Painted Lockers {Small Space Storage Solution}

If you’ve been following any of the posts about my new house, you’ll know that my house is all about color.  In the weeks before I moved, practically everything I owned got a coat of spray paint.  Not even kidding.  One of my favorite makeovers were these painted lockers!  Painting and moving them was a last minute decision and I’m so glad I did it!

These old school lockers were an amazing find from quite a few years ago.  I happened upon them at a local resale store and got five of them for only thirty dollars!  They were super heavy to move and I ended up reducing them down to a set of three in order to be able to get them through my son’s bedroom door.  They housed books and other treasures in his room for years.

When I was planning to move, I had decided to leave them behind in the old house.  I didn’t want to mess with moving them again and wasn’t sure where I’d use them until I realized they’d fit perfectly in a corner of my laundry room {which also has the entrance into the garage} and work perfectly for storing extra coats, mittens, and sports equipment for my three younger kids.

I removed the top portion to make them easier to move and decided to leave it off.  I like the boxy look of the lockers without it.  My Dad helped me haul the set into my garage and I quickly painted them yellow about twenty four hours before the movers came!  I’m pretty sure the paint was still tacky when the movers loaded them up {smile}.  Truthfully, the paint is a bit uneven and they got a little banged up in the move but I’m all about distressed and shabby so they fit right in!

I love the bold yellow and it makes the original hardware stand out even more than it did.

The lockers fit perfectly in the corner …

… and they’re the ideal small space storage for that spot.

I’m so glad I didn’t leave this treasure behind!