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    Home » Crafts » Painted Wood Crates For Organization And Decoration

    Painted Wood Crates For Organization And Decoration

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    Organize With Painted Wood Crates

    I have a thing for painted wood crates. They come in handy for all kinds of things. I use them to store junk, as flower displays, to hold guest towels, and more, and more.

    Painted Wood Crates For Organization And Decoration

    White Painted Wood Crates With Belt Handles

    The two crates have been hanging out in our bathroom holding towels and personal stuff. I recently redecorated the bathroom and replaced the crates with sewing machine drawers.

    wood wine crates for project. before photojpg

     

    The crates are actually wine crates and they come with a lid. I haven’t used the lids for anything yet but I bet they would make a cool sign of some kind.

    Behr white hi gloss enamel

    I painted the crates with Behr hi-gloss enamel. It’s what I had on hand. Any white paint….or other color would do. Painting one crate takes about 10 minutes. Usually one coat of paint does the trick.

    wood crates for bathroom storage

    I put the crates in the bathroom last January and they looked and worked great.

    white bathroom with wood crates for organization

    When I changed the bathroom décor a couple of weeks ago I took the crates to the workshop.

    white crates ready for handles

    I added recycled belts as handles to a few large wood boxes last year and loved the look. So why not do the same with the crates.

    tack hammer

    I used heavy duty scissors and cut the belt to size. The crates aren’t heavy so I used upholstery tacks to attach the belt handle to the crate.

    DIY Designer Wood Crate with leather belt handles

    How sharp looking is that.

    more belts and ropes for handles

    For the second crate I pulled out all sorts of stuff and decided to go with the skinny belt for handles.

    recycled belts for crate handles

    I used the same type tacks but made the handles stand up instead of stand out from the side of the box. I know. Hard to understand. The next pictures will show you what I can’t explain very well.

    DAP RapidFuse used to glue belt ends together

    The woven belt needed a little DAP RapidFuse to adhere the loose strands to each other.

    DIY Designer Wood Crates Have Multiple Uses

    See what I mean about the handles standing up.

    Painted Wood Crates For Organization And Decoration

    All done. Do you like the painted wood crates? What about the handles. They do look cool, right?

    Painted Wood Crates For Organization And Decoration

    The metallic gold and white crate  (click here for makeover)is an earlier DIY. You can see I used different handles for this crate. The ideas and uses for the crates are endless. How would you use them and what color would you paint them. What would you use for handles.

    white wax over black paint and a recycled belt for a handle

    These are the large wood boxes where I first used recycled belts for handles. The special paint techniques on the boxes are easy to do. To get the details on the techniques just click the photo.

    Sunday is the craft supply giveaway. I’m going to have one every month and a few of my friends will be joining me. Be sure and check the post on Sunday. Have a great weekend!

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    Comments

    1. MEDINA GRILLO

      February 24, 2017 at 5:02 pm

      Wow I LOVE the looks of these pallets! Very creative 🙂

      Reply
    2. Rachel Teodoro

      February 21, 2017 at 10:51 am

      I just wanted you to know that I featured this on the create link inspire party as a round up of organizational ideas. I loved it! And totally need one myself. Thanks for linking up!

      Reply
    3. Leslie Soto

      February 18, 2017 at 3:41 pm

      Hi! I'm one of the co-hosts from the Welcome Home Wednesday Link Up. I love these little crates. They're so charming and pretty. I love the old belts as handles, too! How clever. Thank you for sharing!

      Reply
    4. Leslie Clingan

      February 17, 2017 at 8:10 pm

      I have seen more and more wooden boxes and palettes at Walmart! Love the idea of painting them to use for organizing and storage. And how clever to add bits of belts for handles. I truly want to try this project.

      Reply
    5. Cheri Hins

      February 12, 2017 at 7:25 am

      Brilliant idea. I just gave my granddaughter 10 belts, darn it. Lol. Might have to ask for one or two of them back. I love this look.

      Reply
    6. Marie from The Interior Frugalista

      February 11, 2017 at 12:00 am

      Love the salvaged belt handles on these, Kathy. All of them are so stink'n cute!

      Reply
    7. Heather

      February 10, 2017 at 8:35 pm

      I have decided that I need to get retired from work when I get my Interiors diploma this May and get a workshop and get busy having fun like you!!!

      Reply
      • Kathy Owen

        February 10, 2017 at 8:49 pm

        Sounds like a plan!

    8. Naomi S.

      February 09, 2017 at 10:26 pm

      Those are great, Kathy! I like the white, but I might also try a turquoise or a shade of mossy green. Depends on where I wanted to use them. White is most versatile, of course. I was thinking that clothesline rope would look good on the white ones. Of course you'd have to drill holes to stick the rope through to knot, but that doesn't seem like a big deal. What do you think?

      Reply
      • Kathy Owen

        February 10, 2017 at 7:51 am

        I think the sisal rope would work great but as you say you have to drill holes. I've used the sisal on larger wood boxes and it looks kind of nautical. You know I love turquoise!

    9. Nancy

      February 09, 2017 at 2:14 pm

      I picked up some beautiful aqua glass handles at a yard sale. Now I know exactly what to do with them! Thanks for posting!

      Reply
      • Kathy Owen

        February 10, 2017 at 7:52 am

        Your welcome Nancy 🙂

    10. Lynda Ramage

      February 09, 2017 at 12:55 pm

      Can't go wrong with any of those. Really like things like that and good to see what you have done. Thank you for sharing. Blessings......

      Reply
    11. Kaycee

      February 09, 2017 at 10:47 am

      They are so cute!

      Reply
    12. Rhonda

      February 09, 2017 at 10:28 am

      I love crates too. I like how you never let an old belt go to waste! I love your blog, it's my favorite.

      Reply
      • Kathy Owen

        February 10, 2017 at 7:54 am

        Rhonda, You just made my day. Your favorite! Thanks for being here. I love to recycle and free stuff is the best. There are all kinds of things in our homes we can recycle instead of trashing.

    13. Linda

      February 09, 2017 at 9:01 am

      Love these! Have a couple of boxes that those handles would look great on! Thanks for the ideas.

      Reply
    14. Cathy

      February 09, 2017 at 8:58 am

      Adorable!

      Reply

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