Craft Schmaft

As you may know I’m working on a woman cave. A crafty place where I can be creative, a bit of a refuge from toddler and baby. After attempts at buying timber for shelving failed I followed the clever Bianca’s advice and went to the tip in search of recycled hardwood. I can’t say that I was looking forward to this – my childhood memories of the tip are of a big stinky place filled with rubbish as far as the eye can see. My how things have changed, kimbriki tip has embraced recycling and has a wealth of treasure to be found, all stacked in neat little piles just waiting to be transformed into something new.

I picked up beautiful old hardwood planks for $12.

I found two old ladders under the house.

Stacked the planks between rungs of the ladders.

Instant shelves for $12. I’m considering sanding the planks and have a lot more work to do on the storage boxes and things on the shelves themselves. I’d like to find another ladder that is the same height as the green one to replace the big old brown ladder. At the moment I’ve had to prop a few shelves up to get them level.  Its a start though!

Actually I’m going to have to replace the brown ladder because the kiwi boys upstairs use it to break into their flat when they forget the keys.

No softies here yet and the full fabric stash has yet to be transferred but I think it has potential. I have some vintage bowls from my grandmother that I’d like to put in there. A few more little plywood drawers. Then it’s onto the work table. Stay tuned!