Old Drawers=New Shelves

Old Drawers....

....to New Shelves....

I acquired these old drawers at an antique shop last weekend. Once upon a time, this is the sort of thing I would have tossed, now this is the sort of thing I see and can't live without. Go ahead, contact the show Hoarders, I'm going to need them in another week or two. I first eyed the drawer on the right hand side of the first picture, thinking it would be a cute place to store mason jars filled with....something (I've seen these ideas online). They didn't have a price and the lady offered me all three for ten dollars. I informed her I just wanted one, and to name a price, then she offered me all three for five dollars. I took the deal, and changed my mind about what I wanted to do with three drawers.
I like these drawers just as they are....missing the bottom, missing a nob, and chipping away splinter by splinter. I left them in their original condition, though I removed a little antique dust....they'll get enough of that at my house, they don't need to bring their own. I also added a few of the loose wood pieces on the 'best' drawer to the empty one so you don't see too much wall behind the drawer when I hung it. I had to put a few nails and glue in the square drawer b/c it was falling apart on one edge.
Once they were sturdier, I nailed picture holders on the back, and then went hunting for things in my house to fill these boxes, trust me, I have enough junk to fill 2,345 of these.
Just fyi...the drawer on the left houses some books my Mom gave my Great Grandfather (an avid reader) when she was a little girl. The Russian nesting dolls are from a friend (LeeAnne's) trip to Russia when we were teenagers. My friend Mary brought me the cross from Rome. The middle box houses a cross I bought in Mexico the first time I visited as a teen, the bell is from my Great....Great Grandparent's house, they used it call people working in the field for dinner. The last box houses a random candlestick floating around my house, a cross from a friend, and a Welsh Spoon from my friend Kelly's trip to Ireland.
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