this is my dad, aged 10.
this is his tool box, given to him for his tenth birthday, by his uncle frank who owned a hardware store.
i love hardware stores.
and my dad.
and tool boxes.
now this tool box is filled with all of my tools.
i think it is just about the prettiest thing i’ve ever seen.
the end.
p.s. you can listen to my mildly embarrassing ode to hardware stores, here.
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Such a lovely post and recording and so important! We need to protect and preserve our local hardware stores!
oh be still my heart. i love your tool box. it is absolutely beautiful.
i had a dad that loved tools too – what i wouldn't give for his tool box.
utterly gorgeous
Oh boy do I love this post… there's something so special about things passed down, and the father/daughter relationship, and the color turquoise. (What can I say? I love turquoise.)
Thanks for sharing 🙂
awww.
I love this post of yours. 🙂
it's very special and the patina is divine. i love that you love it and will keep using it!
i just listened to your ode to the hardware store and it is so dear. i love your voice, especially for something so personal. small & local shops are still very special. scott always goes to our local hardware store because they know him and what we need even if when we don't.
Just found you!!!! Love your blog!
Wow! I saw the photo and thought, is that your father? Then i thought, did Erin dress up as a boy for an event I cannot remember? No, can't be, it's black and white…..but maybe. Wait, omg, that is your father and you look sooooooooooo much like him! The tool box is amazing and beautiful…..and has a lovely history.
so special…treasures & daddies…such good things
How special to get to carry that beautiful toolbox to little areas of the house you are tinkering on.
Love this. So nice to have things from our fathers. I have an old suitcase from my Dad that I LOVE!
Kerrville TX had the best hardware store. Anything and everything. It was great!
your dad is so cute! what a great little box 🙂
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what a great post!!!
xx
callie
I just love things like that. So sweet.
Wonderful post 🙂
you can see why I married him, eh?
and after that, there was you (and your sisters), equally beautiful. Never seen this box prettier. or sweeter.
i do think it is beautiful.
this is just beautiful!
this is a beautiful tribute to your dad and how much you appreciate his heritage… love the images too!
I think this is one of the most fabulous stories that I have heard in a long while. And it's such a pretty tool box too. I'm glad that you treasure it!
xoxo
PS – I mentioned you here, I hope you don't mind!
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it is the prettiest thing i have ever seen too…and the best shade of turquoise! my favorite!
I love that you have something so special…and that you love it so…..
xo
what a beautiful keepsake to have of your dad–and it's a beautiful turquoise colour, my favourite colour!
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