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River Rock Boot Trays
Some time ago, I came across a most brilliant idea on marthastewart.com.
Her idea was to fill a boot tray with pebbles so that ice and snow will melt and drain through the rocks to the bottom of the tray.This way, your boots won't stand in a puddle. We've been having a wet,wet,wet fall and being Ottawa, you just know that we will have slush through quite a bit of the winter.
I have an entrance mat, and a door mat, and we try our best to get water and snow off our boots before we come into the house, but no matter what, my front entrance is always a mess. So, the idea of having a pretty boot tray really appealed to me.
As luck would have it, I had a very successful trip at the thrift store this week. People must be doing some fall decluttering, because the store was filled with goodies. I stumbled across two identical chrome serving trays that were a little worse for wear. However, I knew they would be perfect as boot trays. You know what "worse for wear" at the thrift store translate to, right? Cheap, that's what. Two trays for $2, that's how cheap they were.
Her idea was to fill a boot tray with pebbles so that ice and snow will melt and drain through the rocks to the bottom of the tray.This way, your boots won't stand in a puddle. We've been having a wet,wet,wet fall and being Ottawa, you just know that we will have slush through quite a bit of the winter.
I have an entrance mat, and a door mat, and we try our best to get water and snow off our boots before we come into the house, but no matter what, my front entrance is always a mess. So, the idea of having a pretty boot tray really appealed to me.
As luck would have it, I had a very successful trip at the thrift store this week. People must be doing some fall decluttering, because the store was filled with goodies. I stumbled across two identical chrome serving trays that were a little worse for wear. However, I knew they would be perfect as boot trays. You know what "worse for wear" at the thrift store translate to, right? Cheap, that's what. Two trays for $2, that's how cheap they were.
I filled them with some river rocks (about $7 worth), and now I have some really cool boot trays.
At first, I kind of wished that I had the tall-sided trays similar to what Martha has. However, after a few days of use, I was glad that my trays have no sharp edges for the kids to step on. Besides, doesn't it look as though there were sinks dug into the entrance and filled with rocks? It is kind of a cool effect. A happy accident, if you will.
Hi!! I know this is an old post, but I stumbled across a link to here over on http://www.domesticadventure.com/. Where did you find such cheap rocks? I looked at Michaels and they just seemed like it would take a lot of rocks and would be way expensive.
ReplyDeleteJust curious if you found a deal :)
The dollar store has a small to med size bag for you guessed it a dollar. I always check the dollar store or dollar tree before i go to michaels...:)
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