I must admit something. Our garage is messy. I’m somewhat of a hoarder of junk. It’s all amazing junk if that helps anything. Recently I have been really trying to go through my junkin’ finds & either make something out of them, use them in the house, or say goodbye to them just so our garage can actually be used… you know… for garage things. While on one of my “clearing out” extravaganzas the other day I stumbled upon some antique beehive boxes I had picked up last summer in the middle of nowhere from a really cool lady. I had plans to make something with them, but of course I procrastinated until this week I decided to make a DIY beehive end table for our living room…
Pretty cute huh? It was made all out of vintage beehive parts that I kind of just found and put together. I’m sure at one point out of all the beehive boxes that were lying in the field, this is what it kind of looked like at one point. To make this end table we simply just found the best way to stack the boxes & did just that. We didn’t secure them together, because the top of the beehive is quite heavy so it makes it sturdy. Jose added some wheels from the hardware store on the bottom by screwing them into the wood & that was honestly it. The quickest & easiest little end table.
Like I said before, we found these beehives when we were out junkin, but I’m sure you can find some at your local antique mall, flea market, from a local farmer, or you can make your own. But hopefully next time you see some while you are out & about you now have an idea of what to do with them. What do you think of this beehive end table? Have you ever made anything out of beehives? I would love to hear about it! Let me know in the comments below, find me on Facebook, & chat with me on Instagram. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today & for sharing it with your friends & family, it means a lot! Now back to cleaning out that garage of ours… xx
Click [here] to see how to make this DIY window cabinet.
When you can make such great stuff with junk, it’s hard to get rid of it. That table is adorable.
My mom was extremely creative and, having grown up during the Depression, extremely careful about not throwing things out because (1) it’s not completely broken, (2) it can be turned into something else (3) maybe we won’t find another one as good….Doll heads, pantyhose with runs, beads from broken necklaces, you name it. She often did create stuff from the junk. Her signature baby shower gift was baby clothes–but she would dress them on a doll made from bunch of old pantyhose stuffed to form body parts, and she’d make a little face on a round one and stick a pacifier in it. She’d arrive at the shower carrying a little “baby.”
very pretty indeed!
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