I told y’all about that time I took a reciprocating saw to my living room couch, only to discover that the bulk of its shape was formed by cardboard, right?
That moment changed my life– and not just from listening to the myriad of excuses from JB on why I can’t have a reciprocating saw. For all his concerns, you’d think he’s afraid that I’m going to cut a hole in the wall, or something.
The real life changing moment came when I started considering how often I paid considerable amounts of money for products that could be disposed of in curbside recycling. Which led me to all the various ways one can repurpose cardboard boxes.
Thus began my love affair with repurposing our heavy-duty cardboard boxes.
These repurposed cardboard diaper boxes lasted Z at least 6 months.
They’ve been building various forts, beds, and hotels from these boxes all summer. Finally, a common interest.
This has also been the summer (for me) of committing to using what’s here before buying from the store. Homeless clutter needed clearly labeled homes.
So many boxes and some left over spray paint… I do love to paint.
See, the clutter just needed someone to believe in it again– to look at what-some-would-consider-trash and find future purpose.
I mean some of these boxes were just another brick in the wall, you know?
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And, *weep* look at him, cleaning his brush!
Double imitation, double flattery, mega cheese.
You’re with me so far, right? Nodding your head, and considering all the various storage things that can be made from a leftover shoe box.
Liquor boxes, being designed to hold large glass bottles full of liquid courage are made from some really heavy-duty cardboard. Then the separate compartments? Begging to be a felt storage unit!
The best is the cost– NOTHING.
And then? Well then I saw these rough edges and thought: bias tape. But I didn’t want to use my good bias tape, because well… I have no idea. Ah-ah! Homemade bias tape– can’t be that hard!
This is where I entered the Ridiculous Zone.
Normal people don’t end up in these creative places.
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For those of you interested if resuing boxes see http://www.boxlatch.com for Box Latch products. They are reusable and designed to close and reopen boxes without tape. Very simple and handy to use. Free samples, just pay shipping costs.
What is the best brand of spray paint for working with cardboard?
The silver definitely flakes off. For cardboard, definitely use something quality– and then polyurethane it.
I’ve been doing this for years being a single mother of three (in daycare) furniture or building supplies were not in the budget so cardboard boxes became dressers and shoe racks ect… I would scour dollar stores and thrift shops i found that the solution to cover edges is either colored masking duct and electrical tape or even strips of colored paper glued on works quite well…my children are grown now and I still use these methods for storage I can’t bring myself to buy cubicles and shelves when the boxes work just as well…and another thing that I should mention is that they hold up very well
Definitely! That felt storage box is STILL in rotation. The electrical tape edging is a GREAT idea!