Monday, June 2, 2014

Make It New Monday 06/02/14... Wooden Boxes to Bathroom Storage

Welcome to "Make It New" Monday!  On the first Monday of each month (limited time only) I will be featuring a project I've done that starts as THIS and ends as THAT, and I invite you to link up with your projects, too.  Any project that re-uses, re-cycles, re-works, or re-purposes qualifies.  Simple projects like altering a recipe to meet your family's current dietary needs to massive, ongoing projects like a total home makeover qualify.  It's just for fun.  No pressure.

This month's project is a result of the merging of two needs.  My needs.  Hubby wasn't all that concerned about it, except that it annoyed me.  He doesn't like when I'm annoyed.  So he was all for getting this problem solved. 

The first, most obvious, need was for storage in my husband's bathroom.  We were making do with the under-the-sink cabinet but the complete lack of organization really bugged me.  No, not to the point where it kept me awake at night but each week when I put away the clean linens my exasperation was evident.  "How in the world does one grown man make this much mess out of a bathroom cabinet?!?" 

The second, lesser need was to do something with those old wooden boxes that we've been hanging onto for so long.  25 years, to be exact. They were just sitting there, collecting dust for no good purpose.  I like the things in my house to serve a purpose of some kind.  I'm staring at something right now that just sits there, doing nothing, and it is plucking my last nerve.  But I digress...

One day I was scanning Pinterest and saw that someone had bought small crates from a craft store, stained them and hung them on the wall to make display shelves and that put me to thinkin'... Crates = wooden boxes, shelves = storage, wooden box storage shelves = something Stewart would like for his bathroom. 

That weekend we pulled the boxes out of their dusty corner, cleaned 'em up, hung 'em up, slapped some clear shelf paper on 'em, and loaded 'em with linens. {Pardon the poor grammar.  I wanted to use some cowboy slang in honor of my husband's aesthetics.}

Problems solved!

I also bought him a small, lidded wooden box for his pocket junk (spare change, pocket knife, odd bits of paper, etc.) for when he isn't carrying them.  Sometimes he uses it.  Sometimes not. Eh, he's still a keeper.

Here are some before and after pictures...

BEFORE 
 


AFTER
 

 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 
 And that's my Make It New project for June.  Now it's your turn!  Link up any time in the next week.  I'd love to see what you are up to.  And don't forget to join me next month when I will show you something to do with old felt scraps.
 
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My Not-So-Empty Nest

8 comments:

  1. Another clever and creative makeover! What a great use for those wooden boxes! I love old wooden boxes. My Jack Frost Sugar box was a "find" on our property...it was in the loft of the barn (that no longer exists). It was love at first sight.

    Is Stewart as enthused as you are? I think it is a very rugged manly style of organization...especially when you talk cowboy! ;)

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    1. Stewart really does like it. He'd love to have a den reminiscent of a western rancher's office. This is as close as he's gonna git for the foreseeable future! :)

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  2. LOVE the end results. I'm with you, I like my "things" to "do something", not just be there. However, I admit I have lots of "things" that just collect dust. :0

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    1. Thanks! That blank space below the upper boxes is begging for some treatment. It's likely to take me a while to come up with something. I never used to have so many do-nothing things. Ack!

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  3. I finally got around to making something new and linking up to your party! Yay! This is such a neat party.

    I like your boxes. I pinned something like this a few weeks ago.

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    1. Thanks for joining in, Kati. Your Make It New project was great!

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  4. Oh. I could do that. I have a couple of boxes hanging around. I'm using one as an end table on the deck...probably not its highest calling.

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    1. I am using one for an end table, too, Vee. In my sunroom. It is a high calling to be used for a purpose! :)

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