the hardware bin.

Published on by Quandie

A few weeks back my friend opK and I headed over to the other side of the Twin Cities for the South Lake Minnetonka community wide garage sales.

I didn’t bring home a ton of things, but I found a few fun items.

I’ve given the barnwood box a little bit of a facelift by adding a stencil.

I also added a transfer to the minnow bucket, it would be perfect filled with some annuals.  It even has built in drainage holes.

But for now I just tucked a glass vase inside to hold water and added some white lilacs and purple allium.

I’ll be giving those two finial type things a rusty makeover with Dixie Belle’s Patina Paint, after which I think they would make great garden ornaments.

The antique bird print has already found a new home in my potting shed, and the silver tabletop Christmas tree is going to look amazing filled with my vintage Christmas ornaments.

The ironstone pitcher also makes the perfect vase for some lilacs.

And that leaves us with the hardware bin.

It came filled with hardware.

Most of it was random nuts and bolts, but there were a few things I opted to hang onto like these screw in hooks and one lonely glass knob.

Everything was filthy dirty, so the first step was to give it a good cleaning.  Next I painted the shell in Dixie Belle’s Drop Cloth.

After distressing it, I added some bits from the I.O.D. Label Ephemera transfer.

That wording seemed totally appropriate for this piece.

Although you could fill it back up with various bits of hardware, I think it would also be perfect for housing crafting supplies.

Another option would be to use it as a jewelry box, especially if you happen to have a lot of jewelry!

I debated the idea of gluing these Tim Holtz metal oval numbers to the fronts of each ‘drawer’.

I definitely have enough of them.  However, they are just random numbers that wouldn’t be in order, so that might seem odd.  What do you think?

Either way, this piece will be added to the growing pile of items for my upcoming occasional sale.

Have you found anything fun at a garage sale lately?  Leave a comment and let me know.

14 thoughts on “the hardware bin.”

  1. great finds!!! I’ve never seen a hardware bin like that-and love what you did!!! Garage sales are so fun- you never know what they’ll have. I’ve found anything this past weekend from trays to handles/hooks, vintage mini child tea set, and even a brand new Coach wallet. The search is so fun!

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  2. Our garage sales have been pretty bad here lately. Not much vintage to be found. Can’t pick out one particular item in my mind that was a real score. Love the hardware bin!

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  3. what great finds! I love that storage bin! I love homemade pieces! I was thrilled seeing the minnow bucket, my neighbor just gave me one last night! 😳! As always I enjoy your creativity! It inspires me I know as well as others!

    smiles, Alice

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  4. I absolutely love the hardware bins! I bet cleaning that was a beast. I’m also quite obsessed with minnow buckets. I add solar lights and have them hanging all the way down our dock stairs at the lake place.

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  5. What a great find the hardware bin was. I think the random numbers on some of the drawers would be very interesting. And maybe some of your bits-and-pieces of transfers on a few and some left as-is.

    We haven’t been out for yard sales yet as I am concentrating on things OUT rather than things in.

    Sheila

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  6. You did a great job! I would use this for my bead collection. It would be great for all kinds of things😊

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  7. I always enjoy seeing your garage sale finds! The hardware bin is cool and so one of a kind. You made it sing! I love the bird picture that you kept for yourself, and it is always fun to see how you take a vintage find and add a little bit to make it so much cuter. Thanks for sharing.,

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