Before & After: Claire's Repurposed Spice Rack

We recognize that there are some instances where wood furniture should stay as is. But in Claire's case, a coat of shiny white paint transforms her spice rack into a beauty...

Found for just fifty cents at a thrift store, Claire could see the potential of the previously used spice rack. Giving the vintage find a few coats of white paint, she hung it on the wall of her craft room for ribbon storage. We love the variety of colors paired with the area of white--making the ribbon rack appear brand new.

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Comments (15)

Great reuse of a dated piece! I don't think I would've seen the potential in this one but it turned out fabulous!

posted by racheloncegentry on August 20th 2009 at 10:02am
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Brilliant and beautiful!

posted by mirandabee on August 20th 2009 at 10:09am
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Great! ...and now I want a spice rack.

posted by NorNor on August 20th 2009 at 10:10am
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Very nice!

posted by mongoose1 on August 20th 2009 at 10:18am
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I like the transformation, but I am in love with that ribbon collection!

posted by HeartsAndCrafts on August 20th 2009 at 10:18am
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HeartsAndCrafts, I'm with you! Such pretty little ribbons, and what a brilliant way to store the skinnier ones - I have bunches of old wooden spools from my grandma that I'm going to go home and repurpose asap!

posted by aoelkers on August 20th 2009 at 10:33am
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Yeah, this is totally great--simple, functional, cheap, and adorable. I now want to run out and do this myself--I have just the spot for it!!

posted by hyzen on August 20th 2009 at 11:09am
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Gosh, cute ribbon!

posted by JefferyK on August 20th 2009 at 11:16am
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I love this idea! Very cute & useful!

posted by embot9000 on August 20th 2009 at 12:00pm
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What a great reuse!
(Now I wanna know what she did with the wee drawer...)

posted by bepsf on August 20th 2009 at 12:44pm
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Best idea ever!! Good job!!

posted by monthcalledmae on August 20th 2009 at 1:32pm
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i have this exact same spice rack (from my mom's kitchen from 30 years ago) and waver between tossing it and hanging it back up in my kitchen now. i guess i'll have to paint it. thanks for this.

posted by carolynapplebee on August 20th 2009 at 5:22pm
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lovely! and all that ribbon has me drooling!

posted by lovelyrita on August 20th 2009 at 5:37pm
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Very smart idea....and pretty!

posted by junklover on August 20th 2009 at 7:39pm
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Believe it or not I have more ribbons, so once I get a 2nd spice rack the drawer can go back into this one and hold small scraps of ribbon.

thanks for all the nice comments!

posted by needlebook on August 21st 2009 at 8:29pm
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