Repurposed Baby Crib Turned Chalkboards
Hey everybody! Got a couple of new creations from GadgetSponge Garage.
I found the vintage crib used in these two projects for a heck of a deal and knew immediately what they were perfect for ---- CHALKBOARDS!!! I cut the legs off and took the hardware off and got to painting the chalkboard paint onto the center areas.
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The abacus-style play balls at top are so cool. I attached some vintage, wooden bowling pins along the sides to hang different items from.
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Yes, that's a link basket from a dryer. This is from my grandmother's dryer. It's about as old as I am. It was a sad day for her to see her clothes dryer go away that she had for so long. And me being the opportunist -- I had to cannibalize the dryer before it got hauled away. So I grabbed the lint basket, some badging, knobs and a few other pieces.
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I wanted to illuminate this one so I dug through the garage and found an old battery-top camp lantern assembly. I gutted the bulb lantern and installed a new bulb housing and reassembled it with some minor mods.
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The cord goes neatly through the back and out of the way. Check out the vintage yardsticks! You know I've got to use some whenver possible.
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