How to Use a Vintage Metal Toolbox in Decor

I have to admit I'm a vintage box, carrier, tote, junk obsessed collector. I love old metal containers, so when I found this orange/red metal toolbox awhile back I immediately thought of how I'd use it for Fall decorating.

and so I did....

But how do you use something orangey-red in January

when you've just put away everything red that resembles Christmas?

Woodsy decor is my "go-to" especially in the colder wintry months. So when I realized one of my Pendleton blankets had a similar color stripe I knew this toolbox vignette would work.

It's always fun coming up with a seasonal tableau on the farm table in the Garden Room. Faux Christmas greenery with pinecones and hydrangeas fill up the old wooden ice cream maker.

 

I like to keep out my smaller faux evergreen trees in January to add to the woodsy mix.

You can still see my small lighted tree is in the gray goat cart. I'm having a hard time putting them away.

Old garden tools, small clay pots, pinecones, and greenery keep one of my little quail company. The quail have been out since November; one place or another.

A small olive bucket with a candle insert just fits this small space.

My sis brought this little (Norfolk Island Pine?) to me for Christmas,

with fun wrapping paper.

Here are a couple of pics out the French doors on the back porch a few days ago.

We've had several days of snow, but no accumulation.

I'll be here on the sofa in front of the fire.

Hope you'll join us on Monday evening.

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