What is it about
Boxes
that is so appealing?
I can't walk by one without looking it over,
often picking it up, thinking about how it can be used.
For what can I use this box?
Fourteen inches wide and thirteen and a half inches tall...
Scrapbook paper? Remote TV/DVD/xBox/Computer controls?
Always trying to organize my life, making order out of the disorder,
making things better tomorrow than they are today...
Unexpected treasures without going on a treasure hunt
are often in plain sight...
Just opening my eyes to see what is right in front of me all along...
Older wooden boxes or drawers surely have
a second life... a third life...
Dovetail joints, carvings, rare wood, beautiful images...
all reasons to salvage a box, a drawer.
But this box?
No dovetail joints, no carvings,
No precious wood, no beautiful image...
But this box?
The inside is not even finished at all.
Sure, it is a great size, has a good feel to it, easy to carry...
Sturdy, no loose joints...
and inside, one small piece of fluted molding...
Maybe... it has potential.
What a little Valspar sample paint can do!
Honeymilk on the outside and Navy #5 on the inside...
Still rustic with nicks and scrapes, and some deep gouges from living,
but with tender loving care inside and out, this little box still has hope for a new use.
The Graphics Fairy French flower seller label paired with
A hydrangea stem tied with a bow from the Etsy shop Graphicals
Gives the tired, old unloved box a fresh look to face the world anew.
A Hobby Lobby porcelain blue and white knob is just the
finishing touch for the rejuvenated little box to lift its lid.
So, what will this restored box hold?
Perhaps a new life in the garden shed to hold bulb and flower catalogs?
Or, to hold magazines filled with inspiration and beauty?
A new life filled with inspiration and beauty that makes order out of disorder...
Salvaged shards of a previous life that were shattered and discarded
can hold the beginnings of a restored life with beauty and purpose.
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