It’s nice to look into any closet when each item has its own place. However, in stores, storage boxes are quite expensive, making them yourself is much cheaper and very simple. We’ll talk about this today.
Second life of garbage
The frugal hostess throws little at all. And empty milk boxes, and a can of canned pineapples in skillful hands can easily turn into beautiful pencils, jars for various little things, storage places for seeds, spices, ribbons, beads, threads and other necessary and useful little things. Such boxes for storage with your own hands can be done in half an hour, the most affordable materials will go into play. For example, a tin can can be wrapped with a beautiful cord, decorated with decorative butterflies and ribbons. And you can simply paint it with white acrylic primer, and apply acrylic paints on top of the screen. A couple of minutes for creativity is a useful thing at minimal cost.
Old boxes in progress
If you do not have so much imagination, then beautiful storage boxes are easily and quickly obtained from ordinary old boxes. Suitable, for example, packaging from shoes. Such boxes are already with a lid, so you can store things directly in them. Only it does not look very aesthetically pleasing. Let's transform them into decoupage technique. To do this, prime the box lid with white primer so that the surface becomes a uniform white color. Now tear off only the top white layer from any napkin you like, attach it to the surface, and cover with a slightly diluted PVA glue on top. The effect is amazing, especially if you cover the finished work with acrylic varnish.
From fabric
If you are used to sewing, then a shelf made of fabric is the optimal and quick solution for you. Such DIY storage boxes are conveniently placed in cabinets and simply hung on the wall in the nursery for toys. For the pattern you need a thick cardboard and two long rectangles of fabric. Break it into squares and sew along the perimeter, leaving a section equal to one side of the square unstitched. Through this place you will turn out the shelf, insert the cardboard and give the shelf a square look. In the same way, you need to sew the desired number of shelves.
From newspaper tubes
Our mailboxes are constantly cluttered with free newspapers. They can also be floated and made storage boxes with their own hands. First you need a large number of such tubes. You can twist them from a regular newspaper, then they are painted with stain. Weaving a storage basket is a very exciting process. To begin with, racks are fixed, they are glued to the bottom, and between them tubes are laid in the manner of usual weaving: either a tube goes in front of the rack, or behind it. There are a lot of tubes, and they need to be laid in dense layers. The finished basket is covered with two layers of waterproof varnish.
Conclusion
So, now you know how to make a storage box from materials at hand, and from fabric, and even from old newspapers. This is not just a great way to save your family budget, but also an occasion to clean up your closet. Make your home cozier and more beautiful by creating real masterpieces with your own hands.