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• Shelves from drawers from old furniture
• Shelves made of fruit and vegetable boxes
• DIY cardboard shelves
• From a wooden storage box
• Mounting options for shelves from drawers

 

 

Shelves from drawers from old furniture

 

Shelves from boxes from the table or bedside table

It so happened that the author’s neighbor decided to throw out some old furniture and asked the author if he needed anything. The author took only drawers from the curbstone, for a long time they gathered dust in the garage, until such a shelf was made of them. Just arrange the drawers as you like and fasten them with screws. Painting at will.

 

 

 

DIY cardboard shelves

 

Shelf rack cardboard boxes do it yourself step by step

See a master class on how to make this shelving for things from the photo above.

Minuses:

• not very reliable
• not tight

Pros:

• cheap
• simply

In this design, two types of boxes are used.

1. these are the large shelves that are made
2. it's narrow of which drawers are made

All boxes are fastened with ordinary tape.

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Tips:

• light items should be placed on the upper shelves, larger and heavier ones on the lower.
• when you cut large boxes, as shown in the pictures, then from these scraps you can make additional shelves for small items inside the shelves, for this you just need to make cuts into the trim and connect the trim with a grill.
• Also, these scraps can be used as additional supports inside the boxes, in problem areas.

 

 

 

 

Shelves made of fruit and vegetable boxes

 

Ways to use drawers

 

In fact there are a lot of options for using the drawers remaining from tables and nightstands. To turn them into an unusual and practical piece of furniture, you need a little physical effort, but a lot of imagination. You can make the drawers more practical and attractive by using paint, wallpaper or fabric to decorate the interior and exterior surfaces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is an example of how to decorate the back cover using wallpaper. Everything that's needed:

• pick up boxes, they can be of different shapes and sizes;
• remove the handles, repair if necessary;
• paint outside;
• paste wallpaper on the bottom;
• fasten with screws or self-tapping screws.

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Drawers are very convenient to use for storing different things, from jewelry and stationery to shoes. In large drawers it makes sense to also make internal shelvesthen there’s more room for small items.

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Of course, there are a lot of ideas for using drawers in the interior. You yourself can figure out what is best to do with them. eg:

• folding various creative compositions from several boxes;
• fix to the wall horizontally, which looks original and unusual;
• make a floor stand;
• even use the box itself from the drawer.

You can see examples of ideas in this small selection.

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Do-it-yourself bookshelf made of wooden boxes

Another option for a shelf of wooden boxes, which you can do yourself.

This shelf is perfect for toys, tools in the garage, for shoes, flowers (if you knock the back wall of the boxes), as well as for other household items.

Below you can find a step-by-step masterclass for the manufacture of this shelf

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How to make a shelf out of drawers - without nails

 

Perhaps this will be the easiest shelf you've ever made. So, you need to find five boxes and a can of paint. Then take a brush and paint the container in the color that is best suited for your interior. When the paint dries, everything, the shelf is ready.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You just have to decide how to stack them. If the house has small children, the structure, of course, must be connected with bolts or self-tapping screws, or better yet, attached to the wall, it will be more reliable and safer. But if there are no children, then there is no need to fasten, the boxes are strong enough. And the main advantage you can change the shape of the structure at least every day. Imagine every day you have a new shelf and no nails

 

 

So, for example, today you have a pyramid, and tomorrow a ladder, in the mood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Folded into a sturdy construction, it is very convenient to store shoes. For a change, you can pick up one box and fold anything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, how do you like the idea?

 

... - or with nails

 

You can make a shelf of boxes and in this version. True, in this case, you can not do without fixing, the main feature is a baluster as a backup. It seems to be a detail of the decor, incompatible with wooden packaging, but immediately gives the design an unusual look and a certain appeal. In general, there are a lot of chips, different boxes in different positions and decorated differently. The step-by-step photos show how this is all going.

 

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You can add your own few touches.

 

Mounting options for shelves from drawers

 

As you can see, various compositions can be folded from the drawers, and it is very convenient when the design can be changed as desired. But even a temporary composition needs to be somehow fastened together, especially if you are making a high floor shelf, then the fastening should be temporary.

 

 

 

 

 

You can use these options for this.:

• To connect the corners of the boxes with elastic bands or ordinary cords, preferably decorative, to look beautiful, so that the gum does not come off, do the notches in the attachment points.
• If the boxes do not have protruding corners, you can screw in the screws, only half so that the rubber bands can catch.
• You can also fasten the edges of the drawers with binders (office clothespins), for thick-walled drawers you can make a special recess.
• Or, on the edges of the boxes, make a small groove that will hold the binder, preventing it from jumping off.

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In fact, there are lots of options, how to use ordinary wooden boxes in the interior. It would seem that packaging, it and the packaging network, and if a little imagination. Of course, everything is in the decor and placement methods. Not enough ideas? Check out this small selection.

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You can come up with something else.

 

From a box of a wooden drive)))

A very simple shelf, you only need the drive itself and a drill with dowels. Look at the options)))

 

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