It’s time for another toolbox.

I’m sure some of you are entirely tired of seeing so many toolboxes, but I just love doing them.  Plus, they are reasonably sized items that I can work on indoors when it’s 95° outside.

Also, I just keep finding plenty of them at garage/estate sales.  OpK and I stopped at an estate sale last week and I came home with three more!  Plus I had three that I found at a garage sale that my friend Sue gave me a heads up on already waiting in the wings.

So, yeah, the toolboxes aren’t going away any time soon.

With that being said, here is today’s toolbox.

As per usual, it was a bit rusty and quite filthy.  I gave it my usual prep;  cleaning, sanding down some rust, cleaning again, and then finally applying a coat of Dixie Belle’s Bonding Boss.

After allowing that to dry for 24 hours, I painted the interior of the box in Dixie Belle’s Secret Path.

I know I’ve said it before, but I think it bears repeating, I never thought I would love this color as much as I do.  I’ve never really been a purple girl, but this shade is so nice.  It’s not an in-your-face sort of purple.  Let’s just call it a classy purple.

In fact, I just ordered another jar of it because I’d used up the last of mine on this toolbox.

Before moving on, I added a coat of Dixie Belle’s flat clear coat to protect the interior of the toolbox.

I painted the outside of the toolbox in Dixie Belle’s Ecru.  Then I added some transfers from I.O.D.’s Primrose Isle collection.

The flowers in this one are just so pretty.

I do wish I.O.D. would provide just a bit more typography along with their florals though.

The Primrose Isle set has just a few bits and I could use more.

I do have butterflies coming out my ears though, and this one even has a grasshopper.

After I had all of the transfers in place, I finished off the outside of the toolbox with a coat of Dixie Belle’s clear wax.

Once again, this toolbox is for sale locally.  Check out my ‘available for local sale‘ page for more details.