How to Decorate With Vintage Sewing Machine Drawers

Place a two-drawer stacked piece on a kitchen countertop to hold spices, teabags, fabric napkins, napkin rings, and cooking string.

Line a sewing machine drawer with plastic sheeting and place small violet plants in ceramic pots into the drawer for an eye-catching display on a coffee table or side table in a living room.

Place a vintage sewing machine drawer next to your home phone on a desk or countertop. The narrow shape is perfect for holding pens, phone books, scissors and stamps in a neat and tidy way.

Place sewing machine drawers on bookshelves and add a decorative label to the front to distinguish the contents. Handy in a home office or living room, fill the drawer with mundane items to declutter and add style.

Place empty sewing machine drawers on side tables in a guest bedroom to provide a convenient place for guests to dump their loose change, keys and other miscellaneous items. Line the bottom of the drawer with clean wallpaper samples.

Show off vintage greeting cards, antique postcards or photos by standing them up in the sewing machine drawer. Place the drawer on a foyer table to greet guests in an interesting way.

Lightly sand and whitewash a vintage sewing machine drawer to place it in a sunroom, patio or shabby-chic kitchen. Fill with pots of herbs, wheatgrass or “cat grass.”

Organize a craft room by stacking sewing machine drawers. Fill them with scrapbook embellishments, sewing thread, notions, and drawing pencils.

Add green garland accents to sewing drawers to give them a new look for the holidays. Fill with antique tree ornaments, vintage Christmas cards or candy.