an italian tacklebox.

Published on by Quandie

Welcome to day 2 of toolbox week.

Today I’m sharing the makeover of this … well … technically it’s a tackle box.  So far we’ve had a lunchbox and now a tackle box, but I group them all in my ‘toolbox’ category.

It did originally have two pop up trays that came up when you opened it, but I had my handyman Ken remove them so that now it’s just an empty shell.

As I mentioned yesterday, I prepped all of this week’s ‘toolboxes’ the same way.  Scrubbing them with Dawn dish soap out in the garden, rinsing them with the hose, letting them dry in the sun, then giving them a good scuff sanding and another rinse.  I followed that up with a coat of Dixie Belle’s Bonding Boss to prevent any rusty or oily spots from bleeding through my paint.

Next this tackle box got a couple of coats of Dixie Belle’s Cottage Door on the inside.

Once dry I protected it with Dixie Belle’s flat clear coat.

Then I painted the outside in DB’s Drop Cloth.

I added some roses from I.O.D.’s Rose Botanical transfer.

But I also knew that I wanted to have some sort of typography on it.  I would have loved to use more of I.O.D.’s Label Ephemera for that, but my supply of that retired transfer is running out.  So I started looking at my other options.  I ended up pulling out the re.design with prima transfer called Sunlit Serenade and using just the wording from it.

I’m fairly sure that is Italian, which is a nice change of pace.

After adding a random bee and butterfly from other transfers, I finished the outside with a coat of Dixie Belle’s clear wax.

Isn’t it pretty!

This tackle box will be available at my sale next week.

Unless one of you locals wants to snatch it up first.  If so, check out my ‘available for local sale‘ page for more details.

14 thoughts on “an italian tacklebox.”

  3. Oh how I wish I lived closer! I would love to come to your sale and meet you! I love the work you do. You give me so much inspiration! My miniature potting shed and dollhouse reno with my granddaughter are coming along – slow but sure. I would love to email you some pics if you would like to see! Also your post of turning the drawers into boxes was perfect for some old dressers I have that are too far gone! Such a brilliant idea!

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  5. It IS pretty!!! Very pretty! I love those roses…and, the PERFECT color combination! I have a couple of boxes waiting for this kind of love…..thank you, as always, for the magnificent inspirations!

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