My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls - Η Παράλογη μου Εμμονή με τα Ρολά Χαρτιού

As some of you may know, I am obsessed with being frugal, the more frugal…

As some of you may know, I am obsessed with being frugal, the more frugal the better.  Well, I have been hoarding, er collecting paper rolls.  I just can’t see throwing them out or recycling them when I can get my brain to work a little and turn out beauties such as this heart or these bracelet holders. As I said, I had amassed  quite a few of these and it was time for a project because I was running out of space to store them. And so this is the post about my irrational obsession with paper rolls. 

Όπως κάποιοι από εσάς ίσως γνωρίζετε, μου αρέσει να κάνω οικονομία. Λοιπόν, έχω αποθησαυρίσει, εμμ, εχω κάνει συλλογή ρολά χαρτιού. Απλά δεν μπορω να τα πετάξω  όταν μπορώ να βάλω  το μυαλό μου να δουλεψει λίγο και να φανταστεί  ομορφιές, όπως αυτή τη καρδιά η  αυτόν τον  οργανωτή για τα βραχιόλια. . Όπως είπα, είχα μαζέψει αρκετά από αυτά και ήρθε η ώρα για ένα έργο, επειδή δεν υπήρχε άλλος   χώρος για να τα αποθηκεύσω. Και έτσι αυτή είναι η ανάρτηση για την παράλογη μου  εμμονή με τα ρολά χαρτιού.
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painting the paper rolls, My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls www.theboondocksblog.com
My living room is long and narrow and it has a full sliding door on one end instead of a wall.  When I first moved here I had installed a curtain bracket and rod system on the top of the sliding door. But I have since removed the ceiling to floor curtains because they made the room look narrower.  So now I’ve got a rail system under the … anyway you are probably wondering why I am telling you all of this.  Because the unused brackets are still there, above my curtains looking all weird. The hubs says they cannot come down just yet.  So they sit there looking like sore thumbs.  

To καθιστικό μου είναι μακρύ και στενό και έχει μια πλήρες συρόμενη πόρτα στο ένα άκρο αντί για έναν τοίχο. Όταν μετακόμισα είχα εγκαταστήσει ένα κουρτινόξυλο στο πάνω μέρος της συρόμενης πόρτας. Αλλά το έχω αφαιρέσει για οι κουρτίνες έκαναν το χώρο να φανεί πιο περιορισμένο.  Έτσι, τώρα έχω μια ράγα κουρτίνας … έτσι κι αλλιώς είναι πιθανόν να αναρωτιέστε γιατί σας τα λέω όλα αυτά. Επειδή τα μη χρησιμοποιηθέντα στηρίγματα είναι ακόμα εκεί, πάνω από τις κουρτίνες και φαίνονται περίεργα. 
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Curtain rod with bracket, My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls www.theboondocksblog.com
I painted them to match the walls thinking they would blend in but it was an epic fail…

Τα έβαψα για να ταιριάζουν τους τοίχους νομίζοντας ότι  δεν θα φαίνονταν πολυ αλλά ήταν μια επική  αποτυχία …
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Curtain rod with no bracket, My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls www.theboondocksblog.com
And this is where we talk about the paper rolls. I had made a garland with twine last winter and had placed it on the wall unit. 

Και εδώ είναι που μιλάμε για τα ρολά χαρτιού. Είχα κάνει μια γιρλάντα τον περασμένο χειμώνα και το έχει τοποθετήσει στο σύνθετο.
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A garland made with paper rolls on wall unit, My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls www.theboondocksblog.com
I really liked this idea and took this garland and moved it up above the sliding door.  

​Μου άρεσε πολύ αυτή η ιδέα και πήρα αυτή την γιρλάντα και τη μετέφερα πάνω από την συρόμενη πόρτα.
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A garland hanging from brackets, My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls www.theboondocksblog.com
I used up the rest of my paper rolls and filled the garland to the max!  

Χρησιμοποίησα τα υπόλοιπα ρολά χαρτιού  και γέμισα τη γιρλάντα!
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A garland made with paper rolls hanging from brackets, My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls www.theboondocksblog.com
I still had a few left over and an ugly bracket in the center, so I made this…

Μου περίσσευαν λίγα και είχα ένα άσχημο στήριγμα στο κέντρο, έτσι έκανα αυτό …
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A wreath made with paper rolls, My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls www.theboondocksblog.com
And this is what the whole shebang looks like now!  

Και έτσι φαίνεται στο σύνολό του.
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The 3 brackets covered by paper roll garland, My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls www.theboondocksblog.com
A wreath made with paper rolls, twigs and twine, My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls www.theboondocksblog.com
Under view of garland and wreath from paper rolls, My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls www.theboondocksblog.com
A few night shots, not good quality but you can see the length of the sliding doors. 

Λίγες νυχτερινές λήψεις, δεν είναι καλής ποιότητας, αλλά μπορείτε να δείτε το μήκος της συρόμενης πόρτας.
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Night photo of garland and wreath on brackets, My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls www.theboondocksblog.com
And while I’m at it and being brutally honest here, have you noticed the color of the walls?  When I bought the paint, it was supposed to be a beachy sand….but in the evening it looks more like pucky pink.  

Και τώρα που μιλάμε έξω απ’ τα δόντια, έχετε παρατηρήσει το χρώμα των τοίχων; Όταν αγόρασα το χρώμα, υποτίθεται ότι ηταν άμμο τις παραλίας …. αλλά το βράδυ μοιάζει περισσότερο απαίσιο ροζ.
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Night view of garland and wreath, My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls www.theboondocksblog.com
 And I will not even discuss what it looks like when the sun hits this room in the afternoon (insert inappropriate words here)!  Another thing that needs to be tackled this summer.

Και ούτε καν συζητάω πώς μοιάζει όταν ο απογευματινός ήλιος χτυπά το δωμάτιο (εισάγετε ακατάλληλες λέξεις εδώ)! Ένα άλλο πράγμα που πρέπει να αντιμετωπιστεί αυτό το καλοκαίρι.
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Garland and wreath made from paper rolls, My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls www.theboondocksblog.com
I need help here… Is this an epic fail  or not… what do you all say?

Χρειάζομαι βοήθεια εδώ … Αυτή είναι μια επική αποτυχία ή όχι … τι λέτε;

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Garland and wreath made from paper rolls, My Irrational Obsession with Paper Rolls www.theboondocksblog.com

​Can I get away with artsy cute, rustic here?  Or should I just throw it out?  And find another solution? Do I even get brownie points for repurposing the paper rolls? This is what it has come to, what my irrational obsession with paper rolls has done to me!!   Help me out here people!!

Μπορώ να το πλασάρω σαν καλλιτεχνικό χαριτωμένο, ρουστίκ;  Ή θα έπρεπε απλά να το πετάξω; Και να βρω μια άλλη λύση;  Αναγνωρίζετε τον αναπροσανατολισμό των ρολών χαρτιού; Έχω φτάσει  σε αυτό το σημείο με την παράλογη μου εμμονή με τα ρολά χαρτιού.   Βοηθήστε με καλοί άνθρωποι !!
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63 Comments

  1. I am amassing paper rolls too but I didn’t have such a creative idea like you did.
    I like the garland but I am not loving the brackets. Get the hubby up there to remove them!

    1. Pronto!! Those things must go!! I am going to have a busy summer on the ladder painting… I can see it now,, in the heat. Like you did last year with your mom’s kitchen. lol

    1. That’s a great idea too Amalia. I’ll have to give it a try. I certainly have enough of those rolls to do many more projects.

  3. It was a good thought Mary but it is not something I can go with. lol I think every time I throw a paper roll away what a waste. But I am not creative so I give lots of points for coming up with the idea.

    1. I thank you for your sweeet thought. The thing that makes me crazy is that there are so many of them that we accumulate in such a short span of time. I try to use at least a few.

  4. WOW Mary I give you a BIG high 5 for having the creativity to pull that off with paper rolls! So clever!! What ever you decide to do I’m sure it will look amazing! 🙂

    1. Sam thanks for your words of encouragement. I need them right now. I think I’ll probably move the garland once I get those things off the wall.

  5. I think it’s a beautiful addition to the whole bracket mess! I was laughing with the wall color! Recently I was reading an article about how the color is changing depending on the orientation of the house and the sun light!

    1. That’s exactly what it is Katerina, a bracket mess. And the article is so right. Too bad here in Greece they don’t see samples of paint that we can try on the walls before hand.

  6. The garland is creative and I like it; but if you’re not happy with the room, then change it. 🙂 If it wouldn’t be in the way of the door, then I think I’d make use of all that sunlight and turn those brackets into some plant hangers.

    1. Jenny I love your idea but the problem is that it is a sliding door throughout the whole length of those curtains you see and the sunlight is brutal in the summertime. I have double insulation and a tent to keep the heat out.

  8. Firstly thanks for joining us at #sharethejoy this week – I really enjoyed this post and I’m marveling at your creativity! Now to be completely honest I agree with the other commenters about the garland drawing attention to the brackets. Sometimes if you don’t like something covering it up just isn’t enough – you need to rid yourself of the problem altogether and start again. Once you’ve repainted the room you’ll have eliminated one of the things you don’t like and it might be easier to see a way forward for the brackets perhaps?

    1. The consensus is in Michelle. I have to admit if I had really loved that garland up there I never would have asked all of you for your opinion. But I was wavering so much I needed input. Thank you for your advice, that is exactly what I am going to do. Once I wrangle the hubs into cutting those brackets I’ll ba able to move the garlands elsewhere.

  9. Cute idea! If you have more tubes than you know what to do with, I think they’d compost fine too. 🙂 Those are one of those products like kcups that are fun to find upcycling ideas for but gosh… you usually end up with more than you could possibly upcycle. 🙂
    Thanks for linking up at #SustainableSundays!

    1. You’re absolutely right Danielle, they are always piling up but I try, I really try!

  10. Hi Mary, painted different colours it is something I would hang up at Christmas time, but the most important thing is, do you like it there? If not then move it, if you do then keep it up and enjoy it.
    When the children were young I kept a bit box under the bed and in the bit box went empty bottles, boxes and toilet roll holders so that we had stuff to use when we were feeling crafty.
    xx

    1. Debbie I can’t wait to tear down those brackets. I love the garland and I agree there is so much I can do with it by adding colors. But those brackets are really the problem.. It feels like I’m trying to camouflage the elephant in the room. Great idea about the bit box

  12. You are amazing! LOL I love how you tackle a project, especially with your creativity of found items. I really love the keys hanging, but I think that the garland makes the are a bit too busy. Leave it up for now and enjoy it, and when you paint you can remove those brackets and see how you like the look then. Finding a beige that’s not pink or yellow is difficult. Look for one with a more grey base, a pebble color perhaps. Try painting an area that will get all the morning light and the evening sunset and see what the color does.
    I give you huge points for reusing the paper rolls and I really like the way you’ve incorporated the wreath. Huge points!

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