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Flea Market Finds: Wire Baskets
Turn Rustic-Industrial Pieces Into Chandelier, Pendant or Mobile Centerpiece
A tisket, a tasket; wondering what to do with an old wire basket? The patinated metal carry-alls are an affordable option for adding a bit of the hip "rustic industrial" style to your home. You can always use them to corral magazines or remotes, but they can shine in so many other applications too. If you turn up some of these antique baskets on your next treasure hunt, here are a few ways to consider incorporating them into your home.
It works like gangbusters above her home's rustic dining area.
Designer Anastasia Faiella turned an antique laundry basket into a pretty pendant light.
Store the TP
If the basket is clean (or after an intense scour), it can hold extra rolls.
If the basket is clean (or after an intense scour), it can hold extra rolls.
Keep it in plain view...
... Or place it just barely out of immediate eyesight.
Hold hand towels
It makes for a sweet and simple touch that guests will remember.
It makes for a sweet and simple touch that guests will remember.
Sculptural art
Some of these antique baskets are interesting enough without a thing inside. I like how the grid design unites several pieces in this arrangement.
Some of these antique baskets are interesting enough without a thing inside. I like how the grid design unites several pieces in this arrangement.
Turn into a wastebasket
This good looking pair is holding some natural treasures (another option), but I think the size could also work quite well as a bin in the home office or bedroom.
Another idea? Clip the handle and create a DIY Platner with a round piece of glass on top.
This good looking pair is holding some natural treasures (another option), but I think the size could also work quite well as a bin in the home office or bedroom.
Another idea? Clip the handle and create a DIY Platner with a round piece of glass on top.
Makeshift drawers and cabinets
A few deep baskets can take the place of lower cabinets in freestanding kitchen islands or workspaces.
A few deep baskets can take the place of lower cabinets in freestanding kitchen islands or workspaces.
They'll keep items close at hand and easily retrievable when you're in the midst of cooking.
A movable centerpiece
Compile a few pretty pieces like the grouping here or hold useful items like a cup of utensils and the S&P. The latter allows you to move dinner outdoors with a plate in one hand and everything else you need in the other.
More rustic design elements:
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Inspiring Materials: Reclaimed Wood
Compile a few pretty pieces like the grouping here or hold useful items like a cup of utensils and the S&P. The latter allows you to move dinner outdoors with a plate in one hand and everything else you need in the other.
More rustic design elements:
Ten Ways to Use Baskets
Barn Doors: They're Not Just for the Farm
Inspiring Materials: Reclaimed Wood
Who'd have ever thought this tray-like basket could have a second life as a gorgeous chandelier? Certainly not I. But clever Denise from The Painted Home did.