Sweets tray turned office display

This was a nice and easy little project that has not taken away from how pleased I am with the finished piece.

Its home for the last 35 years has been on a wall in my dads shed. Holding all kinds of bits and peices; old hinges, rusty springs and things that no one realy knows what they are. As a kid I use to love rummiging through Dads shed looking for treasure. Who am I kidding, I still do.

Dad retired 2 years ago him and mum have done a bit of travaling and enjoying life.

 Dad has now decided it's time to clean out his shed and get rid of the old to make way for the new.

In the process he asked me if I wanted this thingy... Is he kidding, of cause I want it! He asked me if I knew what it was, I said "what do you mean it's that thingy off the shed wall it held all those bits and peices." He Then said "no before that?" I had no idea.

 Dad went on to tell me that it had been on the counter in the deli he owned when I was a baby. it use to hold all the 1 & 2 cent lollies. 

I love how things can bring back memories and share stories between people, making them much more than an object. I felt as though it was my mission to save it from the tip and preserve Dads story while adding my own. This now had family history to it.

I didn't want to change it too much because it was already beautiful, it was just a little grubby. I gave it a good brush down to remove the dust, took the back off oh and the plastic pricing strip on the side was removed. Then I gave it a good scrub with sugar soap, water and a damp cloth.

   I love that while I was washing it Bianca, my sons girlfriend, arrived home. (my son and Bianca live in the granny flat at my parents and

  me and my hubby run are buisness from my dads shed extension, my parents are the best) Any how, Bianca was like "Ooohhh what you doing?" Well next thing I know, we are  brainstorming ideas of what to use as the new

  backing. I had; wall paper, 2 types of chicken. wire, chalkboard & pressed tin all as options. We held each one up behind it to see how it looked. Then I thought about the Room Im going to use it in. We both agreed the chalkboard worked best and would make my vintage peices I'm going to display in it pop.

I love how it turned out but most of all I love the memories and new stories that this peice now hold 

And to me that is what restoring is all about; building relationships and creating memories. 

                       

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