Rising to the Funky Junk Challenge

Are you all following Donna's 31 day from blog to business series at Funky Junk Interiors?  If not, head over there NOW and check it out.  One of Donna's lessons was to look at something in a new way and she challenged us to find an object and use it in a different way.  Now this is one of my favorite things to do.  When I taught elementary school I would show the students an object and ask them to list the many varied and unusual uses and ideas for it.  They loved stretching their imaginations this way and so did I.  I have challenged myself that way a few times--check those ideas out here and here.

I decided to use a little $1 stool I had picked up at the thrift store.  Paint job on this one?? It was called cleaning out the paint brush, brushing on a few different colors I had used before washing the brush.  A little stain over the top finished the look. 

On to my unsual idea or ideas--I challenged myslef to come up with uses other than step stool for this piece.
Idea #1--Decorative "lift" to give home decor a little more height when needed.

Idea #2--A towel holder (excuse the dirty towel--I was baking a pie and it was my shoulder towel.)

Idea #3--A place to corral frequently used kitchen items

Idea #4--A little book holder for a shelf or table

Idea #5--Cookbook and recipe card holder. 

Challenge yourself--it is fun and good for your creativity.