Thinking Outside the Candleholder

Before Christmas, my BFF and I went shopping at Goodwill and met up with a great group of ladies including Jen from iHeart Organizing and Amanda from Our Humble A{bowe}d. Jen offered up a Goodwill Challenge: find something to "makeover" and share your project! 

Let's just say I hit the jackpot in terms of things I could makeover. I have a project that I have been working on, but I can't finish the whole can of oatmeal in one sitting so it's a slow-going process. Also, I don't have a place to spray paint, so my "makeover" was pretty limited. That's OK though. Come summertime I will be so high on spray paint fumes I won't know what to do with myself. {Probably an inappropriate joke, but there we have it.}

Here's what I started with for my paintless project...a pilar candle holder. It's cute, and likely something I would have displayed in my living room if I wasn't itching for something unique to do with it.

B and I were at Walmart and went past the coffee section. If you know me, you know I don't drink coffee. Heck, I didn't even know you could buy coffee beans from Walmart...{don't judge me}. I don't like the taste or smell of coffee, but I did happen to spot this French Vanilla package and gave it a sniff. YUM. In the cart it went.

When I got home, I immediately poured in the beans. And I loved it.

I added my makeup brushes, and VOILA! A classy looking way to store them without damaging them. Plus, the bathroom reeks of coffee. Which I have subsequently come to adore.

Another angle...

{I will have to replace these in a short while anyway, but at least now I know I won't have to as often going forward.}

From the side...oooh, ahhh!

I put it next to a basket I bought for our wedding programs. It still has the ribbon but I added the butterfly. The colors aren't what's normally in the bathroom, but I wanted to put some towels in there so I nabbed some from the other one.

What have you been thrifting with lately?