UPCYCLING DESIGN CHALLENGE hall tree

 

 

Last week I worked on my top secret entry for the local

 

 

In honour of Earth Day, the Township of Langley and the Langley Arts Council are hosting an

  Upcycling Design Challenge. Langley residents are invited to submit an original and creative

piece made from found or recovered materials. Upcycling’ involves taking waste material that would

 otherwise end up in our landfills and turning it into something more valuable. The Upcycling Design

 Challenge aims to remind people that, with a little creativity, what was old can be new again—

perhaps even better than it once was!

This is my entry ......

 

 

This *Curbside to Coatrack* creation includes over 9 different pieces

from various discarded furniture items.

 

 

Can you tell me what items you can see?

Lets have some fun and I want to

see how far out of the box I have you guys really thinking.

Leave your guess in the comments below, send me an email, or even

write me over on the facebook page.

 

Click each photo below for a larger view.

 

 

  

 

 

 

The answers can be found here:

http://blogspot.ca/2013/04/the-cheque-is-in-mail-bedroom-hanger.html

 

 

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RECLAIMED DOOR hall tree

 

The beginning of the hall stands has started.

 

 

Remember those 2 doors you have been seeing in so many of my furniture pics?

Ive had other plans for them since they came home but Im happy to put them to use in the mean time for a back drop.

 

 

 

 

These ornate pieces are from a plastic copperware spoon holder.

 

I painted the bench portion in white to match the door color before painting over everything in

ASCP Country Grey.

 

 

The thick enamel paint on the door had chipped off in large patches allowing

for this look after painting and distressing.

 

I used an 80 grit sand paper to get such a coarse distressing. 

 

 

See that cute detail on the side of the seat?

More of that copperware spoon holder ... the holder part.

 

 

 

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THE 7 UP CHRISTMAS TREE

 

 

 

 

 

This year I put my Christmas tree in a vintage 7-UP crate. Our tree is a gorgeous faux blue spruce

4 ft tall tree. I bought it years ago from The Bay in downtown Vancouver.

 

Below left you can see the tree is just being set up and started to get decorated.

Below right all the lights are strung and the tree is all trimmed.

 

 

When your family is young and you have children running around the house Christmas is very much

 about them. And this includes decorating for Christmas too. You trim the tree with the kids and each

 ornament you put on the tree brings back memories of past holidays. Once the kids have moved out

 and are setting up their own homes and their own trees its time to decorate for yourselves. For some

it is a very hard concept but just like anything in life you must teach yourselves to do. 

 

 

Start out with the thought "I get to decorate the way I want"

And try to start early in the season so you have many days and nights to enjoy your hard work.

My house does not get Christmasified in a day, one area gets worked on each day over a week.

As each area starts to glitter with lights it spurs me on to want to do a little more somewhere else in our home.

 

 

 

 

Decorating for yourself to enjoy is just as important as decorating for your family to enjoy.
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