DISPLAY OR NOT.....

How do you store your Embroidery Floss, Buttons, Lace &

Ribbons? Do you store them in glass jars, boxes,

dresser drawers & closets. Do you enjoy beauty or

hard working functionality? I happen to like both of

these. Are your collections

small or large? I love all of that stuff & have a hard time deciding

on how to store it. So, it all boils down to display it or not.

Dust - a common allergy dictates most of that decision for me.

Space dictates the other.

Organization is hard in a small space.

Function - I like simple, easy, reusing, remaking it & mixing

it all up. I also like for it to be pretty!

The picts below are only 2 of my flatware chests that I have kept

for many years stored in my attic - not knowing what

I would use them for.

But because they are nice wood - I havent

been so eager to toss them out!

It finally dawned on me what to remake with them

after looking at many of the French blogs concerning

their cardboard boxes - which I find them to be beautifully handmade

with exceptional quality. Oh! how I desire one of them!

I am in love with cloth covered cartonnage - the

french word for cardboard.

Sorry guys - I had already stripped the inside

of the flatware boxes & applied

one coat of white paint on the inside of one of them before I

took these photo's. The other

box will be covered in cloth on the inside.

These boxes would be great for storing

lace & ribbons on cardboard holders which is what the

french call cartonnettes. Have you seen the wood boxes

that hold embroidery floss? They are expensive, beautiful & by me

unattainable!

Well thats exactly what

my 2 flatware boxes are going to hold. They are going to

experience & begin a new life

for holding embroidery floss bobbins! Check out those French

blogs & look at the cardboard dividers they cut from

cardboard & cover with cloth.

One of these boxes will be

going to my daughter. I will post the picts when I am finished.

The only problem - is deciding if I should paint or cloth the outside

of the boxes.....decisions, decisions.

by Hopblogger