Repurposed Safe Deposit Box

I'm not sure what led me to buy safe deposit boxes a couple weeks ago. They weren't particularly pretty. They weren't very useful. They called to me though. (You might recognize them from this 2nd Hand Haul post)

And I'm glad I snatched them up! This is what I did with them...

I knew the general direction I wanted to head with these, but I wasn't sure what I would do to make it special. At first I wasn't fond of the brown color and I thought about painting it, but I had no specific vision and left that decision for later. The boxes sat in the shop for just a little while, staring at me. It was during the Great Chalkboard Kick of Late August that I found some inspiration!

When I was inspecting the box, I let it dangle on my finger from the handle and the lid flapped open.

Dim Lightbulb.

I thought about flowers spilling from it.

Big Bright Lightbulb!

What a cute place for a little greeting. Chalkboard it was! I taped off the outer edges of the area I was painting, and used black spray chalkboard paint. You'll notice the impression of that sticker in the finished photos - I guess when a sticker is fixed on something for 50+ years, it leaves a mark!

That was it! After I doodled on it a bit, I decided I liked it as it was - brown and black chalkboard. It's old, it's original, and it's nice and dinged up.

There is a little ring on the bottom side (originally the back of the drawer), that I thought was a nice place for a set of keys.

It's a complete ring, so you would need an "S" hook or a carabiner like mine.

I thought these dried flowers were beautiful in it, but it could easily be used to catch mail, cell phones, or to display a tall knick-knack.

The next time you come across a sad and lonely safe deposit box, don't count it out!

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