Candle Holder to Hose Caddy

The Red Dollar House is starting to show signs of life.

I have potted, killed and then potted anew some plants on the porch.  I got a super-nifty watering wand (or whatever they are called) so I can appropriately mist, shower, vertical, 1/2 vertical, cone or jet my little friends.  But the wand had nowhere to perch in between jobs.

Today I hit upon the right object to repurpose as my hose caddy.  This pillar candle holder was 50 cents at a local thrift shop.  It's a newer piece, but all metal.

I took the felt off the bottom. 

Then I lifted out a thin piece of wood that was underneath.

Leaving me with a hollow space.

I grabbed the closest screwdriver and banged it with a hammer to make two holes in the base.  (I'm pretty sure the screwdriver was screaming, "This is not my intended purpose!  Find your darned awl!".  But I can't be sure.)

(I kinda like the grey-flannel-looking formica counters in the kitchen, but am jones-ing for some butcher block...)

A couple of screws through the base into the porch wall. 

(Look at that yummy vintage bead board!)

And, yes, I LOVE my electric screwdriver.  (But not so much my man-hands in this picture.)

Ta da!  Exactly what I wanted, where I wanted, for the price I wanted to pay.

 

Maybe now I'll be less inclined to kill my plants.




Linking to:

.