I am not the most crafty of people, I tend to have ideas and then never manage to actually get round to putting them into practice. But I was watching an old room tour on youtube by Zoella (watch it
here, its really pretty, and makes me feel guilty for being untidy), and I was inspired by her idea to use old tins as dressing table storage. I finally picked one up at a carboot and my Dad gave me another, but I didn't want to put my jewelry in them because they were a bit rusty inside, so I decided to line them.
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| This is everything you need: PVA glue, olive oil, a small container, scissors, felt, a gluestick, a pencil and your tins. |
The blue floral tin was three pounds from a car boot.
Felt was two pounds for two sheets from a local haberdashery shop, I am sure John Lewis or somewhere similar would sell it if you can't find any in independent shops.
I think you can get the glue from somewhere like hobbycraft but I have a massive tub which I am pretty certain has kept me going in craft projects for my entire life (not even exaggerating).
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| Remember to cover your surface with newspaper so you don't glue anything to the table. |
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| If any of the tins have hinges, rub a little bit of olive oil over them to loosen them. |
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| draw round the base of the tin onto the felt and cut out the shape. |
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| spread glue thinly on one side of the felt and then carefully lower it into the tin, pushing down any creases. |
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| The base finished. Make sure the felt completely covers the base. |
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| Next trace a strip that is the height of the sides. Once again spread the glue thinly on one side and carefully push the felt all around the sides of the tin. |
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| The finished inside. I overlapped the edges of the felt to make sure the tin was completely covered. |
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| I also lined this tin in the same way. I left the inside of the lids unfelted because they will not touch the jewellery inside and I think it looked nice without. |
After updating the tins I decided that my dressing table needed a bit of a makeover if they were going to have a proper effect. As you can see below, it is extremely messy! Because I live away at university most of the year my bedroom at home is mainly full of rubbish from when I was younger. So after clearing out the drawers and sorting what to keep, throw out and try to car boot, my dressing table looked much more sophisticated.
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| My dressing table was just covered in makeup and jewellery, making me appear the least organised person ever. |
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| Ta dah! |
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| I'm using this tin to store my jewellery in |
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| I even plugged in my old fairy lights, its so pretty now! |
I'm really happy with the tins, I managed to find them fairly cheap (I would recommend car boots, because vintage shops tend to overprice things in my opinion. Also I love a bargain...). Overall the whole project cost me under five pounds! This has definitely inspired me to get crafty more often, and maybe to make my room a bit more stylish and organised. We can but hope.
