Salt and pepper shakers on a piece of checkered marble (tile) board.
My mother keeps coming up with creative fun ideas for her home.
The last time I was home my mom was putting away Thanksgiving. Amongst the things being put away was a piece of marble checkered tile that she had used for cheese and crackers. She smiled saying, "Isn't it a great piece, I use it for many things," That is so my mom…. Mrs. Re-Purposing, A thinker outside of the box when it comes to decorating, "I get alot of compliments on it too, a piece of tile that will never be used as a piece of tile." She laughed.
Before putting it away, she put it on the dining room table, then went around gathering her collection of salt and pepper shakers. She put them on the marble checkered tile and said, "I had this idea to use it as a center piece with salt and pepper shakers. Using the pepper shakers as the black tokens and the salt shakers as the white tokens… and play checkers, a conversational piece you see."
I saw and I liked.
"Clever idea Mom!" I gushed.
While my mom continued to put Thanksgiving away I imagined putting the checker tile in my suitcase and taking it home… If it hadn't weighed as much as a small child I might have.
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