My Purse Busted…and now it’s Home Decor!

You know that feeling when you find your “it” bag for the summer? The one you hoped you would find and then you walk into TJ Maxx or Winners and what you imagined miraculously was there?  This bag was that for me:

But after filling it waaaaaaaaay too much with stuff on a certain Haven trip, it busted.

I was heartbroken. I was thisclose to throwing the purse out in my hotel room when I thought, wait, I think I can translate this loss into some sort of home decor.  And I did!

How to Turn a Busted Purse into Home Decor!

The bag itself is a circular woven rattan bag so I thought, if I could take the handles off, I could use each of the circle sides as decor.  The process was easy!

Get your scissors out!

With anything woven, you have to be careful with what you cut, otherwise the whole thing could unravel! So I carefully cut the handles off of the purse and I cut out each circle piece that I was trying to isolate. A few times I veered into dangerous territory but rattan is an easy material to work with. Any stray pieces of rattan were tucked in or knotted if I couldn’t confidently cut them off.

Style up your new piece of Home Decor!

Once you’ve removed all of the excess pieces you no longer need or can use, style up your new home decor item!  I chose to doll up our dresser at the the top of the stairs as it was looking a little bland.

Pretty straightforward, right?!  And what I love is that the purse got a new life, other than being thrown out into the trash can.