If you have an abundance of flat ware, or have access to a thrift store, you can turn all of those pieces into usable items. You can get rid of your clutter while saving money on items that you might otherwise have to buy.
A couple of weeks ago, I was browsing in a fancy store and noticed some trendy home decor. Nestled in among the staged room were wall hooks on rectangles of painted and distressed wood. The hooks were made out of bent forks and spoons. The price tag on each wall hook? $25.
You can adapt this idea to make your own hooks. Rather than doing one hook per plaque, why not take a piece of vintage molding or ask your local home improvement store if you can look through the molding discards for something that might work. Then bend and screw in several of these hooks to make hangers for dishtowels in the kitchen, bath towels in the bathroom, or keys by the front door.
Other uses for flatware might include the following:
Cleaning a paintbrush. The tines of a fork are perfect for getting between the bristles when you are rinsing out every last drop of paint.
Smoothing out grout. Forget the fancy grout shaping tools. A common spoon works just as well. The convex bowl of the spoon will shape the grout or caulk to professional standards as you press it into a seam. Just make sure to coat the spoon with a little liquid dish soap first. This will prevent the grout from sticking to the spoon.
Saving your fingers when hammering. Trapping a nail between the tines of a fork will help you hold it straight and stead and save your precious fingers from getting hit with the hammer. This works especially well for small nails, such as trim nails.
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