Access to Tools
Here are nine very nice-looking toolboxes.
In a lot of ways, what follows is the true essence of what makes a Substack newsletter: Writers, without editors, yammering on, regardless of word count, about something potentially only they care about. Unbound by staunch parameters! For better or worse.
And so this is where we find ourselves today: Toolboxes. Nice-looking ones. Let’s dive in.
Yes, you can carry your tools in almost anything. Old plastic bag; cradled in the your crook of your arm; in one of the 500 reusable totes you have been given against your own will. There are low fi options.
There are also overly chic and self referential options, which make one embarrassed to even be here, discussing the category.
The selections that follow are somewhere in between, mostly sourced from actual hardware stores and suppliers, but also from plenty of designeries, as well. Do you need your toolbox to be nice-looking? Absolutely not. But, if you are at all like me, you’ll find an inordinate amount of joy from sliding your prized and adorable red enamel box off the shelf before hopping into action.
Left to right, top to bottom:
Steel Tool Box ($80), Puebco
Kennedy 1 Drawer Steel Tool Box ($250), Penn Tool Co.
Proto Steel Tool Box ($33), MSC Direct
Big Red Portable Steel Tool Box ($23), Home Depot
Best Made 15” Toolbox ($80), Duluth Trading Company
Toyo Two-Stage Toolbox in Green ($105), Old Faithful Shop
Homak 20” Flat Top Hand Carry Toolbox ($136), Homak
Plastic Connectable Toolbox ($32), Burke Decor
Urrea 19” Inch Steel Lockable Toolbox ($24), Lowes
Listings
People love old Maine homes, which is why this text alert called Old Maine Homes is a pretty fun thing to light up your phone. (LINK)
Anyone in the Bay Area want a free sailboat? (LINK)
Also free (!), Pizza Hut booths that are weirdly kind of design-ish and I like them? Do you have (or want?) an eat-in kitchen nook? These would be perfect. (LINK)
Party invitation? Love note? Lease agreement? There are so many ways to use this crossword puzzle generator! (LINK)
Now that I have already purchased mine, I can share this Chances With Wolves collaborative mixtape (and other, non-collaborative ones as well). We may still weep for East Village Radio, but when the algorithm’s gone stale and NTS is all a bit much, now we have these. <3 (LINK)
Notes
Exceptional photographer and friend of Treehouse, David Kitz worked on a photo story for the print zine. He sent me finals yesterday and they are STELLAR. Talent is a part of it, sure, but the backdrop, this vintage Mercedes David rented for the shoot, doesn’t hurt either. Everything is exciting!