Trash to Treasures...Turning a old Plant Holder into a fun Mail Holder

I was getting tired of always having a pile of mail laying on my counters in the kitchen. So when I found this old metal plant holder at a garage sale for .50, my creative bulb in my head went off!

With the Faux Antique Shelf I did for my entry way I still had a lot of the American Accents Distressed Ivory Kit left. I wanted to see if it worked on metal as well as wood. Now since this was metal I wore gloves while I was sanding it. Again I used just regular sanding paper. Right or wrong, it worked fine for me!

I then painted it with the Ivory that came with the kit, one coat was all I needed.

While wearing the gloves again, not to get any metal spurs....I distressed it. Pretty easy and I'm already loving the way it's turning out!

Now my kitchen is filled with all mix and matched bright colors, so I felt like I needed to add a pop of color to my new mail holder. I had some left over fabric from another project so I used it to accent my piece and DONE!