Back To School: Grand Central Station
We’ve got back to school on our minds now! Only 2+ weeks left until the kids go back, and I’m really torn about it. I truly love to have them around, and I’m going to miss them loads…but I do love back to school too!
I love the routine, and the start up of all the activities again! And don’t you just love doing all the Back-To-School shopping?! It’s one of my fave things!
Anyway, I’m way off topic…what exactly does the above little gem have to do with Back-To-School anyway? Well let me tell you!
So this week while dropping off a load of stuff to goodwill, I had to go inside and see if there were any treasures just waiting for me! And I found this:
Not much too look at yet. Not my colour scheme or style.
But I could envision something – it screamed ‘School Grand Central Station’!I don’t know about you, but with school, comes loads and loads of papers, books, notices, agendas…that always end up in a bottomless basket in the kitchen!
In comes this handy-dandy little organizer.
I spray painted it with a few coats of RustOleum’s White Paint in Gloss.
(because everything looks better in white doesn’t it?!)
(because everything looks better in white doesn’t it?!)
Added a gorgeous knob from Anthropologie…and now I have a sleek and fun school organizer!
It has a cute little drawer for pencils & homework tools, and the never-ending junk.
Lots of space for agendas, home reading books, notices…
I really love it when you find something inspiring! It’s hard for me sometimes to see the potential in things at thrift stores, but I go in trying to imagine how something might look with a coat of spray paint!
I just knew I could rescue this little number! Too fun!
Ahhh you gave it a complete transformation!! LOVE IT!! The little knob you added is perfect.
I can imagine how the back to school thing would be a little bittersweet. Enjoy these last 2 weeks with your kiddos at home 🙂
I love this! My kitchen is turquoise and white…I am am turquoise obsessed. I am also all for anything that encourages organization and looks cute at the same time. I think it is great!
This turned out great! I am so impressed. I would have settled for the original or skipped on it. I really need to look for potential in these things. Very nice job!
What a great idea! I need to make this for myself – someday I will get organized about blogging 🙂 And that knob is gorgeous – love turquoise!!
this looks great! so fresh. I just made an organizer out of a breadbox haha…would have been cool to find one already put together!
Whoa! That is the coolest organizer I’ve seen! Love the size…usually the ones I see are too small for my stuff! I’m gonna keep my eye out for one similar! Thanks!
Ahh that’s beautiful. It’s amazing what a little spray paint can do!!
So pretty! I love the color and fun hardware! I so need one of these in my office.
This turned out so cute! I love the cute hardware you added!
Nice makeover. As soon as I saw that beautiful knob, I knew it had t be from Anthropology. So pretty. I see you do the same thing I do; drop off donations and then shop. How funny!