Basket Makeover and a Freebie

In the spring W and I went to a different outdoor market than my regular one.  The lady set up beside me noticed that I used yarn and offered to give me a few skeins that she had.  When I went to give her back the basket that the yarn was in, she told me to keep that too.  I said "thank you" and put it in our vehicle. 

The basket was very dark brown and had some nicks and spots that were less than perfect.  I saw promise though even if I could not decide exactly what to do with it.  Recently I have taken to storing yarn in a cardboard box under an end table in the living room and realized that would be a perfect use of the basket.  W said he had paint on hand that would match our open living room and kitchen.

He even added a burlap liner to the basket.  It works perfectly and looks much nicer than a cardboard box.

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