safe and convenient.

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Remember the box with the pretty green interior from my windfall of boxes?

As you know, I fell in love with its green interior, so it was a no-brainer to keep that intact and just paint the outside.

It had matte finish with a little bit of texture to it, and no rust at all, so I felt it was safe to skip the Bonding Boss and go straight to paint.  I gave it two coats of Dixie Belle’s Drop Cloth.  Then I applied a section of I.O.D.’s Elysium transfer across the front and around the side.

The colors in that transfer work beautifully with that green interior.

I added a couple of little extras to the latch, a bee from a knob transfer from re.design with prima and some wording from a Tim Holtz transfer.

I also added a Tim Holtz transfer scrap to the label holder in the handle.

This was a another super simple makeover, but I love the way it turned out.

Now this box is a pretty way to safely and conveniently file your home or personal records.

LOL, really, do people still file their home records or has everyone gone digital?

Leave a comment and let me know!

speaking of simple.

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Speaking of simple, as I was in yesterday’s post about the mirror makeover, I’ve got another very simple makeover for you today.

This wooden tote started out dark and shiny.

At some point someone gave it a refresh with dark stain and a shiny poly topcoat.  Not to my taste, but I’m sure some would like it this way.

I decided to lighten it up by cleaning it well, scuff sanding it lightly and then adding two coats of Dixie Belle’s Drop Cloth.

After using my sander to heavily distress it, I finished it off with a coat of clear wax.

And then that was it.

No transfers.  No paint inlay.  No stencil.  I just left it plain.

What I like about this approach is the ability to style it in lots of different ways.  Are you a fan of florals?  Then add some pretty florals, live or silk.

Especially if your peonies happen to be blooming!

Are you a gardener?  Maybe add it to your potting shed filled with gardening supplies.

Or maybe you’d like to keep it neutral with the addition of some of your favorite books, and some old paintbrushes.

There are so many ways you could style this plain wooden tote.

But now I’m wondering, would it sell better with more decoration?  Does it need some wording, or maybe a floral transfer?  Or will someone appreciate it for its versatility?

I guess I’ll find out at my upcoming Carriage House Sale.

I have several other wooden totes that do have more decoration, like the Garden Herbs tote …

Or the Seeds tote …

Which do you prefer?  Something with a little embellishment, or something left plain that you can ‘decorate’ yourself?  Leave a comment and let me know.

the simplest option.

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I’ve got so many small projects that I’m trying to crank out in time for my upcoming sale, I’ve debated whether to even bother posting about all of them.  I may skip a few, but then again, I may have more posts than usual between now and June 20!  I hope you’ll indulge me.

Today’s very simple project has quite a history.

Those of you who have been following me for years may (or may not) remember this dresser.

I painted that back in 2017, and ultimately sold it at the shop in Stillwater.  I included the mirror with that sale, but I photographed the dresser both with and without the mirror since I thought some people would prefer not to have the mirror.

Flash forward to February 2022 when I purchased it back via Facebook Marketplace and then gave it a new look.

For the 2nd time around I opted to remove the mirror entirely, and Ken helped me add a bit of trim to the back instead.

So I’ve had that mirror hanging around in my workshop since then.  Recently I decided to paint up the frame in Dixie Belle’s Sea Glass and add some of I.O.D.’s Elysium transfer to the mirror.

But I have to say, I didn’t love it.  The transfer was just too much.

I initially threw it in the pile for my occasional sale anyway, but then the cover of this magazine caught my eye …

See the mirror hanging over that mantle?  It just has a simple white frame.

And I realized that I would prefer to keep my mirror simple as well.

So I scraped off the transfer with a razor blade …

If you’ve ever wondered if it’s difficult to remove a transfer from a mirror (or any other glass item like a window pane, or an ironstone platter), I can tell you that it’s not.  The most difficult part is realizing that you just wasted 1/4 of a very pretty transfer that cost you just over $30!

I definitely should have saved it for another toolbox.

Oh well, no use crying over spilt milk.

Back to the mirror.  After scuff sanding and then cleaning the frame, I re-painted it with two coats of Dixie Belle’s Drop Cloth.  Then I sanded it to distress the edges a bit and finished it off with some clear wax.

I wouldn’t blame you for thinking that I could have saved myself a lot of trouble and left the mirror in the white color I painted it with the first time around.

Well … I’m a little picky about my shades of white.  The mirror was originally painted in Fusion’s Casement.  They call it their ‘lightest warm white’, and it certainly is warmer than their Picket Fence, which is their brightest pure white, it’s not quite warm enough for me.

I love the Drop Cloth because it’s an easy color to bring into a home with lots of other shades of white without suddenly making them look dingy by comparison.

I added a sawtooth hanger to the back of the mirror and now it could be hung on a wall.  But it also could just be leaned up against something, or layered with other leaning mirrors.

Sometimes it’s the simplest option that works the best in the end.

What do you think?

the tangletown cabinet.

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Remember that fabulous hanging cabinet that I picked up at the Tangletown neighborhood sale?

It’s time to share its makeover.

After giving it a good clean, and removing some nails that were sticking out of the sides (I assume they were once used to anchor it to a wall somehow), I gave it a coat of Dixie Belle’s Bonding Boss.  That finish looked like one that would possibly bleed thru my paint, so better safe than sorry with a clear blocking primer like the Bonding Boss.

Unfortunately, I neglected to get a ‘before’ photo of the inside of the cabinet, but it was painted in a butterscotch pudding sort of color.  And somehow, that color really appealed to me.  So I opted to try and replicate it using Dixie Belle’s Mojave.

The cabinet actually has a metal back, I’m not sure what that material is … maybe zinc?

If any of you are familiar with this sort of thing, leave a comment and let me know what you think.  And also, please note that I added that picture hanging wire just so that I could hang this cupboard for photos.  It would need to be mounted on the wall much more securely in its new home.

But anyway, I love the rusticity of the metal back.  It definitely shows the dents and dings from years of use.  I sort of dry brushed the Mojave over them on the inside of the cabinet, trying to leave behind some of the original character.

I love the way this color works with the stack of books I used for staging my photos.

As for the outside, of course I painted it in my favorite Dixie Belle Drop Cloth.  I didn’t even think twice about it.  After giving it a good sanding to distress the edges, I added a little section of the I.O.D. Label Ephemera transfer to it.

It fit that space perfectly!

As most of you know, that transfer has been retired and it’s getting harder to find.  There are still a few out there though, so you should snatch one up soon if you ever want to use it.

I finished up the outside with a coat of Dixie Belle’s clear wax to protect it, but the Mojave Silk paint on the inside has a built in top coat so no need for wax.

This little cupboard was probably originally mounted over a sink, or possibly even just over a washstand.  It would be perfect for a small powder room.  It would also be fun in the kitchen filled with dried herbs and spices.  Or you could hang it in the foyer so you could check your hair just as you’re heading out.  So many possibilities!

This little cabinet is for sale.  I’ve listed it on my ‘available for local sale‘ page, so check there for further details.  If it doesn’t sell sooner, of course it will go into the pile of merch for my upcoming sale.

And speaking of my upcoming sale, I managed to miss an error in my original ‘save the date’ notice.  We will be open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (not Sunday).

Here’s the corrected version.

Thank you to Dixie Belle Paint Co for supplying their products used in the makeover of the tangletown cabinet.

oh, hail no.

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Good morning from the garden!

Just when everything was really starting to look good, mother nature stepped in to remind me who’s boss.

We only had about 5 minutes or so of hail on Memorial Day, but it was enough to do some damage.

Especially to my poor hostas.

My irises, which had literally just opened that morning, took quite a beating as well.

But I easily removed the damaged blooms and there were lots more buds waiting to take their place.

That was about the worst of the damage though.  Some things came through relatively unscathed, like my Curly Fries hosta …

and my favorite Lakeside Dragonfly hosta.

Hostas that are sheltered by the trees overhead fared better than those out in the open, as did those with both smaller and/or thicker, more robust leaves.

Quite a few plants weren’t bothered by the hail at all, like the lungwort …

and the ferns.

The variegated sedum wasn’t damaged at all either.

Speaking of which, it’s time to get out and give this sedum the chelsea chop.  If you aren’t familiar with that process, check out this post …

My plan this year is to pot up the cuttings and then give them away at my upcoming occasional sale.  For those of you locals who may be interested, I will be potting them up with fresh potting soil so no need to worry about jumping worms.

All in all, I can’t be too mad about the hail.

It definitely wasn’t as bad as the hail storm we had back in May 2022.

That hail was much larger, and pretty much decimated my hostas.

But in the end we got a new roof out of it, so it was truly a blessing in disguise.  We badly needed our roof replaced anyway.

This time around, things have mostly bounced back quickly, and lots of stuff is blooming now such as three of my prettiest clematis …

Unfortunately, the names of all three of these have been lost to time.

I should have written them down.  I am trying to get better about that.

The one above is looking particularly good this year, it’s covered with blooms.  Last year it had a rather poor showing, possibly because the rabbits had chewed on it quite a bit the winter before that.

The anemones are looking quite good this week too.

My friend Sue gave me this plant quite some time ago, but I’m pretty sure it is Anemone sylvestris.  They will spread like mad if you let them, but mine are planted in between some quite vigorous (and huge) hostas that keep them in check.

Before I let you go, I want to share my new favorite YouTube garden channel.  It’s called Garden with Marta.  She is located in Poland, but her vlog is in English (her command of English is so impressive).  Both Marta and her garden are absolutely charming.  In her most recent vlog, she is also chelsea chopping her sedum so be sure to check that out!

What have you got blooming in your garden this week?  Are you trying the chelsea chop this year?  Leave a comment and let me know!

save the date!

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Just a quick post for my local readers.

We’ve firmed up dates and times for our upcoming Carriage House Sale!

It’s been 8 long years since our last sale, so we might be a little rusty.  But that also means that we have an 8 year backlog of items to include!

I’ll be posting more details here on the blog in the coming weeks.

We also have an Oakdale Carriage House Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OakdaleCarriageHouse.

So go ahead and give it a follow!

And be sure to stay tuned!

don’t take my kodachrome away.

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I’ve taken a crack at a couple of the boxes from my recent windfall of boxes.

Starting with today’s makeover of this one …

I looked it up online and discovered that this case would have originally held a slide projector.  Gosh, I kind of wish it still had the slide projector.

I have a collection of my dad’s old slides and I really enjoy looking at them now and then.

I’ve even had a bunch of them converted to digital, like this prom pic of my mom.

Or this photo from a trip to Disneyland in 1969, back when the horses on the King Arthur Carrousel were brown (they were all painted white after 1975).

And P.S., I’m not in that picture.  I’m back in our motorhome in the parking lot because I came down with measles on that trip.  Can you imagine?  My parents left a 6 year old alone in the parking lot.  Times were definitely different in 1969.  My mom still swears that she checked on me frequently throughout the day, LOL.

Anyway, back to the projector case.

It would have held a little drawer to keep your slides in, and the projector.

But the one I have has been completely gutted.

To be honest, I can’t really think of a functional use for this case now, can you?  But it was still fun to give it an update.

I’ve done a couple of similar looking cases in the past, and in both instances I did not paint them, but just added transfers.

First there was the belle fleurs suitcase …

and then there was the record case …

Since I had good results with both of those, I decided to do something similar with this projector case.

I first gave it a good cleaning using a damp rag and a tiny bit of dawn dish soap.  Then, once dry, I added a floral transfer.

I also added some French wording to the top.

Finally I gave the whole thing a protective coat of Dixie Belle’s clear wax.

I did briefly consider keeping this case and just storing my slides in it, but they wouldn’t even come close to filling it up so I’d rather keep them in a smaller container.

Can you think of a good use for it?  If so, be sure to share it in the comments.

In the meantime, it will be headed to the growing pile of merch for my upcoming sale!

a windfall of boxes.

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I once wrote a blog post explaining that the collective noun for grouping of chairs should be ‘jumble’.

A jumble of chairs.

You know, sort of like a murder of crows, a school of fish, or a flamboyance of flamingos (yep, that’s a real one).

And FYI, re-doing all of those chairs was a lot of work, you can read about that here.

Well, today I have a new collective noun for you.  A ‘windfall of boxes’.

Yep, that’s a large grouping of metal boxes.

All of them were gifted to me by my friend Kathy.  She is also a reader of my blog, and she had been stockpiling metal boxes for a few years now thinking that one day she’d paint them up like I do.  But ultimately, as she explained, ‘just buying a metal box doesn’t make you quandie’.

Well, I don’t know about that.  I think she could have created some masterpieces herself.  But she needed the storage space in the garage and decided she’d just accept that she was probably never going to get around to painting these.

So the other day when we met for lunch she said she had a surprise for me.  Her car was completely loaded up with these boxes.

She didn’t want any money for them, but there was a small price I had to pay.  She asked me to makeover a particular box for her.

She chose a small, and very simple, little lockbox for herself.  I think she may simply have chosen it because it still had its key, I’m not sure.  Hmmm, I wonder what she’s planning to lock up in there!

She certainly had some other really cool options to choose from, like these two fab boxes.

These are the two largest boxes and I rather love the original patina on both of them.  Especially the one on the left.  I may not paint either one of these, but instead just clean them up and give them a protective coat of sealer to help make them functional for storage.

There were several metal recipe boxes in the stash.

I’ll tuck those away to paint later, except for the shredded wheat box.

I won’t paint over that.  Instead I just used a magic eraser to clean it up.

A few of the boxes fall under the heading of ‘office supplies’.

Two are typical lockboxes (that have lost their keys), and the one with the green interior is a file box.

I fell in love with that pop of green as soon as I opened that one up.  I definitely won’t be painting over that green.

I also thought this bookshelf style box was pretty cool.

That’s going to be a fun makeover.

There is one box in the mix that isn’t metal.

I wasn’t initially sure I wanted to tackle this one, but then I remembered the record box that I painted up a couple of years ago and thought I could do something similar with this one.  I love that Bakelite handle.

Finally, out of this entire pile, there are only two actual toolboxes.  Well, wait, I take that back.  One is an actual toolbox, the other is really a tacklebox.

And can I just say, I wish people wouldn’t write on these things with permanent marker.

If it weren’t for that, I’d be tempted to just clean this one up and add some transfers because I kind of love that shade of avocado green.  But ‘camping’ has to go, so I’ll have to figure something out for that.

But speaking of avocado green, that brings me back to Kathy’s lockbox.  It had a rather slick, shiny finish so after cleaning it, I gave it a coat of Dixie Belle’s Bonding Boss to improve the adhesion of my paint.

Kathy gave me carte blanche to do whatever I wanted with it, so I started with Dixie Belle’s Guacamole on the inside.

I added the tea rose transfer from I.O.D.’s Lover of Flowers.

After giving the outside two coats of DB’s Drop Cloth, and then sanding the edges to distress it a bit, I dressed it up with more of the Lover of Flowers transfers.

I also added a little bee that came from the re.design with prima knob transfers to the handle.

I finished everything off with a coat of Dixie Belle’s clear wax.

I’m pretty sure that Kathy is a lover of flowers, so I hope she’ll love how this box turned out.  How about you?  And which of the boxes from my windfall would be your favorite?  Leave a comment and let me know.

a late spring garden tour.

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Good morning from the garden!

I’ve had a few requests for a full garden tour, so this morning I thought I would attempt it.

My gardens are broken down into … hmmm … let’s see … 8 areas.  There is the front garden, the fern garden, the shade garden, the carriage house garden, the potting shed garden, the cutting garden, the fairy garden and the sunny perennial border.  Phew!  You may want to grab your favorite beverage because this may be a long one.

The front garden.

Let’s start out in the front garden.  This is just the bit of garden that runs along the front of our house, and it’s where the long window box is.

The box doesn’t look too impressive at this time of the year, but it should fill in quickly.

This area faces north and is very much shaded by the house for most of the day.  This is always where the very last bit of snow melts in the spring, and where plants take the longest to emerge from their winter slumber.

But things are starting to fill in nicely now.  This space is filled with a variegated sedum, a purple astilbe that loves this location, some dark purple heuchera and plenty of hostas.

The heuchera looks the best it ever has for this early in spring, I suspect due to our very mild winter.  Last spring I had decided to give up on heuchera because it did so poorly over winter, but it’s back in my good graces now.

This garden also contains our fountain, and my rusty chair.  My neighbor/handyman Ken gave me a set of this grape cluster iron furniture back in 2022.  It was painted a crisp white when I got it, but I like something a little more subtle.  So I gave the pieces a makeover with Dixie Belle’s patina paint.  This chair and the bench both have broken legs, so no one can actually sit on them.  I also did not seal the rusty finish, so rust would rub off onto your clothing if you did sit on them.  So I tuck them into the garden where no one will make the mistake of trying to actually use them.

There were a few tulips and daffodils in this space that looked good earlier this spring, but right now I’m mostly still waiting for things to fully emerge.  The big star of the show in this garden is the astilbe.  I divided it last year and found that there weren’t as many blooms, but I’m hoping it rebounds this year.  When it blooms in mid-summer, it should look like this …

The fern garden.

Our driveway runs alongside the house all the way back to the carriage house.  The fern garden is on the east side of the driveway.

The ferns look gorgeous right now, especially with my newly blackened fence behind them, but if we have a dry summer they will start to fade by mid-August and then they don’t look so good.

But I’ll enjoy them while they last along with some vinca vine and lily of the valley, both of which are currently flowering.

The shade garden.

On the opposite side of the driveway is my shade garden.

I have to admit that this is my favorite, and thus it gets the most attention from me.  It’s filled with all kinds of shade loving perennials including bleeding heart, brunnera, maiden’s hair fern, japanese painted fern, lungwort, and more.

It’s also home to quite a few hostas including a few of my favorites like Lakeside Dragonfly …

Sun Power (on left) and June (on right).

Autumn Frost is one of my newest hostas, and it’s looking really good so far.

My garage sale find statue, Cossetta, also lives in this garden.

Right now the foam flower, or Sugar & Spice Tiarella, is in bloom.

I have these sprinkled throughout the front of the shade garden and I like the way they repeat here and there.

There are some foundation gardens alongside the house that I consider part of the shade garden as well.

You may remember that I used the Bronze patina paint with the green spray on the buddha and the Japanese lantern in the background.

The carriage house garden.

I call the garden that runs along the side of the carriage house the carriage house garden (creative, right?).  I struggle a bit with this one because it is shady all morning, then gets hit with the blazing sun in the hottest part of the day.  Most plants prefer the exact opposite of that, morning sun and afternoon shade.

It also is backed by that red wall of the carriage house, shades of pink looks positively awful next to it and it has taken me about 35 years to accept that.

But this is the first year that it’s starting to come together.  It looked awesome a couple of weeks ago with grape hyacinths, bright yellow daffodils, and that new white azalea.

Right now the only things blooming are a handful of alliums, but the yellow iris are going to open up any day now.

Wait, I take that back.  There is also a fabulous cranesbill, or perennial geranium, blooming at the far end.

This plant was a garage sale purchase back in May 2022, this is its third year so it’s time to leap (first year sleeps, second year creeps, third year leaps).

Here’s how big it was when I brought it home.

So while I still want to caution you to be careful about those jumping worms, you gotta love a garage sale plant.  You can always count on them to be hardy in your area, and prolific (which is why the seller has extra to part with).

The potting shed garden.

Again, another creative name, the potting shed garden comprises the beds around the potting shed.

This garden is mostly shaded on the east side, but gets afternoon and evening sun on the west side.  I popped a few allium in on both sides last fall to see if they would grow, and they seem to have done quite well.  I think I may move these elsewhere and replace them with white allium for next year.  Wouldn’t white allium just pop against my dark green paint color?

The bugleweed, or ajuga, is in full bloom on the east side right now.

And over on the west side the geranium macrorrhizum, or Bigroot geranium is full of flowers now too.

If you need a plant that will grow in sun or shade, will fill in any available space, requires absolutely no maintenance, then this is the plant for you.  It does wilt a bit in hot afternoon sun, but it recovers quite quickly.  It’s very easy to pull out if it spreads more than you want it to.  I have a lot of it, as you’ll see when we get to the perennial border.

As for growing just about anywhere, along the west side of our house we have only about 8′ or so of fully shaded space between our house and the property line.  The previous owners of our house put down plastic and then rock, and planted a row of arborvitae that has gotten massive.  After all of this time enough dirt has accumulated amongst the rocks that I have to weed that area.  So a couple of years ago I decided to see if this geranium would grow in the rocks.

The answer is a resounding yes!  it will.  Quite happily in fact.  And it looks so much better than weeds.

So if you have a problem area in your garden, keep this plant in mind.  Also, if you’re local, keep me in mind.  I have plenty to share if you want to try it.

The fairy garden.

My fairy garden is planted in an old rusted out wheelbarrow that is nestled in a bed of variegated vinca.  Last year it was ended up totally overgrown, so I decided to be a little more minimal with the plants this year.

Usually I plant a wire vine on that arch, but it totally takes over and requires a lot of maintenance to keep it from completely covering it and the path beneath it.

So this year I’m going to leave that out.  Instead I added a couple more miniature hostas compliments of my neighbor nnK (sorry, don’t know the names of them), and I also added a tiny Japanese maple tree to the left of the fairy house.

nnK’s mom, Judy, planted one of these in her fairy garden last year and it did not survive the winter, so I’m taking a bit of a gamble with that one.  Especially since I paid $25 for it a Abrahamson Nursery.  I may pull it out of there in the fall, put it in a pot, and try to overwinter it somewhere more protected.  Japanese maples do require a period of cold dormancy, so I can’t bring it in as a houseplant.

The sunny perennial border.

This garden is directly behind the house and it used to be my sunniest space.  Over time the trees in handyman Ken’s yard next door (yes, that is his house in the background) have grown so big that they shade this bed most of the time except around high noon.  As a result, I’ve been struggling with this one over the past several years.

Can I just point out that the grass in our area is looking particularly fabulous at the moment.  We’ve had plenty of rain mixed in with lots of sunshine and the grass is flourishing for now.  I’d love to keep it looking this good all summer, but if we get dry weather again this year all bets are off.

I have a border of small green hostas along the front edge of this garden that do really well here.  I also have a big mass of that Bigroot geranium in the middle section.

Right now the alliums are definitely the stars of the show, I just wish they would last longer.

There are three clematis in this bed, two on the trellis …

and one on the obelisk.

They are all loaded with buds, but only one of them has started to open so far.

I do have a couple of pink peonies in this garden.

Fortunately they will be done flowering before the self-seeding red bee balm takes over in mid-summer …

The cutting garden.

The cutting garden is hidden away behind the carriage house.  There used to be nothing but weeds back there, but then one day I realized that it was the sunniest spot that I had left for a garden.  Why not use it to grow peonies?

So now I have about 6 peonies back there, plus some siberian iris and a big Annabelle hydrangea.

None of them are blooming quite yet, but the peonies should be opening soon.  Here’s a picture from June 11 of last year that shows them all in bloom.

Since the cutting garden isn’t visible from the house, or really anywhere in our yard, I don’t feel bad at all about cutting all of the blooms and putting them in vases where I can appreciate them.

That about wraps it up for this morning’s garden tour.  I hope you enjoyed it!  And now I’m off to do some work out there.  It seems as though there are always tasks waiting to be done in a garden!

the hardware bin.

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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.