Bathroom Storage Thrift Flip
Looking for a little extra storage for your home? This Goodwill find plus a little paint turns out so stinking cute.
I picked up a little wood crate at Goodwill, and it has been sitting in my stash for a while.
STEP 1.
The crate was cute, just like I found it, but I wanted something for my guest bath.
The first thing I did was sand all the old stamps off the box. I did this because I knew I wanted to paint it white, and the black would have bled thru the white chalk paint.
I used a couple of sanding blocks to remove the stamps on the box and smooth the rough edges.
STEP 2.
I painted the entire thing with Folk Art White Chalk Paint.
I made sure to get between the slats and the inside also.
STEP 3.
Once the paint was dry, I used a ruler and marked where I wanted to drill a couple of holes on each side of the crate.
With my drill and a large drill bit, I drilled holes in the side of the box.
I cut two pieces of rope the same length and placed them in the holes to create handles on the box.
STEP 4.
I used a small wood sign from Dollar Tree and painted it with black chalk paint.
I created this cut file in Design Space using the Skinny Font that I got from dafont.com and placed it on the little sign.
Since this will be in the bathroom, I added a layer of Satin mod podge to protect and seal it.
To attach the sign to the box, I used my drill and drilled two holes towards the top center of the box.
I cut the rope attached to the sign, fed it through the holes, and tied knots to hold the sign on.
Are you looking for more Farmhouse Bathroom ideas? Check out the video above.
I love how this project turned out, and it cost me less than $5 to make, thanks to Goodwill and Dollar Tree!
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I priced the larger ones and didn’t want to pay the price. We took leftover laminate flooring pieces and made one. It came out beautifully. It is large enough to hold a roll of T.P. bathroom deodorizer, baby wipes and Clorox wipes. It is so handy!
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If you cant find a crate the size you want you can make it from free paint sticks you can get at Home Depot. I’ve done that when i wanted a certain size box.
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I’m looking at this trying to figure out why the paper rolls sit so high. Is there something underneath them, or is the box just narrower than the rolls? Cute box, just curious.