DIY project du jour:
Got milk (crates)? Turn plastic crates into a credenza.
Friend of Unconsumption Will Holman made this one, and he provides a tutorial over on Instructables here, so you can make one of your own.
Find more crate reuse here.
New uses for old crates, continued:
Upcycle them into furniture.
AutumnWorkshop made the items pictured above.
It’s wine o’clock (somewhere) — which means it’s time to share a wine-related repurposing find.
Today, it’s a DIY project: Turn wine crates into a coffee table.
For the how-to / tutorial, see this DIY Vintage Chic blog post. (Spotted on Pinterest here.)
Note: The tutorial mentions the idea of buying new crates at a craft store/retailer, but why not make a table from used crates from, say, a local wine shop, liquor store, or grocery store?!
For earlier posts in Unconsumption’s wine o’clock series, go here.
Cheers!
We’re fans of free book exchanges, like the Little Free Libraries; the now-defunct-phone-booths-turned-mini-libraries (here, here, here, here, and here); shelves in London Tube and train stations and in airports that enable travelers to swap books; former newspaper racks; and a 1979 Ford transformed into a bookmobile from which free books are distributed in Buenos Aires, among others, that spring up in public spaces.
(We’re also fond of more traditional libraries that are housed in non-traditional settings like repurposed old buses and historic barns and churches.)
And now in Paris, there’s this communal book exchange sitting atop a tree cage:
Strasbourg-based street artist Florian Rivière is back with a new, neat urban intervention! Last weekend, Rivière installed a little library on a sidewalk near Gare du Nord … .
I don’t know if that’s a pallet or a crate (or both), but I like it!
See a couple of Riviere’s other urban interventions, a.k.a., “hacktions,” here.
(via Urban Hacktivist Launches Street Library — The Pop-Up City)
To add to the various uses of old crates, here are three other ideas. Perhaps one will help inspire you to repurpose a vintage soda crate or two.
- Storage, with cigar box drawers and spool knobs, via CigarBoxGuitar.com
- End table, from JoyfulHouseFarms on Etsy
- Spice rack, via Nine Red
Have you spotted different crate-reuse examples you think we should know about?
Soda crates = combination table / shadow box for displaying stuff.
From DIY Network: To DIY, attach crates to an old table base, then add a piece of tempered glass on top.
In case you missed them, earlier Unconsumption posts on repurposed vintage soda crates: as pet beds, chairs, and vertical gardening containers. Find more crate repurposing here.
(Spotted on Pinterest here.)
Soda crate = pet bed.
Made by Tom Davie — check out Tom’s site for other crate and fabric combinations. (Via Soda Crate Pet Bed @Craftzine.com blog.)
More pet beds and animal houses made from repurposed materials can be found here.
Crates cabinet by Mark van der Gronden Request
‘Indestructible second hand crates get a second life as drawers in a steel cabinet. Since the supply of plastic crates varies continuously your version of crate cabinet is the only one in the world. (via Crates cabinet | Droog Furniture | by Mark van der Gronden)’
shack chic : recycled crates turned upside down by Adri Schütz for Mielie
“There are countless benefits to the Sit In seats. It uses a low-tech manufacturing process which means these funky seats are inexpensive. The cushion and slip covers are crocheted with recycled cotton and the seat is ideal for indoor or outdoor use.
The Sit In can be used as a stool or footrest, or the slip cover can be turned inside out to make it a handy storage box or picnic basket.”
via Design Indaba
winos and gardeners rejoice! drink first, plant later.
