Trash to Treasure...That's the Plan

I am posting this today in an effort to motivate myself to finish some of the projects I have planned around the house. Since we've been back from vacation on Cape Cod, I can't seem to get out of vacation mode. My favorite afternoon past-time these days is floating around in the pool in my lounge chair reading a good book or decorating magazine.

I will admit those lazy, hazy afternoons in my floating chair are not totally unproductive. They're also a great time to plan decorating projects. One such time, while I was floating around in the pool being lazy, I noticed this propped up near the trash barrels under the deck. It's the top to our old deck box, which had fallen apart last summer. My husband was going to cut it up and put it out on the curb for trash pick-up. It seems to be structurally sound. There's a board across the slats on the underside, so that the slats won't come loose.

I like to repurpose items to avoid waste and wondered what I could do with this perfectly good item. "It would make a good frame of sorts", I thought... And, then it hit me. I remember seeing this wall organizational system on Pottery Barn's website some time ago. I would love to have something like that on the wall in my office, to help keep me organized.

So, that's the plan. I am going to use the deck box cover to make a wall organizer for my office. I went to Staples and bought a white board and some corkboard. I found some other items at Home Depot to use to transform this perfectly good piece of trash into a treasure.

The real challenge now is to get out of my floating chair and do it. But, it's such a nice, sunny day outside today!

Stay tuned...

Thanks to Susan of Between Naps on the Porch, for hosting Metamorphosis Monday.