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Primitive Americana Tool Box/Tote. Length is approximately 26 inches, width is approximately 6 inches Height is about 12 inches. The wood is from an old fence. Paint is layered and distressed, with a final coat of dark stain to “grubby it up.” Handle is a branch- bark off. This would make a nice planter, or a box to hold a collection. Would also be nice in a bathroom to hold toilet paper, magazines etc.
-- Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."
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Jamie Speirs
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#1 posted 888 days ago
Kelly, that is amazing.
You have got it looking great.
It really does look old.
Jamie
-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
mafe
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#2 posted 888 days ago
Really cool Kelly.
I like it, it’s really all American.
Best thoughts,
Mads
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rivergirl
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#3 posted 888 days ago
Jamie- LOL- My family came home and said “where’d you get that?” I said I just built it. They said, “You did not. Where’d you get it?” I said, You saw it in pieces on the table this morning. It had black and white paint all over it. They: yeah- so where’d you get this box…. LOLOLOL Funny funny funny. :)
-- Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."
chrisstef
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#4 posted 888 days ago
i dig it river … looks like you towed it behind your car down the gravel driveway
-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty
SCOTSMAN
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#5 posted 888 days ago
Now pleeeeeeease do one with the Scottish Flag lol seriously I like your box.Alistair
-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease
rivergirl
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#6 posted 888 days ago
I will have to check out the Scottis Flag. :) Is this it? That would be toooo easy. :)
-- Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."
helluvawreck
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#7 posted 888 days ago
Kelly, that looks like a great item. I think that it will appeal to a good many people because it’s rustic and I like to see you branching out a little like this. What you need is some more tools. Keep on keeping on. :)
-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau
TreeBones
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#8 posted 888 days ago
Nice. I like this kind of work.
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patron
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#9 posted 888 days ago
what a great tool tote
you did a great job on it
looks like something
you’d find in an old barn
try armani
we might see movie stars
on the red carpet
sporting them
-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
janice
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#10 posted 887 days ago
Way too cute! I love it and you sure are just whipping things out.
-- Janice
ellen35
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#11 posted 887 days ago
Kelly,
Nice work… very creative and recycled wood too!
-- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
MayflowerDescendant
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#12 posted 887 days ago
Kelly … What a great piece. I love your creativity. Keep cranking out the projects …
-- Glen - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
TopamaxSurvivor
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#13 posted 887 days ago
Toilet paper and magazines? Looks like a fireworks box for the 4th to me :-)) Nice one.
-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0
lightweightladylefty
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#14 posted 887 days ago
Kelly,
It seems you’ve really conquered the technique for aging things. Just avoid using it on yourself ;-)
L/W
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learnin2do
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#15 posted 887 days ago
You have a lot of patience to paint that! It looks fantastic! Boxes are ALWAYS useful!
-- christine
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