Old Becomes New

By: Jessica Creach

A few months ago I found this awesome item at goodwill, and for $5.99 what a steal so of course I bought it….with no real plan. For the last several months I`ve tried everything with it.

I used it to hold remotes in my living room… It did not work.
I tried it to hold bathroom necessities like hair brushes, hair spray etc. … but it was too big.
I even tried to use it to hold plastic silverware at a gathering we had…They fell through the spaces.

I had basically given up on this beautiful gem and put it in storage until the other day. I was walking by and saw one of those hanging baskets with the moss inside and it hit me, make it a planter! So I went and got some of that coco moss by the foot and line the inside of the container. Then I filled it with soil and picked out the plants.

One thing my mom taught me about planters is to layer. First you pick your height for the center, then you add the middle layers and lastly, if you wish, you add the trailing plants to the outside ring.

After I planted it up I put a little sprinkle of Osmocote on top and watered the plants really well so they would start adjusting to their new living area. When I got done I stepped back and I felt that I had taken something that was basically thrown away and brought it back to something useful and something I could be proud of.

Re-purposing old stuff for new things is a great way to make your own style mark in your home. Look around your house, I’ll bet you’ll find something that you can make new. If not, visit your local thrift store. Who knows, maybe you’ll discover the diamond in the rough like I did.