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A New Use for Old Globes: Hanging Globes in the Nursery

hanging globes in the nursery

It’s that time again!  Time to reuse, recycle, repurpose!  (All my favorite things!)

 

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Now that Griffin is approaching toddlerhood, the tissue paper poms over his crib that were just fine when he was a baby were starting to seem way too girly.  It was definitely time for a change.

Tissue poms in the nursery

 

Luckily there are a few things that I just can’t resist when I find a great deal: vintage cameras, old picture frames, and world globes.  So I had an assortment of old globes just waiting for a new home. These globes were all yard sale/trash pile finds that were each $5 or less.  None of them are new enough to be geographically useful or old enough to be historically valuable which made them perfect for this little project.

vintage globes from yard sales

 

The first thing that needs to be done is to remove the globes from their stands.  The light blue globe has a plastic stand and it quickly popped right out.  The larger globe has a metal and wood stand that unscrews at the top and bottom of the globe.  And of course I just lifted the third globe out.

Actually hanging the globes was both incredibly easy and incredibly cheap. The globes each had a small hole at the top and bottom.  I bought a pack of pin clips from the hardware aisle of Lowes for about 50 cents and popped one into the top of each globe.

Use a pin clip to hang globes

I also picked up a pack of small white cup hooks which I screwed into the ceiling.  I did not worry about finding studs since the globes without the stands are very light.  Then simply hang the globes from the hooks with fishing line attached to the pin clips.

hanging globes over crib

 

hanging globes

 

Vintage aqua boy nursery

Much less girly for sure!

Now that I found a great new use for globes, I was left with three empty globe stands.  Which got me wondering if there was some way to repurpose those as well, particularly the cool metal and wood one.  So I tossed around a few ideas.  My favorite is using it as a paper towel holder.

globe stand turned paper towel holder

 

But now I can’t decide if it is an awesome repurpose or trying a bit too hard.

Be sure to check out all of my friends Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose projects too.  There are some really excellent projects this month; I’m pretty sure I’m going to be making some of these myself!

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And, seriously, what do you think about that paper towel holder? Yay or nay?  At first I wasn’t feeling it but now I’m pretty sure I love it.

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Comments

    • Carrie says

      Thanks Ashley! I just didn’t want to waste any good stuff and that globe stand was pretty cool on its own!

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  7. JLCwrites says

    Those globes are a great idea! Love the color combinations too! And what a great idea with the paper towel holder!

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    • Carrie says

      Thanks Heather! One of my globes was also rescued from the trash pile at the school where I am the school counselor. :)

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    • Carrie says

      Thanks Dacia, I’ve been trying it out for a few weeks and I’m thinking it is going to be a keeper. :)

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  13. Jeanna says

    I love the globes!! I think they look awesome, and I can see them staying in his big boy room for a long time. And believe me, your paper towel holder is not trying too hard. I really love not having exactly the same darn things that everyone else has, and this is not only useful, but cool looking too. That’s a win in my book :)

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    • Carrie says

      Thanks Jeanna! I am hoping the globes can stick around awhile. And I agree – I hate having the exact same thing that everyone else has. It is nice to have something with a little flare!

      Reply

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