I think that would make a nice storage box for whatever. I like your thoughts that it looks like an English telephone booth, go ahead and paint it red.

At first I thought is was an old English phone booth. I agree it would be great for storage; a very nice way to show off all of your garden tools, extra planters, pretty garden gloves and hat! I just love it and can't wait to find out what you do with it.
Great score.
Nancy

I thought it was an English phone booth as well!

could you use it as a mini greenhouse for starting seeds?

Nice score. Paint it as and English phone booth and use it for storage!!

Maria

Oooh...a mini green house. That's what the top should be, and then the bottom ones for storage. Oh, I want one. (envy )

I Vote for the red and the mini greenhouse too!!:0)

Oh hey,maybe you could set it on top of something to make it taller:) Red will be perfect!

Being English,i would paint it blue and add a light on the top.Then you have Dr.Who's Tardis.

I am surprized it was heading for the dumpster as usually the paper/mag owner has dibs on it. We had them outside our NEW real Estate location and the Landlord said it clashed and must be painted. It had to match the building so it eneded up a boring beige.The magazine owner used plastic paint which will limit your choices. Stare at it awhile and if you can,borrow some small children and let them play with it.See how many ideas those little imaginations stir up!!!

Add me to the list of people who thought it was a phone booth at first glance. Maybe it's trying to tell you something...like it would be a great place to house a collection of telephones?

I thought greenhouse too.

I vote for a Tardis. (I'm not English, but am a big Dr. Who fan)

I guess the concensus is greenhouse...and I agree!! That is a very cool find, and I'm glad you got it!

Maybe you could paint the windows???

Hi, Thanks for the comments. I cleaned it up some today. All the words were stick on logos and came off easily. This was put out by the Recycler classified ads, en Espanol. I had seen it empty for years, but never really thought to ask about it. Lots of these things probably get abandoned. The middle window has some condition problems, but the plexiglass is just a rectangular shape and is screwed in, so easy to replace. I could replace them with thin wood or metal, but think it looks good with the windows. The Tardis idea is cute. For now, it will probably be cat food storage, but after the pool goes away and we have a real back yard, I'll probably look back at this post, and pick an idea. Getting kids over to play with it is a great idea. Right now, just moving all the 'treasures' out of the way so the bulldozers have room to work is the priority. It's almost like moving (but around in circles, lol), and I still don't know what to do with some of it. Linda

My first thought was greenhouse, and with strands of white lights you would have a HEATED greenhouse.

The Dr.Who Tardis is very familiar to me--My Son-in-law has made 2 fullsized ones to sell. One of plywood and one in fiberglass. He has a LOT of Dr. Who stuff. A lot of it built by him.
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He and my DD met at a world science fiction convention in Chicago. She is a star wars fan (with costumes) and worked for the originators of the SciFi channel.

Wow! I love it! I would paint it hunter green and then I would print off some of my favorite photos from my gardens...insert the photos on the inside clear front of the drawers with clear tape or colored for a border ... and I would use this for storing magazines, books, cut-out articles, etc., seed packs...anything with gardening ideas! Or if you really want it outside, you could still paint it hunter green and fill it with pine boughs, pinecones and a pretty ribbon for winter. Have fun with it! A wonderful piece!