Fabric lined and painted pine wooden crates

Today's project was one of those impromptu

project.

Fabric lined (on the inside) and painted pine (on the outside) wooden crates.

 

It was fast and turned out great.

I started with two wooden crates that I already had.

The crates are the plain unfinished pine ones.

Until I stained them (about 8 years ago).

Today I added some painted numbers and some dropcloth.

I use those crates to store clothes, 

so I wanted to be able to "hide" the inside by adding fabric on the inside. 

(the easy way)

I drew the 

numbers on the outside.

You could print something out and trace it over the wood with carbon copy paper.

Or you can free hand.

Use some small paint brushes...I have pretty much every size you can ever find.

Life of an artist at it's best.

I used the really tiny one for the smaller writings.

The paint was a leftover can, with barely anything left in it...

but you will not need that much anyway.

I added dropcloth on the inside.

Measure, cut and hot glue the fabric.

You could also just use 2 pieces of white cardboard to put on the inside, 

but I wanted the dropcloth for some texture.

So here they are back in the Master Bedroom.

What you are looking at is the separation shelf  we built few years back, to divide the sleeping area of our room and the hang out area.

The separation shelf is also my "dresser".

Yes, this is were I keep my clothes.

I think it's fun to use what I already have and turn it into something useful and nice.

Stay Frugal,

Daniela

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