repurposing: look what I did

I'm not much of a thrifter, to be honest.  Thrifting takes patience and I'm not good at patience.  I'm not good at being a patient shopper either.  So I avoid the stores and the yard sales at all cost and hope pretend my absence in the stores is helping the cause.  Right?

I did, however, make a big thrifting score this week.  We have an office.  This office has a desk (with a computer and chair, of course).  That's it.  Yep.  That's it.  I've been looking for a shelving unit with cute little cubes, made of wood.  And I found the exact shelves I want.  They look something like this:

Image borrowed from Ikea

I didn't want to fork out over $200 and I didn't want to buy something that would someday end up putting chemicals in the air or soil.  So, when the classroom building renovation on campus was complete and they were giving away the old office furniture, I went searching.  Yep! Giving. away. Four sets of metal shelves for FREE!

Not as cute as the cubes, but they aren't too bad either.  Three in the office.  Perfect for office supplies, books, crafts, and photos.

 

And one in the garage, for garden shoes/boots, sunscreen, water toys and more.  Best of all, the metal will stand up to the mud and wet much better than wood anyway.

Not really that creative.  Not really earth-shattering.  But a rather successful first attempt at this repurposing/thrifting thing.  Don't you think?