While taking the trash out this morning, we found a wonderful... um... "thing" behind our building (and yes we always take our camera with us). It's part of a conveyor belt used to move grain and such from trains, buildings and warehouses. Click through the jump to tell us what YOU could do with this bizarre find and see how we'll be putting it to use (in the kitchen) - because all good "junk" deserves a new home, although we're letting someone else put new life into the swing we found it on!
Look! Discarded Old Conveyor Belt
There was an instant flood of ideas when we saw this peculiar find on the receiving dock of our building. We first thought it would be a great way to hold art supplies, markers, pencils and the like; then we thought it would make a great way to hold underpants and socks if you didn't have a closet. Our thoughts then turned to our need to garden indoors this year (we will greatly miss our sunny backyard) and we think it will make a great base for an herb garden that mounts to the wall.
We will drill small drainage holes in all the sections except for the bottom tier, so if any section becomes too moist, it can simply drain to the tier below it. Although it doesn't have the ability to host the growing of garlic anytime soon, it can surely handle some basil and thyme!
What would you do with it? Would you take this found treasure home or leave it for the trash service to pick up?
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flip-flop holder by the back door. (hey i am from TX i have about 20 pair)
view ccc1979's profile
If you use it to garden, won't the rubber rot away from moisture? I'd hand it indoors from the ceiling to the wall for striking and lovely small storage... or books.
view mskk's profile
spice rack. childrens toy holder. bathroom organizer. magazine holder. candle display. too many ideas.
view unseeneclipse's profile
i was thinking mail but i guess that's because we have 6 adults in one house :)
could definitely hold crayons, markerts and pencils.
if you had any kind of workshop it could hold smaller supplies
view dosergirl's profile
I was thinking like unseen -- I'd use it as a spice rack. Would be perfect next to my range, and match in color too (I have an all-white-appliance kitchen).
view madampince's profile
This would be so awesome piles with balls of yarn for the knitter, or folded fat quarters for the quilter.
view Loosetooth's profile
I thought spice rack as well. Which is weird, as I can't even eat spicy food o.o
view ryttu3k's profile
My vote is spice rack, or something along those lines. The idea of an herb garden is cute, but I'm pretty sure the roots will rot very quickly
view CHGAM's profile
Mail sorter for a 5 person household! I think it's cool!
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Oh, that is fantastic! Great find! I think I would probably use it to hold tiny treasures, like pretty rocks and feather and such, to keep them from wandering about and being cluttery...
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I was kind of thinking jewelry holder hung next to our dresser in the bedroom. Our bedroom in kind of vintage black and white. see it here:
http://makemineeclectic.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/next-comes-the-bathroom-and-master-bedroom/
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I was thinking hardware in the garage - plants didn't occur to me. Mail would be cool - a "landing" piece, as y'all refer to it so often here at AT.
For a while in college I lived in a house built in the late 1800's that literally had no drawers in the kitchen for storage of linens, cutlery, utensils, etc. I was thinking how cool this would of looked on the wall, to hold utensils and silverware, etc. - specially considering the era of the house. None of the bathrooms even had electrical outlets - cuz there was nothing to plug into them back when it was built! What character that place had!
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