Lawrence Habitat ReStore manager Katherine Harris is pictured with a work of art by Lawrence artist Nick Schmiedeler on Tuesday at the store, 800 Comet Lane. As part of a fundraising effort, ReStore personnel invited artists and craftspeople to use items from the store to create works of art, which will be auctioned Saturday.

A glittering toilet fountain is among the unique pieces that will be auctioned Saturday in a benefit for Lawrence Habitat for Humanity.

“It’s a work of art,” said Kris Hermanson, co-creator of the toilet. “I hope it goes to a good home.”

Habitat ReStore, the supply thrift store that benefits the local Habitat for Humanity, called on community members to lend their creativity to the organization’s two-year anniversary celebration.

Participants were allowed to take items from the store, 800 Comet Lane, and turn them into decorative or functional pieces. The items will be sold in a silent auction from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

The auction will include snowmen decorations made from glass blocks and holiday lights, coat racks made from door knobs and a porch bench made from scrap lumber.

“I think some people are going above and beyond what they might normally do,” ReStore manager Katherine Harris said.

Hermanson is part of a group of local artists who meet weekly to inspire one another. They call themselves Olio. The group went to ReStore with an open mind about what to create and decided to decorate a toilet with mosaic tiles. They will add a copper pipe to make it into a fountain.

“It’s a great opportunity to make art out of things that we find,” Hermanson said.

The celebration will kick off with a live auction of antiques and other ReStore pieces from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Craft and building project demonstrations, including a session on how to spruce up light fixtures, will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The silent auction is set for 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.