We had a pink tub in the living room for little buddy's toy bin. I was getting sick of the eye sore and was looking around for a basket with a lid for this purpose. I was having trouble finding what I was looking for within a reasonable price.
Enter Handy Husband....
Chris decided he would just save me the trouble and make one. These photos document the process.
Not bad for scrap wood eh? At first Chris asked me if we wanted to paint it or if I had any other ideas. Then out of nowhere he had a "light bulb" idea.
He came home with a stack of papers he had printed off at work. (with the kind permission of the business center) He had found images of old car ads and vintage looking signs and decals. We spent some time carefully cutting them out.
Then came the arrangement of said decals....
Once the box was fully covered, he proceeded to shellac the entire box. He added decals to the bottom side of the lid as well. He also thought we should put feet on the toy boy. I wanted to paint the feet but we had a hard time deciding what to match the feet to. When we decided to pad the lid we weren't sure what to cover the padding with.
Then we went to the fabric store we found some blue vinyl on the discount table. Boom! Like that, we had decided what to cover the lid and matched the feet to that color.
It's coming together nicely. The longest part was the drying of coats of varnish. We (I) had to have patience. Alas, he was able to attach the lid to the chest.
Then to move it on into the house and fill it up!
I don't know about you but I think it looks much better than that pink tub!
