Salvaged Baker's Rack-FINALLY GOT TO IT!

I posted about this rack way back in October. My husband had found this at the curb and brought it home. He knew that I had been eying baker's racks that would run $200 at the least with shipping-if not more-so this was a worthwhile treasure to bring home.

It was shiny hollow brass, but intact and it moved in (after making husband wash it down-as long as he was doing the car...) It immediately began to get loaded up with stuff-surprise, surprise...

          Well, after the Ikea couch came in I said it was time to tackle the spare room...yeah, well, not yet...but I did get to work on the rack. The green couch-from a neighbor-went to the basement.

The room is still yellow-an "in" color, but this yellow is a bit intense.  I wrote before how this was to be my kitchen, until it went up and I screeched! It was much too vibrant for my sunny kitchen! So, since I am so cheap  thrifty, we used the color in the little spare room-craft room-guest room (with no bed at this time) -office-reading room-computer room. 

So, I hit it with satin black spray paint and it took nicely.

Logan approves or is searching for missing toy...

My pretty sign by Rita (see my sidebar).

      

          Right now, it is in the family room, trying out its baskets-the top ones are from TJMaxx and are 2 nested baskets. The little ones are cute, but with little purpose. The bottom 4 are from Target. They were on sale and then I had my 10% ("you spent too much money at Christmas") award. They come out to almost the same. The Target baskets make better use of the space as they are not angled. I am not sure if I should do 4 of them anyway. Magazines-which I have too many of-fit perfectly standing up or laying down.  What do you think?

       Anyway-Free rack, left over spray paint, baskets (about $11 each for the Target) ($9 and $7 for TJMaxx) and storage for tons of mags and Wii games and remotes.

 I think it looks pretty good. The top shelf will not have baskets and will hold plants and book perhaps. Right now modeling my sad aloe plant

frame and driftwood and shells to remind me of summer....

Instead of this which we have right now!  This is before the worst of it, which begins now at around 2pm! We did not have the last storm which so many bloggy friends had-so it is our turn.

Linking up with:

A Soft Place to Land
It's so Very Cheri
Reinvented
A Picture is Worth 1000 Words
Transformation Thursday
Domestically Speaking
Trash Pickin' Thursday at Finess your Nest
Furniture Feature at Mustard Seed Creations