There are many ways to have sustainable practices and gestures that respect the environment. And although the society and the times in which we live always encourage us towards a system of excessive consumption, everyone tries to practice recycling and to do certain things by themselves.
Today, the idea is to address the issue of decoration with wooden boxes :easy to find in major DIY and home improvement stores, not expensive at all, wooden boxes are a perfect element in the design of storage units or the creation of design objects and furniture that can be integrated into all interiors, bringing with them a little vintage side and a certain degree of warmth and coquetry.
Giving a new look to wooden crates is an original DIY project idea. With paint or just varnish, wooden crates turn into small storage units. For example, you can put one vertically and use it as a small cabinet to put phones, modem, etc. You can also put it in its normal position, upside down, and use it as a small coffee table, or as a place to put pictures with a glass plate on top. If you wish, you can also make it a more practical piece of furniture by adding wheels to it, so that you can move it around by using it, for example, as a laptop desk or simply as a side table.
If you liked the first option, you'll probably like the idea that wooden crates can also be used to make larger storage units with more capacity. To do this, you just need to join different crates with screws and put them upright. The advantage of this type of furniture is that you can make all the types of furniture you want:you can create symmetrical shapes or, on the contrary, totally original figures. You can also place them directly on the floor, add wheels or hang them on the wall.
You can also reuse old wooden crates as storage chests on wheels or not:to store your children's dishes, magazines, toys. To achieve a vintage result that blends in with your home décor, it is recommended that you give the case a coat of paint and varnish to remove dirt and so that it can match perfectly with the other furniture in your home. house.
Another idea for decorating with wooden crates is to reuse them as an original chandelier. This only works if the crates are colored and to make sure the result is contemporary the trick is to use crates in different colors. This will give an urban touch to your interior. The color and design of your boxes will give your home a lighting and a unique touch. To be installed only if you have a space with a large volume!
If you have a garden or patio and want to spruce up that space with plants and flowers, there's nothing quite like taking some old wooden crates and breathing new life into them as planters. In order for these elements to blend harmoniously into your landscape, it is recommended that they be painted in bright colors and varnished to give them a shiny and bright finishing touch. Then all you have to do is line them with geotextile felt, fill them with soil and plant the flowers you want. If you want mobile pots, all you have to do is equip them with wheels and you'll be done.
From the moment when recycled decor becomes a real way of life, wooden apple crates become highly sought-after raw products. These objects can indeed, as we have seen, be used to create new furniture for your home. You won't be able to find them easily in large supermarkets or markets because they are returned and reused by the producers.
But as wooden crates are increasingly popular, they are also available for sale on certain e-commerce sites, as well as in furniture, decoration and DIY stores. The price varies according to the shapes and sizes of the boxes offered. On garage sales and flea markets, you can also sometimes find real old ones.
There are a thousand and one ways to sublimate an old wooden crate and then do what you want with it, whether it's a trendy piece of furniture or any other decorative object for the home. The first option is of course to use paint. Depending on what you want to do with it, you can paint the wooden boxes in the desired color.
For example, if you want to make a planter, it is best to opt for bright and warm colors to give pep to the garden. The other option is to use varnish to give your wooden crate a facelift. If the crate is already quite worn, it is necessary to sand it a little to soften the wood. Then a few coats of varnish can make the object look like new and ready to use to create original furniture.
Finally, note that keeping the raw product can also give a nice touch depending on the decoration you want to do in your interior. So keeping the wooden box as it can be a good idea to give an additional "industrial" character to your interior.
