Last spring we bought a metal drawer set from an estate sale. I had been looking around inside the house at the sale and Jason was looking around in the garage. I joined him outside and spotted it. How could he not see the beauty? Well, maybe it was all the rust, dust, and junk inside the drawers. I debated all year about if I should paint it or not. At first I really wanted to paint but slowly that old "distressed" look grew on me. I had been removing all the odds and ends out of the drawers though out the year. As I was going through all of it I couldn't help but think about the man that had used this as his catch all for parts and manuals. I found these keys and decided to do save them.
I wonder what all these keys open. No way to know.
I picked up a shadow box (from Micheal's, using one of my coupons) and a sheet of scrapbook paper. I arranged the keys with the coolest looking ones in the middle.
Turned out pretty great. I haven't decided where to hang it yet though. So, back to the drawers. I decided to just give all whole thing a good clean. After much soap and water and I would say over an hour of scrubbing I brought it inside. Here's some of the scrubbing process.
Alright, I know you can't scrub rust away...but I kinda like it. Looks sweet with that green.
Totally worth the thirty dollars!!! Maybe it's just me but I sure do love that old worn look. Looks like it's lived, or been loved, right?
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