WASHI TAPE COMPOSTER

Just in time for Earth Day..... I made a kitchen composter out of a vintage container and I got to use some washi tape!  Check it out:

Here's the story morning glory.  I have a farm-style kitchen.  I don't mean roosters, cows and hens, farm-style.  I mean like your grandma or your great-grandma's 1930's vintage farm-style.  I have bead board paneling and I took out all of the upper cabinets and put in white shelves.  Lots of them. It's pretty, functional, open and a very calming green.  Some day I'll show you.  My point is, that I'm always on the look-out for something that goes in my kitchen and when I found this little aluminum container, I had to have it!

I paid a whopping $2.00 for it.  These containers were kind of like the Tupper-Ware of the early years.  They were used to carry food much like our pyrex today.  They would not take up much room in a fridge and could sit right on top a wood stove to reheat.  I have also been told that sometimes they were used as lunch pails.  But mostly, they were used as food storage containers.  I knew right from the start that I wanted this to be a kitchen compost container. 

Now I'm not crazy about having a composting container sitting out in my kitchen and this one can easily fit under the sink.......but there is absolutely no reason why this couldn't be "cuted up a little" in my youngest sister, Amber's words. 

Before we get to the "cuting it up part", we have to do one thing....drill some holes in that lid.  Compost containers need air.  I marked where I wanted to drill my holes with a pencil.

I got out the cordless drill and drilled 6 holes in the top of the lid where I had marked out some X's.
That's it.....that is all the prep work required for this project!  Now on to the "cuting it up" part.

I would like to just say here that "I found some washi tape!!!"  I couldn't believe our Hobby Lobby, Michael's, nor JoAnn's had any.  Target had plenty.  In the school supply section.  Go figure!  I think it was like $1/roll sold in 4pks.  Yay!  The bonus for me was, one of the colors was this kind of funky vintage green, which is one of the accent colors in my kitchen.  It took me about 5 minutes to put 3 bands of washi tape around my container.

How cute is that??!!  Really, I could have just left it like that and been very happy with it, but.......
I added a little label that had a short list of what can go in this compost container.

Just so you know, you should not put meat scraps or dairy in a compost container.  (I rinse my eggshells.)  There you have it.  Earth Day Project....check.  Vintage Project....check.  Washi Tape Project....check!  Some yummy compost to feed my giant pumpkins I'm growing.....BONUS!

This project was completed for under $4.00.  I didn't even make a dent in a roll of washi tape. 

HAPPY EARTH DAY!

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