Backstory: I was trying to find a small bottle of pillow spritzer a few
weeks ago. After several weeks of restless sleep where the slightest thing
became a huge factor in why I couldn’t fall back to sleep, I thought perhaps
having my pillow scented with lavender would help.
I could not find the bottle of spritzer.
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| My poor attempt at organizing my dresser top |
My dresser top is a mess. I thought having these canvass
bins would help me keep things less cluttered on my dresser. Problem is – I
can’t see what’s in them unless I’m digging through them. I drug out the two
most used items – my deodorant and a bottle of perfume – and set them on the
dresser for quick access. Other things just get shoved in the bins and mostly
forgotten.
Recent: I have been thinking about having a nicer looking display –
perhaps a mirrored tray with my glass bottles of perfume lined up. I gave some
thought to what I might have around the house to repurpose. Nothing came to
mind that was practical.
So, I gave myself a reason to head to our local Goodwill on
a recent Saturday morning. Our local Goodwill is not a great treasure trove.
I’ve purchased the occasional useful item there, but for the most part not much
luck on great finds overall.
This day, though, I thought it would be okay to settle for a nice rectangular
glass relish tray or a small mirrored "something." I found two square relish trays and
was willing to settle for those. They were in my shopping cart as I continued
on looking at the opposite shelf.
Surprise!
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| After a couple coats of spray paint |
I found a long (16”) rectangular metal tray with a removable
tempered glass insert. It was black and
boring. I knew I could spruce it up with something from my growing collection
of spray paint.
I kept looking through the clutter of items on the Goodwill
shelf and found another treasure that would work for my plan to organize my
dresser top. This find was a small wire basket with a removable glass insert –
again it was black and boring. However the glass insert was decorative with a
design.
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| Tiffany blue tray |
Once home, I cleaned both pieces – prepped my outdoor
workspace on the deck and chose my color – Rust-oleum’s American Accent in
Aqua. I chose this color because it reminds me of the blue Tiffany & Co.
box – not that I have ever had one. This fresh blue color just seems
appropriate for a staging area for bottles of perfume.
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| Tiffany blue tray and basket for the dresser |
I was overly anxious to get started painting, so no before
pictures – I often read that on blogs and now I understand how it is so easy to
skip that step.
It took three light coats to get the coverage I wanted. I am
well pleased with the results.
Now, I’ve started conjuring up other paint projects to use
this color on – a few metal tins, a heavy cardboard box and glass bottles.
Even the Mister thinks my dresser top looks much better.
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| No more canvass bins |
The blue and white runner is one woven years ago by my late
grandmother, Ollie Frances. She died at the age of 45, before I was born, so I
never knew her. My grandfather, J.C. died in December 2011, at the age of 103.
