What can be done from old plastic boxes. Do-it-yourself furniture from wooden boxes - fantasy is limitless. Coffee table from drawers
We are very rarely worried about things and objects that we are forced to use at home, at their summer cottage or in the office. We decided together with you to think about an ordinary wooden box. You can store different things in it, make a beautiful flower pot, a box for letters and correspondence out of it. We look at a photo of a wooden box for different purposes and tasks.
At a manufacturing enterprise, such a container is indispensable as a container, we will talk about the advantages a little later. The most important question that arises: "How to make a wooden box?" To make it, use chipboard, plywood and pine lath.
Today we will start making ordinary wooden boxes with our own hands from wood for correspondence or summer cottages. No special materials and tools are needed here, a standard home kit is sufficient.
Advantages and disadvantages of a wooden box:
- It weighs less than metal containers;
- Only natural material is used;
- Simple assembly of the structure, elementary elements;
- Strength is higher than ordinary cardboard and parchment;
- Low purchase cost of the material, wide distribution;
- With proper surface treatment, the service life increases.
Benefits of using a wooden box:
- Increased weight of transported things;
- A tree treated with an antiseptic lasts a long time.
Ways to use a wooden box:
- In domestic conditions for storage of vegetables, fruit and products.
- Souvenir packaging for a gift.
- Packaging of expensive instruments and equipment.
Attention! When making a box for a specific product or product, its dimensions and weight should be taken into account. Toy boxes have standard sizes and specifications.
Required tools and equipment
Before embarking on a wooden box project, it is required to gather all the tools and equipment in one place.
We will need a woodworking machine, there must be a jointer and a circular saw. Otherwise, we buy the strips we need in the store - size and thickness. You can not do without a pencil, tape measure, building angle and hammer.
We will use the machine for raw wooden blanks, which we will make from a board of 2.5 x 25 x 150 cm.
Instructions for making a wooden box
We take a circular saw and cut it into the wooden elements we need in size, we get edged pieces. First, we cut along the edges, then set it to a width of 20 cm and saw it completely.
Be sure to wear safety goggles while working. It is better if you have a good partner holding the sawn boards.
Having installed the carriage at an angle of 90 degrees, we cut the board into 5 segments, 4 of which are 20 cm, and one more is 24 cm.
Set the planer parameters at a height of 1 mm and process each of the blanks from all sides to get draft versions of the board. For finishing work, the height value should be set to 0.5 mm. The thickness of the finished boards should be 2 cm. We will get boards 2 x 20 x 20 cm.
It is not required to polish the workpiece to a shine, the box will be used to store vegetables and fruits. Tool boxes are made according to the same principle.
We cut the remaining blanks in a width of 4.5 cm, taking into account the direction of the fibers. If you want to make the box ventilated, there will be 3 additional blanks in stock.
Wooden box assembly
The whole assembly process is very simple, no tricks and hidden mysteries. We take the most common nails 5 by 0.15 cm. Why thin nails? So that the structure is tightly fastened and the boards do not crack.
First, we nail the upper and lower planks from the end, then place the remaining wooden blanks. From below we fasten planks 24 cm long to the wooden base, use 35 mm self-tapping screws.
Drawings and dimensions of wooden boxes are presented below.
Wooden box as a flower pot
By its properties and qualities, wood is a versatile material, it can be used to make boxes where we will place our plants.
In the last example, we have already figured out that the tree is very easily processed to a fine state, you can remove absolutely all the bumps and make the surface perfectly smooth. Special skills and abilities are not required for this.
Below we offer to get acquainted with the options for boxes that you can make yourself without any skills with your own hands. The shape and appearance of the structure will depend on your personal imagination.
You can not use an electric tool at all when working with wood, saving a certain amount of money, but much more time will be lost, keep this in mind. With a set of all tools, you will get exactly what was planned in the shortest possible time without making almost any effort.
Be sure to stock up on paint and antiseptic to cover the surface of finished products.
If the box was originally planned for planting flowers, then you can first purchase ordinary plastic pots where flowers will be planted or plant them directly in the box. If you are going to plant in a box, do not forget to spread a film of polyethylene and make holes for drainage.
Photo of wooden boxes with your own hands
Wooden crates for fruits and vegetables, various containers and plywood boxes are well suited for creating furniture. Why? Yes, because the boxes are made of environmentally friendly material, have a natural appearance, make it possible to assemble a cabinet, wall or rack from boxes with your own hands as a designer, and also serve as perfectly organized and voluminous places for storing things.
Cabinets, racks and shelves made of wooden boxes will perfectly fit into the interior with elements of country or rustic styles, which are characterized by simplicity, deliberate rudeness, rustic naivety, the use of natural materials in their raw form. Wood is the main material of these styles.
But if the boxes are painted in bright colors and varnished, then the shelves from them will look organic in more modern interiors.
But, in my opinion, it is more interesting to make a rack from natural unpainted boxes, and those that have already been used before. The obvious flaws of wood - scratches, bumps, cracks, traces of time or various damage will only be an advantage and give the furniture a special charm.
How to make a rack of boxes with your own hands
Everything is very simple. Stack the boxes on top of each other. It can be a wall in the form of a rectangle or a ladder, the boxes can be placed horizontally or vertically. Then fasten the boxes together with nails or screws. Another option is to hang each box on the wall separately. Then you can create a whole composition from individual shelves - boxes.
We can safely say that it has become very fashionable to give a “new life” to old furniture. And this trend cannot but rejoice, because many elements of decor or furniture only get better with time. Reuse is a worthy use of old things that helps reduce the amount of garbage thrown away, saves the cost of acquiring new things and makes it possible to use an old favorite thing in a new way.
In this article, we will look at some tips on how to make original wall shelves and even shelving from the drawers of an old dresser, table or cabinet. On such improvised shelves you can place useful little things that will help decorate any interior.
❖Make decorative displays out of drawers.
Most often, small boxes are used for such purposes, and inside they place all kinds of candles, vases, photo frames, flowers, decorative plates and everything that can add a “zest” to the room.
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❖ Make shelves for small things.
Such shelves are needed not only for decoration, they are also very functional. This shelf, as a rule, performs the function of storing various little things: books or CDs, shoes or jewelry, needlework and stationery, garden and home tools. 
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❖Decorate the back wall.
To decorate the bottom of the box, you can use the remnants of wallpaper or fabric, paint (for wood and plywood), music notes or old geographical maps. 
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❖Add interior shelves.
Horizontal partitions, in addition to the functional load, visually significantly decorate the shelf. And beautifully arranged little things help ennoble it. 
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❖Combine multiple boxes into one composition
to make them look more harmonious - they can be fastened to the side shelves, or hung at a short distance from each other. 
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❖ Boxes that are traditionally hung on the wall will look very unusual ( handle forward ). Particular attention should be paid to fastening, often brackets used for shelves are chosen for such purposes.
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Reworking old furniture is not only interesting, but also useful. You can "revive" old things and restore their former charm with the help of your creativity, imagination and skillful hands.
Boxes, you should not immediately get rid of them - perhaps you can make something interesting and useful out of them.
Using some tools and paint, you can make various pieces of furniture from boxes that will come in handy in the garage, in the country, and even in your home.
Old boxes are very easy to paint, because. they are made from untreated wood. They are also easy to connect to each other.
Here are a few ideas that can be made into reality from ordinary old boxes:
Toy storage box
If you refurbish an old box, paint it and add wheels, you can get such an interesting and convenient storage for toys.
You will need:
Sandpaper (if the wood needs to be processed)
Acrylic paint and brushes
Wheels (4 for 1 drawer)
Screwdriver and screws (to attach wheels)
Wood glue (if necessary)
Chalkboard (optional)
1. Sand the boxes.
2. Paint the boxes any color you like (you can get the kids to color them however they like).
* You can attach a chalk board to the side or make such a board with your own hands from a piece of plywood and special paint, which, after drying, turns into a cool chalk board on which you can draw with chalk. On such a board, you can write which or whose (if there are several children in the house) toys are stored in one or another box.
The board can be glued to the box.
Bench with drawers
From several boxes you can make just such a shop.
Treat the boards and paint them if necessary.
Shoe box (with seat)
You will need:
Sandpaper (if necessary)
Screwdriver and bolts
Acrylic or spray paint
Wheels (optional)
Small piece of plywood (for seating)
Filler
thick fabric
Construction stapler.
* A soft seat can be omitted, but it still adds charm to your product.
1. To make a seat, prepare plywood, attach a dense fabric to it from several sides along the edges, leaving room for the filler. Insert the filler and fasten the fabric to the end.
2. The box can be processed and painted.
3. Attach the seat to the box with a screwdriver and bolts.
4. You can attach wheels to make it easier to move the seat.
* If you have extra plywood, you can make a drawer shelf out of it, which can be attached using corners.
What can be made from boxes: bookshelves
In the images you can see bookshelves made of drawers. All of them take up an entire wall in the bedroom, but they all look very pretty.
Boxes can be processed and painted. They are connected with bolts, and if necessary, they can be attached to the wall so that they do not fall.
Do-it-yourself compact garden from boxes
From wooden cargo pallets and crates, you can create a multi-level garden where you can grow flowers and herbs, for example.
To do this, you need to fix a dense plastic film inside each box. To make this easier, use a construction stapler.
Shelves for small flowers, books and other little things from plywood boxes
Small drawers can be turned into such cute shelves for small things. If necessary, the drawers can be processed with sandpaper, and if they are painted, they become even more beautiful.
Please note that the boxes were painted one color on the outside and another on the inside, which gives them a very nice look.
Such shelves are attached to the wall, but they can also be stored on the floor, in a closet, on a balcony, window sill, etc.
Kitchen table made of wooden boxes
If you have several large boxes or wooden pallets lying around, you can make a kitchen table out of them.
Treat the drawers with sandpaper and paint in a color suitable for the interior.
Secure everything with bolts so that the structure is strong and does not stagger.
It is not necessary to make a table for the kitchen, it can be made for giving to sit in nature with a cup of tea.
Coffee table from drawers
If you connect 4 drawers in a certain order, you can make a pretty coffee table.
Pay attention to how the boxes are connected.
It is also worth noting that it is desirable to process the boxes and paint them with varnish or brown paint so that they look even more like a coffee table.
Wheels can be attached if desired, although this may require attach a few plywood boards (which will better secure the entire structure)to the bottom of the table and only then attach the wheels.