Thrifty Thursday-All Keyed Up

Earlier this month,

we repurposed a cabinet door from a kitchen project.

We turned it into a key corral.

I hadn't decided what I wanted in the blank white space.

Adding vintage to our home appealed to me,

and it needed to be a quick solution.

Decoupage seemed like the way to go.

Just a few materials were needed.

We always have butcher paper left over from packages we receive.

It was smoothed out just a bit.

Then the sides were creased...

and hand-torn.

We're going for a rustic look.

I laid the piece on the cabinet door to check for size.

Yup, that'll do.

 A vintage picture was found on a free online clipart source.

It was copied and printed out on computer paper.

 Then I checked to see if I liked the combination of rustic paper

and clean lines of the photograph.

Nope, it needed some tweaking.

(I'm not much for straight lines.)

 Using craft scissors,

the edges of the picture were trimmed.

Yeah, I like the contrast better this way.

The adhesive was placed on the butcher paper.

I left the wrinkles 'cause I liked it that way.

Gives it more character.

(At least, that's what I keep telling myself about wrinkles!)

Then the photo was glued onto the butcher paper.

Just eyeball it.

It's supposed to look handmade!

A few coats of adhesive over the whole thing

adds a sepia-type tone to it.

You could probably use the spray adhesive,

if that's what you have on hand.

  

Hope you have time to craft something useful soon!











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One Simple Thing-Location

What do realtors tell you is the most important aspect

of buying or selling a new home?

Location, location, location.

The same holds true when deciding on the placement

of items in your home.

It just makes sense to place things

where they will be used.

Keys dwelling on hooks by the back door

(we rarely use the front door)

are always accessible and sure to be

found when needed.

The coffeepot and toaster oven are in a corner

of the kitchen away from the main flow of traffic.

A breakfast station makes it easy to get mornings

under way, especially when family members

have similar schedules.

The dishwasher gets used quite a bit here.

It makes sense to house the dishes and silverware

as close as possible for easy unloading.

This cabinet is directly above the dishwasher

and the drawer to the immediate right

contains the silverware.

Thinking about where you will use items is worthwhile

and lends itself to finding the most

efficient use of space.

One Simple Thing