Making Do - Not Buying New

I made these baskets decades ago and couldn't bear to paint, so I rarely used.

Then years ago, I painted them white, in my all white phase,

and they did get used a lot.

When I tired of the all white, they were stored on top of the garage fridge.

I wish I had just stained them from the get go.

Last night I gathered some very old gunky paint and then waxed 

over all with brown. I will re-do the yellow soon making it darker,

or even painting it a dark gray.

I was just using what I had.

I wanted to store them "in use",

so they landed atop the cupboard in the family room.

I brought down from the studio jars of vintage buttons

and re-styled a bit.

You can bet I'll be painting those grey corner brackets soon.