I've written a lot of magazine articles now, well over a hundred, and very occasionally I might hear back from someone who has read one.
One of my first articles in Woodcarving magazine was about making a carved tool box for my daughters 9th birthday, this was a few years back now, so it was lovely to hear from Gordon in Ireland who had read my article and decided to make one.
My mum has the most amazing garden shed (it should be, we built it for her!), and it's filled with the most amazing items she's collected over the years.
One thing that always catches my eye is this little tote.
I decided that it would be a fun project to make a reproduction one.
It's been a couple of years since I've had these in stock, but I was really keen to make and sell them again and manged to get a batch done in time for Christmas (just).
I think a "classic" wooden tool box takes some beating. They look great in a potting shed or greenhouse, handy enough to hold what you need. In fact they're cheap enough to have multiples with different tasks separated up into different toolboxes.
I shared this on social media the other day but never got round to writing a blog post.
A few weeks back it was my Middlest's birthday. Nine years old! (who can believe it! Some have followed this blog for that long!)
She is such a character and always knows her own mind, is smart, funny and capable. She's good company and fun to be around.
She wrote a little list of things she'd like for her birthday. None of them major but the top item was there...
So last week I made up a toolbox using just a few hand tools and a cordless drill and filmed the process.
