After a wander around the Navasota thrift shops yesterday, and many a horrified glance at the price tags, it's become apparent that battered old cans and rusty old tins -- especially tea tins -- are worth their weight in gold. Lucky for us, loose-leaf tea still often comes in tins, so your local supermarket might trump the antiques shops when it comes to bargains.
I love these ideas for bringing tea tins to the kitchen -- the perfect height to grow herbs in, and you can find them in colours to compliment any bouquet.
With a little more work, tins can be reincarnated as candles (I wonder if they smell like the teas when lit?), or with a lot more work, they can be wired up as retro lamps.
Can't find any tins of tea in the supermarket? These Japanese beauties (below) are available from TeaNote online... and the tea doesn't look bad, either!
