Clock, To Buy or Not to Buy...

Last year, I tried to revamp a free clock my husband brought home from the trash seven years ago. I sanded and painted the cromed plastic, but was not in love with the now-even-cheaper-looking clock. I came across this tutorial http://alchemyjunk.blogspot.com/2010/01/pottery-barn-clock.html and had some scrap wood from a corny beach sign I had made from scrap (so this was like re-recycling) and set to work.
I loved the result and felt like quite the artsy lady, but wanted the clock to work. I disassembled free hideous clock, but the mechanism wouldn't fit.


I tried to frankenstien the thing, but ended up drilling throught the back of my masterpiece, trying to fix it and ending up with a goth look that I was not going for in my country dining/living area.


I was in mourning for quite awhile, and shopping for clocks was painful. I finally bought this clock. I know. My husband said "You bought THAT clock?!" He only says half of what he means to so the translation is "Seriously! After a year of not having a clock because you were holding out for the perfect clock, after you made your own clock, after you ruined our perfectly good clock THATS the clock you come home with!?"


Look. A clock mechanism is expensive and I have yet to come up with a good solution for how to make my own clock for less than $50, so this is my next best idea. I love the funky design, but the best part is you can customize it, making it your own "hand-made" item. The white frames have the number printed all over them, and they're magnetic. Once you take one off, the number underneath is paper and you can replace it with anything. The clock itself is metal so I'm envisioning removing the frames alltogether and putting on my own magnetic or vinyl numbers. So for now a clock is definitely a "to buy" item, but making my own operational clock is still on my to do list.