Here’s a robust storage solution for your tongs, charcoal and other random grilling stuff. Plus a great gift idea for Father’s Day!
South Africans are braai (BBQ) obsessed! We often braai weekly throughout the year — Christmas, New Year, you name it. We may have grilling skills but not necessarily grilling style. Exhibit A above shows my husband’s grilling paraphernalia pile, replete with old curtain rods and rusty junk. We needed a storage bin that could stand outside in the elements all year long.
We also try to grow pot-plants — some less successfully than others as you can see from the pot above. But since we’d much rather braai than garden there is no guessing what this pot was going to be repurposed for...
The basic necessities for this project are:
Once the pot was cleaned out and received a fresh coat of white PVA house paint, I could decorate it. Note that white is not the most practical colour for charcoal storage but I happened to have some around. I did paint the inside and high touch areas with charcoal grey though.
You needn’t go through the hassle of decorating the pot. In fact, you could save yourself a lot of time and tears by just painting it a sensible colour, maybe add a Sharpie line or two. But where’s the challenge in that?!
No, not foolhardy me: without a vinyl cutter, proper vinyl or even a nice stencil, I set about making my own letters by designing them on computer, then printing them on paper (my vinyl wrinkled), then tracing them to vinyl and finally cutting them out by hand. It can be done...with effort. If you have any other way to do this, use it!
In my very first post on Hometalk I admitted that I am too slapdash for stencils. Nothing has changed. I am not going into the details here but believe
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