DIY Stackable Storage Crates
by
MyAlteredState
(IC: blogger)
Do you know what kind of project feels good after you have finished one that stretched and strained your creative boundaries?
An easy one.
A project that you know like the back of your hand.
One you can do blindfolded.
Good old-fashioned storage crates.
Going back to my Etsy crate-building roots felt familiar.
Sort of like the feeling I get when I pick up a random softball or baseball bat and I automatically want to tap each foot, square my hips, and set my grip in a seamless stream of motion.
An easy one.
A project that you know like the back of your hand.
One you can do blindfolded.
Good old-fashioned storage crates.
Going back to my Etsy crate-building roots felt familiar.
Sort of like the feeling I get when I pick up a random softball or baseball bat and I automatically want to tap each foot, square my hips, and set my grip in a seamless stream of motion.
What I came up with was this:
I used a calculator (it still hurts my head to talk math, even with a calculator) to figure out the length of cuts I needed to make.
(I’m just going to mention those pieces above make two crates.)
and then here’s the 4 in wide sides added (nothing’s put together yet in these two photos, I was just checking to make sure measurements met up…)
I wasn’t really worried about coverage because I was going to be taking a lot of the paint off.
Then I did some scraping
Then when it dried, I did some sanding because I like to double my efforts and waste time. Really though, I wasn’t impressed with the scraping results.
ta-da.
Next it was time to put it together.
And glue. Don’t forget the wood glue.
Then I flipped it over, pre-drilled, and drove a couple nails on bottom.
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Published August 16th, 2014 4:34 PM
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