Before and After Project

Anyone who knows me knows that I love a good before and after project.  I see these things done all the time that I think, hmmm I wonder how they did that? or I could do that!  Then I spend a lot of time looking around my house for things that could use a little help (in some cases a lot of help!).  One such eye-sore that I have been noticing a lot was my sewing box.  I got this box when I was around 12 from my parents for Christmas.  It was pretty awesome in it's time, but the floral print from the early 90's was getting on my nerves.  I spent a lot of time thinking about how awesome it would be if I just recovered it.  One day I stopped thinking and just did it.  There were several moments during the process where I wanted to pull all of my hair out and scream.  For instance: when I realized that the frame of this bad boy is held together by cruddy slivers of wood and thin cardboard:(  At one point I thought I had destroyed the box and would never get it back together again.  But, have no fear!  I have a glue gun and a staple gun and I know how to use them!
I turned to my fabric box and used some leftover fabric from some other projects that I had done.  When I was finished recovering and stapling i decided it needed a little something so I added some ribbon around the bottom and I made a little fabric yo-yo for the top.  I also added a little experimental element of fun: I glued a magnet strip to the inside of the lid to keep all my random needles separate from the pins.  So far my opinion about that magnet is about 50/50.

(After on the left, befores on the right)

My husband so cleverly stated "that looks really nice.  But, you 'updated' it with a paisley print from the 70s."  Oh hubby, paisley has been back for a while now.  I think I should be just fine;)  Also, I don't really care if it is "in" so much as if it is my style--and now it is.  Love it!