Vintage Footstool & Mailbox – Met Monday

It Metamorphosis Monday so let's take a peek.  Oh!  And Progress Report Monday Too!

Ohhhh the white paint and I were bonding this week.  I had projects going on everywhere.  Kitchen table.  Kitchen floor.  Back deck.  (Danger zone!  I was dodging flying acorns!)   Paint brushes, rollers, sanding pads, etc. – everywhere!  But if you’re reading this post, I need say no more.  Been there.  Done that.

So without further ado I will show my two minor accomplishments this week…

First up is this sweet little stepping stool that I found at a really fun shop called “The Calico Shack” in Cumberland, Rhode Island.   It’s a small shop but it is packed to the rafters inside and out.

This is definitely vintage, perhaps antique.  May have been a milking stool.  Nice and heavy for it’s size with a lined rubber top and a slot for carrying.  Thankfully the inspector looked it over before I did anything to it!

Tada.  No fussing or mussing this time.  Dents, dings and paint blobs were part of the character.   A couple of coats of white spaint and it’s done!  Perfect for reaching high in the cupboards and doesn’t take up much space.

No self-respecting person would claim that that was their week’s work!  Too easy!

Up next is a lidded box that I picked up at a thrift store.  I wasn’t sure about it so I picked it up, put it down.  Picked it up, put it down.  Finally it came home with me.

Can you say ugly?

After a good cleaning and my trusty white paint…

 

Now….to keep or not to keep…that is the question.

It would make a fabulous mail keeper.  Hmmmm….