Checkerboard Storage for the Kitchen

A few weeks ago I was asked if I wanted to receive a sampling of containers from Specialty Bottle.   They were interested to see what I might be able to craft with their containers.  It sounded like a fun way to stretch my imagination, so I picked out what I wanted from their online catalogue.  One week later, I had a nice box of tins to play with.  Christmas all over again!

Here are the two tins I chose for this project:

 

I love these tins!  I had wanted containers for storing my growing collection of assorted teas, and these were so cute.  I would even have just left them as is because I like the look so much, but a challenge is a challenge and so I decided to use my FAT chalk paint again.

I so loved the look of the step stool I painted (see HERE) that I decided to paint checks again.   Out came the painter's tape again and squares were meticulously (NOT!) measured.  lol!

FAT paint in Autumn

I painted the tins, pulled the tape off and voila!  Looked awesome!!!

I needed a few more smaller tins for the loose tea but instead of painting them all in checks, I thought it would be cute to stack them and paint the center tin red.  After looking at it for a while, I decided it wasn't working and painted all three tins.  I wrote a letter in chalk on each tin.

Hmmm, still not working for me.  Then I had the idea of making them look like the wood building blocks I used to play with when I was little.  I added chalk squares around the letters.

EUREKA!

Now we're talkin'!

While I had the paint out, I painted a couple of tea lights too!  I love the metal tart tins I got at a yard sale last year.  I use a few as tea light holders and thought it would be sweet to paint the tea lights themselves in the red - kind of like the center of a flower.

Now all I need to to pick up some red tea light candles.

Red is beginning to take over my kitchen and I love it!!

Pop over and check out Specialty Bottle, they've got lots of bottles and tins to choose from and their prices are pretty awesome!

Have a great week!

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