repurposed christmas family room...

during a trip through my attic, we found a green trunk and old window—here’s what we did with them. 

after adding a new set of rollers to the bottom of the trunk, I painted it white.  it’s perfect in front of the mantle my husband made for me last summer. (this is our tiny family room—I’ve never shown it cuz it's so dark.  I had to really lighten the pics-sorry). 

here’s the trunk after…

and this is the trunk before the paint job…

I put a skinny tree into a small wooden suitcase and sat it on an old piano stool for height.  the topper is a zinc chalkboard sign.

we put 2 hinges on the old window’s top and attached it to a simple shelf. 

here’s a pic with the window lifted up---this shows the basic foundation for the shelf-a very easy project.  another earlier window project is the leaded glass window in the picture.

the zinc numbers-below and the cash register sign—(25 cents-above pic) were found in a local shop.

I used shower curtains (from tj max) for the window, in this room.  they are a wrinkly texture and I love the writing on them.

sharing with funky junk-12 days, and commonground

thanks for looking and have some holiday fun this weekend!