The Pie Safe

Happy Memorial Day weekend!

As promised, a post on the pie safe!

For as long as I've known the pie safe, it has been in my aunt's gift shop. However, my grandma told me that she bought it at an auction years ago, and then it was used by my mom until she put it in storage. Some time later my aunt starting using it, and now finally it's mine! I've always liked the pie safe for its details and it's rustic look. When it was in the store it was never the easiest to decorate (Mimi, you know what I mean!), but I've still always thought it was cool.

After toting it back from Pinehurst weekend before last, it sat in my car for a week. I've never claimed to not be lazy, right? Once I got it inside, (since I'm embarrassingly out of room in this apartment) it instantly got priority over the little green dresser I was using as a bar cart (its sooo much cooler and matches my neutral colors).

Here are a few pictures I had snapped of the green dresser when it was a bar cart. I got too excited to take pictures of the "before" when I brought the pie safe in!

The little green dresser acting as my bar cart, before.

Eek.

I put the little dresser in my closet for clothes storage, and moved the pie safe to it's place. I knew I needed to incorporate liquor into it somehow, and at first thought it would all go on top. After moving things around, I came up with this.

Ta-da! 

My wooden fish. I found the gigantic red fish in the Hilton Head Goodwill. The white was a Christmas present!

I think the little lamp brightens it up and makes it look home-y. And how perfect is the bottom shelf for my extra books?

Detail of the liquor! Yes, I know some of these bottles aren't actual liquor...

A Goodwill lamp!

No, I have never read any of these books... I found most of them at Goodwill/other thrift shops, and bought them solely for display purposes. (We all have our flaws!) I like to pick funny titles... You might see a few in there.

 My ice bucket and bar utensils!

And how it looks closed up!

What do you think? I like that I can keep the safe opened or closed. There's also something special about having to open the doors to the alcohol out! 

I hope your Memorial Day weekend is a relaxing one!

Until next time!

Emmi