What can you do with a lone drawer and a piece of gutter guard? Yep, gutter guard. How about a diy message center or jewelry display?
I bought a small coffee table at a thrift store with the intention of painting it. It needed more work than I realized, though, so I decided to use it for parts. The drawer would be perfect for this little project.
Since the drawer front extends past the drawer box, I had to screw some scrap pieces of wood to the back of the drawer so that it would hang flat against the wall.
My sister and brother-in-law own a gutter business and sometimes they’re hired to replace the gutter guard. I snagged a few pieces of the old stuff, thinking surely I could do something with it. I had to flatten the raised edge with pliers.
I trimmed it to the width of my drawer, plus a little extra to fold under in order to minimize sharp edges. I painted both the drawer and the gutter guard. (Set aside the gutter guard for now.)
Added a cute little knob (another thrift store find):
I cut a piece of cork board (from yet another thrift store purchase) to fit inside the drawer, covered it with drop cloth and transferred a graphic from Graphics Fairy. I glued it into the drawer with wood glue and set a few cans of paint on top to clamp it while the glue dried. (Hot glue would have been quicker and easier.)
Still with me? Not much more to go. I stapled the gutter guard into place along the drawer front and up the sides.
To cover the edges, I braided some jute twine and hot glued it along the sides and bottom.
I could have extended the jute across the top, but decided to use some trim leftover from the peek-a-boo lamp shade.
Hang it on a wall, tuck a few memo pads and pens inside the newly created pocket, and use a blingy pin to post a note on the board.
Or, tuck your bracelets or scarves into the pocket and hang earrings on the gutter guard. Use those same blingy pins to hang necklaces.
Whew! And there you have it, a two-for-one project. Would you use it as a diy message center or jewelry display? Or scratch your head and wonder what was she thinking? 
And if that isn’t enough, here is another gutter guard project!
Doodles,
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This was an amazing idea of turning a wastage into a useful tool. I would love to use it as both message center and jewelry display.
What a fun and creative idea. I’ve been trying to think of some way to keep a tablet and pen, and our small devotional on the wall by the kitchen table. Maybe this could work.
That is way to cute!!!….Our gutter guard keeps ending up in the yard sometimes…I think the squirrels get underneath it and pull it out!!!….Such a fantastic idea!!
how clever is this! featuring in mu weekly wow’s on Sunday.
Love your idea. This is a great example of using your noggin to reuse and recycle. Nice job!
What a great idea and job!
I lOve it! And your graphic could not be mOre PERfect!
Catherine
That’s pretty impressive. Perfect re-purposing project.
So cute! What a versatile item! Another great idea! Once again, I would have never thought of this! Thanks for sharing!