This ain't no PB knock-off...

Where did my weekend go???  Monday already? and an hour short of sleep time... no fair.

It all started Friday by taking down a mirror to replace it with another one.  The extremely heavy mirror didn't work as I had hoped... the wire broke and down it came.

After escaping the 7 year curse I decided I'd better change course and moved the mirror on the fireplace mantel and it didn't require another hole in the wall... sweet!  Did I mention my house was in TOTAL disarray at this point.  And I still had a blank spot that needed filling. 

Down to the workshop I went and was totally focused committed to making a new prim piece to fill that GIANT space. 

Half way through my original plan, I got  one of those brain zingers and remembered this telephone face and innards that a friend gave me 12 years ago. 

Now, can you explain to me why at that very minute I thought of this when I was building a cupboard, I haven't laid eyes on it in 5 years.

I forget sometimes that I  have saws  and can make great things happen now.

so I made it a new box

 and that's when it all started...

what was I going to do with it... it is too small to make an impact and as usual I never have a plan...

it started talking to me and I didn't even lift the receiver... lol

off to the wood pile... I used my jig to make the board larger...

knocked the cobwebs off these corner brackets...

made the telephone sign...

made a box to store all my secret treasures...

Note the phone #, I went digging in some of my Dad's old stuff and found our phone number from the 60's... remember when it was letters instead of area codes... the letters stood for Liberty, which was a 54 number... Ja was for Jackson,  for a 52 number and Fe was for Fennel, which was for a 38 number. 

 

now it needed a lid... painted it with chalkboard paint...

where else would you write all those imaginary messages?...

added a knob... because this brain does not compute hinges... did they have hinges in the olden days?

I didn't think so...haha

added an old lamp bracket to hold the chalk...

wrapped the chalk with duct tape to stop it from falling through..

oh and let's not forget the phone...

and there you have it... a one of a kind wall telephone display...

PB eat your heart out... it's mine, all mine.

this design is out of this very mixed up head and all because I moved a mirror.

I still haven't distressed it yet and that may or may not happen. After two days of working on it, I had enough.

 the corner it landed in... and that is not the spot I was trying to fill...

there is now a picture hanging on that.

this is the mirror that started it all...

So what do you think?

Like it, Love it, or Ditch it?

Cost:

• left over scraps from the board and batten curb appeal project... $0.00
• thrifted screws... $1.00
• leftover stain and chalkboard paint... $0.00
• Phone donated by a friend... $0.00
• porcelain knob... $1.00
• corner brackets... $2.00
• chalk holder... $2.00

TOTAL COST: $6.00

Hope you all have a great week and thanks so much for stopping by... would love to hear your comments.

oops forgot your Mya fix... isn't this the cutest pic...

she is giggling up a storm these days... she is such a happy little baby.

Hugs,