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The life of a blogger can be so tough sometimes. I pride myself on keeping to my twice weekly schedule and this week… well I simply could not for the life of me finish a project. That was a first. Usually I get bogged down in Facebook. All of you bloggers out there know what I am talking about, and for all of you folks who do not blog, well let me explain. Sometimes it is just not possible to come up with a project in time for a post! Case in point this vintage coffee roaster repurpose.
I have had this whatchamacallit sitting in my foyer for well over a year now. Hubby bought it home one day (bless his heart) from the farm of all places. At first we didn’t know what it was. But then he guessed that it must have been a coffee roaster.
It sat in my foyer for a whole year while I scratched my head and stared at it! I couldn’t even open that door in the center.
At one point I even did some research and found one on e-bay that looks like mine. And here is a link of someone explaining how it works. Of course all that research did not help me in figuring out what to do with it.
The other day I was in Facebook, as I am all the time, and I asked my friends if they had any ideas. Well the angels must have blessed Michelle from A Crafty Mix because she instantly said to add …
Of course, I’m getting ahead of my story.
The first thing was to attempt to open that door. Half a bottle of DW-40 and still no luck.
I wanted to paint it and give it a shimmery look. I used DecoArt Dazzling Metallics in Bronze…
Oh, I was not compensated for this product in any way, I just love the stuff!
… with some green acrylic paint.
The result is “breen”! Bronze and green! Did I just invent a new color?
Now back to my story… Michelle suggested I add a solar light on top!
It sounded easy enough. Err, maybe not this way…
That’s a bit better but still not great.
At least now the solar light is not in danger of blowing away!
I stuck it into a succulent plant. Doesn’t it look gorgeous?
Almost like a marriage made in heaven…
Well, maybe not from this point of view!
It was at around this point that I grabbed a knife and pried the opening… nothing but dust inside. But I was on a mission…
I moved it to my planters with the wandering jews, the ones I had shown you in my balcony tour. But it still stuck out like a sore thumb.
Till we finally ended up here… in my favorite corner. It looks nice next to the trunks.
The trunks of the plant balance out the height of the coffee roaster and make it look like it belongs there.
Of course at night it looks even better. Haha!
So what is the moral of this story?
Don’t leave your vintage whatchamakallits out in your foyer for a year?
Mix your paints with abandon?
Make sure you know the top from the bottom of a coffee roaster?
Absolutely not!
It is this: When in a jam, make sure you stay on Facebook! You never know when a friend will help you out! Thank you Michelle! Go check out her blog, it is amazing!
I hope you all enjoyed my wacky tale of the “Breen” vintage coffee roaster repurpose. I know it is far from gorgeous, but at least I got it out of the foyer. What would you have done with it? And did I really invent a new color?
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Nikki Frank-Hamilton
Sunday 9th of October 2016
I love this! I would never have known it's original purpose, but how cool is that? A coffee roaster! Your basement is full of so many amazing things, I look forward to seeing the magic you will work next. I really like where this ended up, I agree, the height of the plant helps to showcase the roaster, and I bet it looks cool at night when the light comes on! And I think that Breen is a really cool color. It reminds me of copper that has turned green, and I love that texture! Great job!
Mary
Monday 10th of October 2016
Thanks Nikki, it was time for me to move this baby and get it out of the foyer. They say necessity is the mother of invention, well I needed a post for that week and so this idea was born.
Keri
Thursday 29th of September 2016
Mary, the solar light coffee maker is super cool!! I like the new color you mixed and the name you gave it, very clever. Michelle has such amazing ideas, and this is no exception! I like the light's new home, it looks great amongst the trunks!
Mary
Saturday 1st of October 2016
Keri, thank goodness Michelle came up with that otherwise I would still be sitting here twirling my thumbs.
Linda at Mixed Kreations
Thursday 29th of September 2016
Love your new coffee grinder solar light, and I think you did make a new color Breen. It looks great! It fits in perfectly among the trunks of your plant. Michelle has a brilliant craft mind just like you! Marytone, lol !
Mary
Saturday 1st of October 2016
So that is going to be my new name? Haha.
Holly
Thursday 29th of September 2016
Mary, you are very clever. It's a real specimen vintage!
Mary
Saturday 1st of October 2016
It is but in really bad shape. It was so rusted over it took me forever to open it and then I just gave up and pried it open.
krista
Thursday 29th of September 2016
Wow....I really like that color. Putting the solar light on it was brilliant. I thought it looked great in all the locations (well except in the foyer :))
Mary
Saturday 1st of October 2016
Krista it was almost ready to grow roots in the foyer.