Old School Lockers Made New

My old high school got demolished last year. It had been around since God knows when so it was TIME. I can remember when I attended there {OVER 14 years ago – Lordy I am getting old} and it was falling apart back then. I can’t imagine the fourteen years after me and all of the problems they had to deal with.

Before they tore it down they had an auction to sell all of the items inside. They sold EVERYTHING. From windows to desks to file cabinets.

But the ONE thing that I was so excited they were selling? The lockers!

I scored these lockers at the auction for under $10. Unfortunately, because my memory is about as good as someone 3 times my age, I can’t say that any of these use to actually be MINE in high school. I can barely remember my age, let alone what locker number I was 14 years ago.

But, nonetheless, I felt like they were such a fun keepsake to have from my days as a teenager.

I really had no idea what I was going to do with them at the time. Haha! I knew whatever it was…it would involve my dad and some power tools!

Are you ready to check out how I took my Old School Lockers and Made Them New?

The only parts of the lockers that weren’t dented or damaged were the doors. We decided to take the doors off the lockers, build our own wooden locker and then reattach the doors to the wooden locker. Ok, this wasn’t actually my idea…it was my dad’s. Pretty ingenious.

The baskets on top came from Walmart and are used for all kinds of different things. Most of them are filled with baseballs and footballs right now.

I wanted these lockers to be in the garage so the each of my boys could have their own locker to store backpacks, sports gear, etc.

The funny thing about this locker creation story? It began WAY before the words adoption were on our heart. We originally had 5 lockers to start with. My dad and husband wanted to just re-do three of them {one for each child}.

But in my heart, something kept telling me the number was four. I convinced my dad that we needed four. Not because I was planning to have more children, but as a “just in case” our plans change.

Funny to see how that worked out, right? We won’t even have to add a locker for our new child when they arrive. God plans ahead!

The boys love having their own lockers. P said to me, “am I in high school?”

No no no, my friend, you are not. But one day soon. Too soon.

I had thought about painting them, but in the end, decided I like the character they have and decided against it.

 So how is that for a “THRIFT IT” project?

I’m not usually all that thrifty, but I adore having a piece of my younger years to pass down to my children.

I can’t wait to see what y’all have been able to thrift lately! Come back tomorrow and link up with us for the Dog Days (of Winter) Are Over “THRIFT IT” Challenge! Any thing that you have made new is welcome!

If you link up on just ONE of our blogs, your project will be see on all NINE sites! So, get those projects completed & get your posts ready!

If you don’t have a blog, we would still LOVE for you to join in. Share a picture of your new organized space with me on my Facebook Page!

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