Farm Sale Find Turned Into Vintage Treasure
We found these old chicken feeders at a local farm sale last fall. They are huge - about 10 feet in length and I really wasn't sure what to do with them. But I couldn't turn them down - they were cheap, they were old and they were interesting!
They sat in the garage over the winter until I thought of a plan of action. When the warm temperatures arrived, my husband cut them down into manageable lengths - the first one was cut into three pieces, the second into two.
The only problem now was that we needed new "ends" for the cut pieces. Fortunately we had some old wood from a set of stairs we'd taken out and used this to create new ends, using the originals as templates. My husband even kept some old square headed nails to attach the wood.
With a thin coat of ASCP Pure White and a wet distress technique to show off the grain, these old chicken feeders have a new life as totes for the kitchen table, for the patio or even as a window box. Wet distressing is done by lightly rubbing a wet rag over the paint to remove any excess, exposing wood underneath.
If using outside, I would finish it with a coat of weather proof polyurethane. But for indoor use, I've simply waxed mine.
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It would be great for a bathroom. Hang on the wall like cabinet, use the handle as a towel bar & the box for extra soap, wahcloths etc. Would be really cool that way!
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I turned mine upside down and used them as a towel rack in the bathroom.The bottom is a shelf. I put decorated tin cans on it.The tin cans hold make up brushes and tooth brushes and a fern.
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That's an excellent idea!!!
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