How to Make a DIY Wood Box Centerpiece for Less Than $10

by Paula Skulina

My husband and I love to do woodworking projects together. Over the years he's taught me valuable skills and I'm now to the point that I can do projects on my own but we did this one together just for the fun of it. The DIY Wood Box Centerpiece that we created cost less than $10 and it will be perfect for decor in any season.

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Not only was this an inexpensive project, it was an easy one. I started the project on a Saturday evening and was enjoying the stained, polyurethaned, and decorated box by Sunday afternoon.

I used 1” x 4” x 3 1/4 ft. pine bed slats that were just $1.87 each from Home Depot for this project. Pictured are four bed slats but I only ended up using three of them.

While I was at Home Depot purchasing lumber for this project, I also purchased a set of three flameless candles. I spaced the candles out on one of the bed slats to figure out how long I wanted my wood box to be. 2 feet long ended up being the perfect length.

Three bed slats were cut 2 feet long each.

Next I used two end pieces left over from the previous cut for creating end pieces for the box. No measuring was necessary because I cut the pieces the width of a bed slat.

I have step-by-step instructions for making this project on my blog and since this is getting rather lengthy, I encourage you to visit my blog post for the rest of the instructions.