Repurposed: From toilet brush holder to pot plant holder

 Grab an old toilet brush holder. 

The plastic bit that this lovely wooden box holds is long broken and discarded and the brush long gone. For ages I have kept the box bit because I knew I could do something with it. I always thought that it would make a great pot plant holder, especially for those ugly plastic ones. I decided to do a bit of spring cleaning and thought that it was definitely time to put this box to use. 

I sanded it down. To get rid of the shiny finish that was on there so that I could paint it.

I filled the grooves with some wood filler.

While that was drying I scouted around my craft room for some pics that I could modge podge onto the box. I found four pictures in this little book...

I plan to put it onto our stoep (patio) and think it will match quite nicely with this door stop that I recently painted...

http://laurasdiycrafts.blogspot.co.za/search/label/Door%20Stop

... and also the furniture that I am currently transforming.

http://laurasdiycrafts.blogspot.co.za/2015/09/wrought-iron-chair-revamped.html

Once the wood-filler was dry and the pictures selected, I painted the box white.

Following the bottle instructions I modge podged the pictures onto the box and finished it off with some varnish.

 

I am still undecided if I should also paint the top of the plastic plant holder bit. Once there is some greenery in, the plastic may not look so noticeable. I think I'll get a small succulent or something to put in it and then decide if it needs some paint.