My grandfather was an engineer at the local fire station. What I remember most about him is the haircut and the black shoes. He had that old school fireman flat top haircut and his boots were always perfectly shiny. I always thought that he had to be the strongest man alive and I just knew that I would always be protected.
So I guess it would be of no surprise that young boys would be fascinated with the whole picture of what a fireman represents. Be it the bright lights on the fire truck and the loud noises it makes or the image of the fireman saving the day. Of course being a female, I did not run after this as something that I wanted to be when I grew up, but I understood it.
I searched the internet for more ideas and I found this picture of an old ladder that is being used as a book shelf. I thought, what a really cool idea and it does not look like it would be too difficult to attach to the wall.
What if you took this idea a few steps farther and actually paint the ladder to match your room you are remodeling and hang S hooks along the bottom. These hooks could be of different sizes and would be movable; this could give a childs room great character and easy organization.
It is amazing the ideas that I found for old wooden ladders.
Below are just some of the ways I found that people have used them for:
-Hang the ladder from the kitchen ceiling and use to hang pots and pans
-A shoe holder
-Hang long ways and use it for setting framed pictures on
-Use it in the garden as decoration and set various plants on it
-Use it in the bathroom as a towel rack
-Set it in a corner at Christmas time and decorate it with lights
-Use it in a bedroom corner and put knick knacks on it
-Set it in the backyard and use it for bird houses
-Hang it on the ceiling of a covered deck and hang assorted lamps that use candles
These are just a few ideas I found.... have any of these inspired you? Do you have a unique idea for a ladder? Please do share!
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