I couldn't get down fast enough! Once I had it in my hands I turned it 36o degrees looking for a price tag, without any luck. I asked the clerk about a price and he said he'd call the seller. A few minutes later he found me with the {bad} news: "NFS". Yes, the dreaded "not for sale". Why do sellers taunt us so? Fast forward to a week before Christmas when I miraculously was able to get Mark to that store to take a look! I told him "This! This is what I want!"
Today he cut up some wood and nailed together a rustic version of that tote. Here's our version make with wood from our old siding:
While he was cutting up that I made another version of a trug. I used some scrap wood; I save everything! The round handle was made from a piece of driftwood we found at Whiskey Run Beach about a year ago!
I'll probably white wash or paint both of these; white, it's my signature color, I guess!
I've been looking up wood totes, tool boxes, trugs, French market trugs, French garden trug and more. Don't you just love how "French trug" sounds so romantically nostalgic? I do!
Here's what Google said:
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trug
trəg/
noun
Brit.
noun: trug; plural noun: trugs; noun: trug basket; plural noun: trug baskets
- 1.a shallow oblong basket made of strips of wood, traditionally used for carrying garden flowers and produce
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Just for fun do a google/online search of "French Market Trug" or something like that, you'll love what you find!
Happy New Year and many blessings to you in 2014,
~Heidi
- 1.ying garden flowers and produce.
Happy New Year and many blessings,
~Heidi
