the garden green toolbox.

Published on by Quandie

Despite the fact that Dixie Belle has over 20 shades of green paint in their line up, they don’t seem to have the perfect shade of avocado green that I am looking for.

Clearly Holy Guacamole is close.

But I wanted something just a little bit different for today’s toolbox makeover.

I also thought maybe Cactus would work, but that’s too grey.

Another possibility is Everglades, but that one is really too bright for me.

English Ivy is one of my favorite Dixie Belle greens,

but it wasn’t quite what I wanted for this particular project.

So, I decided it was time to play around with mixing my own shade of green.  I thought perhaps I could just tone down that Everglades a bit by mixing in some of Dixie Belle’s Acadia.

I just kept mixing until I had the color I wanted.

Bingo!

I’ve decided to call it Garden Green.

It really ended up being just a little less vibrant shade of Everglades.  So, FYI, if you purchased Everglades and then found it a bit too much just mix in a little Acadia or similar.

And here’s what I put it on.

This toolbox was already green, but kind of a dull sort of army green.  I wanted the color to be just a little bit brighter.

After my usual prep of cleaning, scuff sanding and priming with Dixie Belle’s Bonding Boss, I painted it inside and out with my new shade of Garden Green.  Since I mixed this color using two shades from Dixie Belle’s Silk Paint line, I didn’t need to add a topcoat so I went straight in for adding some transfers.

I started with several of the white roses from the I.O.D. Rose Botanical set.

Once I had those placed, I added in a few little daisy type flowers (although maybe those are Feverfew rather than daisy) from the Wilde Bloemen set.

And actually, that white flower in the upper corner is from the Sarah Featon’s Botanicals set.  I seem to have pulled things from several different I.O.D. transfers, yet they all work together.

The typography section is from I.O.D.’s By Any Other Name transfer.

As is the transfer that I placed inside the lid.

So if you’re keeping track, yes I used four different transfers on this toolbox.  I certainly wouldn’t recommend buying 4 transfers just to complete one toolbox, but if you have bits and pieces of various transfers left over from previous projects it is nice to be able to combine them and have them still look cohesive.

Once all of the transfers were in place, I gave them a topcoat of Dixie Belle’s clear wax to protect them.

I have to say, this is absolutely one of my favorite toolbox makeovers to date.  I think that shade of green is gorgeous.  How about you?  Are there any other green lovers out there?  Were you ready for a pop of color rather than my usual white?

Leave a comment and let me know.

If you’re local and in need of a toolbox in the perfect shade of Garden Green, check out my ‘available for local sale‘ page!

15 thoughts on “the garden green toolbox.”

  2. Yes! My favorite color is green! Not all shades of green. This toolbox turned out the perfect shade of green and I love it❤️

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    1. I don’t necessarily love all greens as well, and I find that my taste changes over time. There was a time when I thought Avocado green was the worst, but now I’m loving it again 😉

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  4. Just beautiful! Green has always been my favorite color and I wear green and decorate with it a lot (my eyes are green, maybe that’s why). This turned out just so lovely, soft and subtle.

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    1. Well, if you really scrutinize my photos you’ll see that I do have brush strokes. I find that I get more brush strokes with the Dixie Belle Silk paint than with their chalk mineral style paint. You can water down the chalk style paint slightly, and sand with 220 grit paper in between coats if you want a really flawless look. But I did not do that with this piece. The outside did get sanded lightly before I added the transfers, but I didn’t sand the inside at all. Go back and take a look at the photo of the inside lid … you’ll see the brush strokes 😉

      Another tip, the transfers hide a lot texture too!

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      1. thanks for the advise….I wish you had a class where I could ask my many questions. Thanks always for taking the time out to respond to all your emails. I don’t know how many followers you have, but I imagine it is quite a few. Have a great day…..from Houston

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  6. I love the green! The green you created, and the flowers you selected are wonderful together. I like that green a lot, too.

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