don’t make ’em like they used to!
Anyway, our freezer is packed right to the brim with food, so I took out the organizer baskets and threw them onto our crumbling cement floor and left them there. That was about 6 months ago.
One day not too long ago, I went down there to get some meat or something and I saw them in a whole new light. Aren’t they selling wire baskets like that for about a gazillion dollars nowadays at Pottery Barn? Yeah, they are. All I had to do with these was clean them up a bit and paint the white plastic handles dark grey.
For now I just have one of them on my shelf holding a few magazines. To “Fall it up” a little I made this super simple banner using an idea I stole from The Happier Homemaker. Of course her’s has cute little mini clothes pins and cheery baker’s twine, but I love this idea in general for making anything a little bit festive in a flash.
Here’s how it looks with it’s other Fallified buddies!
Do you have junk that could be something really cool? I bet you do! Look around your house. You never know what you’ll find when you change your perspective a little.
Courtenay Hartford is the author of creeklinehouse.com, a blog based on her adventures renovating a 120-year-old farmhouse in rural Ontario, Canada. On her blog, Courtenay shares interior design tips based on her own farmhouse and her work as founder and stylist of the interior photography firm Art & Spaces. She also writes about her farmhouse garden, plant-based recipes, family travel, and homekeeping best practices. Courtenay is the author of the book The Cleaning Ninja and has been featured in numerous magazines including Country Sampler Farmhouse Style, Better Homes and Gardens, Parents Magazine, Real Simple, and Our Homes.