Fireplace Tool Stand Made Gift Bag Holder

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Have I mentioned how much I love taking someone else's castoff and reimagining it in a completely new way? It's a fun way for anyone to tap into their creative sides, and also do something cool on the cheap. Plus it's all in vogue right now and stuff (and hopefully forever) – reduce, reuse, recycle, revamp, really rad and stuff!

Recently I turned a fireplace tool stand into a gift bag holder. It works perfectly!

Today's episode of Trash to Triumph is brought to you (not really, they don't know I'm pimping them) by Goodwill, my favorite set of thrift stores in the Seattle area – they're relatively clean, packed to the gills with wonderful stuff, and reasonably priced. In this case, the fireplace tool stand I repurposed was reduced from its whopping (ha) $2.99 price tag to only $1.29 during one of their tag sales – all red tags were $1.29. It was already in my cart, so, double score!

The fireplace tool holder was simply a heavy wrought iron base with a pole and four hooks on top. No fireplace tools in sight. Didn't need 'em anyway. (Please ignore the shadows in the photo. I was having a bad camera day.)

At first, I was thinking that, spiffed up with a coat of bright spray paint, it may make an excellent holder for some of my long necklaces. But after further consideration, I realized it would work even better up on the shelf in the Craft Office, butlering some gift bags. It's a perfect way to not only keep gift bags from getting crumpled stashed away somewhere, but also to help add more fun color to the space – there are so many cute gift bags out there. (See it there off to the right?)

I just hang the large ones on the front and back, and the small and skinny ones on the sides. 

I may paint it someday, but it works just fine in plain ol' black, as far as I'm concerned.