Remember the plain simple wooden box that my picker found for me a couple of weeks ago?
I love little pieces like this because it’s fun and easy to turn them into something pretty.
For this box I mixed up some of Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in one of her prettiest shades of blue, French Enamel.
I painted the box inside and out. One of the things I love about milk paint is that it dries quite quickly. So when you’re working with a piece like this and you want to paint top and bottom, inside and out, the paint dries fast so you can keep flipping the box over to paint the bottoms.
Once it was fully painted and dry I added parts of a grain sack stencil to the top and front using a warm white craft paint. Then I sanded to distress, wiped away the dust and added The Real Milk Paint Co’s Finishing Cream in Dead Flat.
Finally, I drilled a hole in the top and added a glass knob from Hobby Lobby.
Speaking of knobs, are you like me? Do you buy knobs when you see them because they are on sale and you love them, but you don’t know what you’ll put them on? I used to do that far more often, but I found that I always had 6 knobs, but needed 8. Or I had 8, and only used 6, leaving two behind. As a result, I have a big jar full of singles or pairs of knobs.
Now I try to just buy knobs when I have a specific project in mind for them but I still cave sometimes.
So it’s always good to find a use for a single leftover knob like this one.
I took advantage of the light outside on a gorgeous summer evening and set up a little photo shoot with some Annabelle hydrangeas, an old book and this funky little cigar tin that my picker Sue also found for me.
I’m already noticing that the sun is setting a little bit earlier these days, why does summer always fly by so fast?
Anyway, just imagine all of the ways you could use this pretty blue treasure box. What would you keep in it?
Thanks to Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint for providing the French Enamel paint and to The Real Milk Paint Co for providing the Dead Flat Finishing Cream.
What a great job you did turning nothing into something lovely. You could hide mail in it or put your remotes in it.
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Great ideas Pam!
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My stash of knobs??😂 Beautiful ending to a blah box!
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LOL, it would be the perfect container for a stash of knobs 😉
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This turned out so cute! I like the remote idea Pam mentioned. I could implement the procedure of using the box for that purpose, but I know it would not help in looking for it all the time! We would forget to put it in the box! Lol
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I have to admit, our remotes probably wouldn’t end up back in the box either 🙂
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Beautiful transformation .And that cigar tin .Tom Moore the name of 4 generations of my grandfathers .
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No kidding! Now I feel like I should send it to you. How far away are you?
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One of my favorite colors! The box turned out great. I love the knob and stencil. And BTW I have lots of knobs old and new, lots of singles and am just sure I’ll use them on something! They have saved me from making a special trip out for knobs many a time.
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Good point Laura!
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I love this little box, it turned out great! I also have many extra knobs. Yours look charming in that glass jar. 😊
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I find lots of these jars at garage sales for some reason. I like using them to store supplies because I can see what’s in them at a glance.
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