My Kitchen Desk Area

Isn't this a lovely piece of art?

I am the owner of this spectacle.

I bought it from G.W.

 because it was cheap and because

 I own this spectacle, as well.

This is the desk area in my kitchen.

It's where my peeps do their homework

and draw masterpieces.

Let me just say,

 it took a lot of guts to show this to you.

School folders, 

a multiplication table,

corbels for the island,

and a brown cobra,

 smack dab in the middle of it all.

Why a builder,

or previous homeowner,

 would install an outlet in the middle of a wall,

 I have no idea.

Well, it's there, 

along with a slice of a 20-year old, tree limb.

Something had to be done with this eyesore

and the brown cord cover was not hiding a thing.

I took that gold masterpiece,

you know,

 the one you were eyeing,

spray painted it bronze,

added a cork board, some burlap,

charmed the cobra,

and hung it in it's new home.

My solution to avoiding the 

cost of moving the outlet. 

Now the desk is clean and organized,

for at least 2 more minutes.

I also made these custom push pins.

Using an old atlas, 

I cut out the names of places my peeps have traveled,

glued them,

 along with long push pins,

 to clear, vase filler stones.

My attempt to sublimely remind them 

that they actually have a good time when they leave the comfort of their home.

We don't call our peeps "homer's" for nothing.

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You must get on over to see 

ITS SO VERY

CHERI

There are some seriously creative people reusing items like you wouldn't believe!