Nothing is more relaxing than breakfast on the porch on a late summer morning. Of course, this requires a serving tray, such as this wire beauty I got for $24.99 at the local home goods store free from the garage! Yes, we have a floor fan in which the motor burned up after years of service, and I haven’t been able to throw it away. I knew the front came off, so that’s the first piece I salvaged. I can use it to serve a meal, display fun items, or as a seasonal centerpiece with the addition of a liner cushion I made from a remnant and quilt batting. Now, what to do with the rest of the fan . . . P.S. If you haven’t made these cinnamon roll-ups yet, you must try them! Click here for the recipe! ♥
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seriously? I wish I had thought of that, great idea !! love your porch too !!
Thank you, Ponytail! But you’re the one who’s inspired me to look at “stuff,” not just fabrics, for upcycling! 🙂
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Very cool.
Thank you! I’ll enjoy using it! 🙂
Simply Genious!
Aww . . . thanks! I’m just learning to look at things with *new* eyes! 🙂
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Simply Genious is all I can say!
Very nicely done.
Thank you! 🙂
I always see things that I want to use in a different way…great idea! ~mkg
Thank you, Marilyn! It IS fun, isn’t it??? 🙂
This is cracking me up because a few years ago my mom and I were driving down the street when we spotted a nice wooden end table among other things put out to the curb! I immediately stopped to pick up the end table and my mom also jumped out and picked up a fan cover! I asked what she was going to do with it and she said she didn’t know but she would figure out something! For the life of me I cannot remember what she did with it…I know it was something in her garden but I know it wasn’t a serving tray!!! Great idea!!! Love it!
Wow, you have a way-cool mom! 🙂 Thanks for the FUN story! 🙂
Very clever… Love it!
Thank you! It does make me smile! 🙂
Seriously!!!!????? You always amaze me with your recycle ingenuity!!!
Consider yourself Pinned!!!!
THANK YOU! 🙂 You’re a sweetie.
Great recycling.
Regards Florence x
Thank you, Florence! 🙂
This is really a nice idea; and one can also show their creativity by repainting the cover and can tie up some ribbon around outer edges for creating center piece during festive season.
I love those ideas!!! 🙂 I was going to weave ribbon or fabric strips through the rungs to make a more enclosed tray, but I decided I like the “industrial look” for now. I’m sure it will go through several updates in its new life! 🙂
That’s great that you like my idea, yes you can always do experiments ; let your creative juices flow.
Wow that’s very cool! Pun intended!! Very chic idea!!
Thank you! And I love your pun! 🙂
Recycling at its best!
Thank you, Heidi! 🙂
Brilliant! I love. Twins idea!
Thank you! Now to look for an old fan, right? 🙂
Sorry meant to say, I love this idea! 😉 autocorrect is a mean thing sometimes 😉
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That is really such a wonderful and great idea!! And who many of us doesn’t have an old fan standing somewhere waiting to be repurposed! Super idea!!!
Thank you! You’ll enjoy yours, too! 🙂
if only i could find a wire one! all the ones i have are plastic!
Hmm . . . I hadn’t thought of that problem. Good luck in your hunt! Maybe you can start checking out your friends’ and relatives’ garages when you visit! 🙂
Recycling to the max!
It’s so rewarding, isn’t it??? 🙂
I wouldn’t have guessed it if you wouldn’t have told 🙂
But where’s the fun in that, right? 🙂
What a clever idea. But what a dilemma. Now I can’t throw ANYTHING away!!! LOL
I know what you mean!!! 🙂
I just love your ingenuity! Fruit baskets just like that cost a fortune in the UK 🙂
Thank you! I’m loving it! 🙂
That is seriously one of the most creative ideas I have seen! I absolutely love it and your porch is so charming!
Aren’t you a sweetie!!! Thank you! And we do love our porch. My husband is out there right now smoking his pipe and reading a book! 🙂
That’s very cool! I had one waaaaay back in my university days which I used as a pin board, with tiny little pegs…..and now I have absolutely no idea what happened to it! I’m pretty sure we have one in the storeroom…….(plus those cinnamon thingies look yummy!)
What a great idea!!! Maybe you can use the one in your storeroom to make a new pin board and post it on your blog! I’d love to see it! 🙂 (And you MUST try the cinnamon roll-ups!!!) 🙂
You definitely amaze me with this one…who looks at an old fan and says “yah, breaky on the patio”. Katherine you rock. What a nice place to think about what your day will bring.
You are too sweet! I just hate to throw big things away. For example, my ironing board won’t stand up without a screwdriver inserted in the latch and has been that way for years . . . my family always laughs, but who wants to put an ironing board in a landfill somewhere??? So I’m trying to think about old things in a new way . . . plus, it’s fun! 🙂 And thanks again for the lovely compliment! 🙂
oh, WOW! That is such an awesome idea!! And if you’re thinking you could pick up a cool metal tray like that at the home good store for just $24.99, you’re crazy. I’m thinking $59.99 at Pottery Barn.
Wow . . . I like it even better now! 🙂
What a great idea! Love this “fan” tray/bowl. I love wire in general (that’s why I make wire jewelry). Now to look around the house for old fans – maybe I’ll even paint it! – Zoraida
Yay! I can’t wait to see it! 🙂 And I LOVE your jewelry! I made a small non-jewelry project using wire (upcoming post!) and I’m not very good at handling it, so I really admire someone who is! 🙂
What a creative idea!
Thank you, Sarah! I’ve found lots of ways to use it so far! 🙂
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