Crate storage

Good morning all.

Hope you are all enjoying your pancakes today for Shrove Tuesday.

I have another recycle project for you today.

A friend of ours gave us an old crate which looked like this.

Yes, it was in need of a little love and attention.

I thought about what to do with it for a while and then it came to me  that it would make great storage for the lounge room to hold extra blankets and cushions.

It got a good sanding to take all the rough patches off. 

There were also some nails poking out here and there so Ewan took the grinder to them.

It needed a piece of board put across the bottom as I thought the gap was too big and to also give it a more  finished off look.

Next,  time to stain it all.

I wanted to be able to move the storage crate around easily, so we found some old castors that used to belong to my Dad.

They were a perfect fit.

I wanted a plaque on the front of it so I made a simple one using our initials TEEK and the year that our little family was complete.

There you have it,  an old crate that was going to be broken down and thrown away, recycled  into a storage crate.

Enjoy your day all and I will be back tomorrow to show you how easy it is to make that little plaque with no fancy smancy cutting machines.

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