Man you guys, I am scoring toolboxes right and left these days!

Last Friday I brought 4 more home from the South St. Paul city wide garage sales.

My favorite is the black one simply because I love that shape.

I also really like the blue one because it’s so unique, it has a handmade vibe.

I purchased both the black toolbox and the blue one at an amazing garage sale.

Honestly, it was thanks to my friend Amy that opK and I even found this sale.  Amy was also in the neighborhood and she sent me a text letting me know that this particular sale had a lot of toolboxes.  If Amy hadn’t given us the heads up I’m not sure we would have ended up here.

I did quite like that box on the top of the pile above, but at $20 it was a bit pricey for me.  I like to keep my toolboxes at $10 and under.  So I passed on that one.  Although I did splurge on the black toolbox at $12, and the blue one was $8.

This was one of those sales where you really had to go around multiple times to be sure that you saw everything.

I have to admit, I may have a little garage sale regret that I didn’t purchase that little fan in the middle.  I like to use these as decor, rather than as actual functioning fans (they are a little unsafe with their old wiring and those sharp blades that could easily chop off a finger).  I usually cut the electrical cord right off just to make them safer for display.

They had several cool vintage scales …

But my own non-collection of scales already takes up two shelves in the pantry.

Plus, I had a few at my last sale and they didn’t go.  So I gave those a pass as well.

Still, this was one of those sales that just makes your heart go pitter pat.  So many cool things with an industrial vibe.

They had some business cards available at their checkout, so I grabbed one on the way out.  If you’re curious, you can check out their Instagram account at reimagined_industrial_design.  They have a nice reel showing their sale.

I did also buy a pair of old cupboard doors from them for $1 each.

I plan to paint them up and turn them into wall decor.

I purchased this oval shaped bucket from them because I just couldn’t resist it.

It was perfect for filling up with the stash of old paintbrushes that I grabbed from another sale, and I’m calling them my find of the day.

I have to give credit to opK because she spotted them in a covered plastic bin with the world’s tiniest little note on top that said something like ‘old paintbrushes’.  I hadn’t even noticed them.

Old crusty paint brushes might seem like an odd score to you, but they are perfect for including in a gallery wall like the one in my q branch.

Or to just display in a glass cannister.

I’ve already taken some time to dress some of them up with transfers.

That snippet of wording is from the Dixie Belle Vintage Post transfer, and this next bit is from the I.O.D. Home Sweet Home transfer.

Is it weird that I love these old brushes so much?

The 2nd pair of toolboxes that I brought home from South St. Paul also came from the sale with the brushes.  The seller told me that both the toolboxes and the brushes had belonged to her grandfather.  Both of them are Craftsman toolboxes (sorry Neal), and both are pretty rusty.

And yes, once again I brought home another red one, but this particular shape is my favorite to work with even though the color isn’t.

In the end almost everything I brought home from South St. Paul had a sort of industrial vibe.  It will be fun to get creative with these items and see what I can do with them.

Which find is your favorite?  Or do none of these things appeal to you?  Leave a comment and let me know.