Otto's Tool Box

  Thanks, Otto

I found this lovely wooden box at my second favorite thrift store, and it was solid and ugly....I knew I could turn it into something!

Some friends just bought their first house and love fresh veggies. They have been too busy to get their seeds started so I decided this would be the perfect planter box to stuff with seedlings for a housewarming present!

But it was not presentable in it's original condition. It may have worked as a tool box for Otto, but I wanted something cuter!

I stripped of the paint,

sanded it down,

used my FREE VALSPAR PAINT SAMPLE to paint it,

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added some stripes and a white front, and sanded it down again,

stenciled "grow" on the front,

polyurethaned it and we are done.

I have been using all of my packaging containers to get seeds started and stuffed the box full of 'em.

I wrapped some jute around the handles for a little extra somethtin.

Now, fingers crossed that the little seeds actually grow!