Our good friend Kristie is definitely the person you want looking out for fun pieces for you at flea markets and yard sales. She grabbed a quirky bamboo cart for me at a recent outing, and challenged me to create something new from it. It was in great shape except for the lack of a top, so I knew I could update this old cart into a fresh new piece of functional furniture.

I wanted to make the drab bamboo pop with a fresh, new color so I decided to paint it. First, though, I had to tape off the little wheel feet.

Then I applied a base coat of ColorShot White Primer to establish a good base, so that the brighter finish color would really show up well.

When the primer was dry, I gave it a final coat in a bright pinkish-red color called Summer Pedicure, also from ColorShot.

I love that fun color! It covered great, too, and only took two light coats.

The bottom shelf was just screaming for a bit of pattern so I cut some wrapping paper to fit.

I used Decou-Page to adhere the paper to the shelf and then applied a coat on top of the paper to protect the surface.

Now, back to that original problem of a missing top! I ordered a piece of acrylic, cut to size, and then adhered it to the top using Clear Grip Gorilla Glue.

This wrapping paper cart fits perfectly in my She-Shed. The acrylic top makes a great workspace and allows me to see through to all the fun colors below.

I added some large S-hooks to the handles to hold gift bags.

And rolls of wrapping paper store perfectly between the slats on the sides.

My refurbished giftwrap cart makes it so much easier to wrap presents, because everything I need is in one place and ready to go.