Repurposed Garden Tool Caddy

                        Sometimes..... well most of the times that I go THRIFT SHOPPING

                                                              I do not have a plan.


                             Well what I mean is that I am not looking for something specific,

                                        but when I see it I know that I need to bring it home.

                             I was not looking for another stenciling project but there it was !

                         I saw this little caddy and thought it would be a fun little project this week.

                               It was in pretty good shape. It needed to be nailed in a few places.

                                            There were little leaves stamped all the way around. 

                                                          I was able to sand those off easily.

                                  I liked the natural look and the black stains were fine with me.

                                          I sanded the rough spots and wiped off the dust.

                                               I decided to stencil the front and back sides.

                               I wanted to give the caddy an aged Vintage Seed Box look.







For the stenciling I used  Acrylic craft paint in BURNT UMBER

along with a stencil brush.

 

I used a stencil that I had. 

 

 

I taped the stencil in place.

 

 Use a stencil brush with the dry brush method which just means very little

 

 paint and with an up and down motion.

 

I stenciled on the raw wood.

If you plan to stencil on dark wood I would use black or white paint instead.

 





Here is the stenciled side.

After the paint has completely dried

 

I came back over the raw wood with a soft cloth and

 

Mineral Oil.

 

 

I recommend the food grade oil so you will have it for other projects if you need it.

 

You can find it at the Pharmacy in the Laxative section.

 

* Remember we used it on Rolling Pins and Cutting Boards a few weeks ago.

 

The Mineral oil will not go rancid like some other oils.

 

 It will give the raw wood a beautiful finish

 

without darkening the wood.

 

Of course this part is optional, but this is the finish that I used.

 

 



The oil absorbs nicely

 

 

I oiled all sides

 



 

It ended up with just the look I was after.

 

 

I think for now it will be used in the Kitchen.

 

I would love to have you comment, let me know what you think.

 

Thank you for visiting!

 

xo Lisa S