We recently did a little re-do of our circa 1977
wet bar.
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| Super Messy. Super Orange. Super Retro Owls. |
We went with an industrial chic
décor theme. Over the past few
months, I have kept a lookout for appropriately trendy industrial
chic containers that would be functional for an office space. And so I thought to myself, “I’ve heard of a
place called the Container Store and while I have never been there, now might
be the time.”
While the Container Store was nice and bright and had lots
and lots and lots of containers, alas I could not find what I was looking for.
It seems they do not stock old lard cans. . .
or blue collar worker lunch pails. . .
or vintage pharmacy receipt boxes. . .
or even muffin tin organizers. . .
Really?
I was a little disappointed.
Hobby Lobby pulled through with a nifty little galvanized
metal cabinet
and Wal-Mart.com provided some very cool metal bins.
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| I added the Scrabble tile labels |
But that’s okay. It
would have been way too easy to just walk into a store and pick out all the
containers I needed in one fell swoop. I wouldn’t have had the thrill of the
hunt. I wouldn’t have had to use any creative
juices. I would never have come to the
realization that a lunch box makes a great place for storing greeting cards and
envelopes.
I may never have discovered
how wonderfully a lard can holds phone chargers and such.
If I ran The Container Store there would be a lot less
bright and shiny and a lot more dented and rusty.
And if you needed a working
man’s vintage lunch pail you would know right where to go.
-MJE
P.S. Don't the maps look great?
