This is a fun project: Sue from 129 Twig & Vine took a regular ol' milk crate and transformed it into a rustic rolling coffee table and footstool. The lid made out of a wooden cutting board means the crate can be used for storage, too!
Sue writes on her blog:
I’ve had a Borden’s milk crate for years. I think it was in my parent’s barn when I was a kid. Or a neighbor’s cellar. Or purchased at an auction. I’m really not sure... But I wasn’t satisfied to hide it in a closet. It’s a beautiful piece of wood and metal edging, and adding caster wheels seemed like a good way to bring it out of the closet—so to speak—and into better use in the house.
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I love it! I'd use it as a rolling file holder and a side table...
Cool! I have a crate that I just moved from my garage to the back patio, and was trying to decide what to do with it! I may try this, and use it as a side table in our living room. Thanks for the idea!
I've done this, but used a piece of Plexiglas as a top, that was I can put cool old collectible stuff inside and then change them out. Sometimes I put old wooden toys & teddy bears, old glass milk or soda bottles, or other cool memorabilia inside. I also put in things according to the season- winter has battery operated string lights and colorful glass balls, summer is beach sand and shells (after lining bottom of crate with a plastic bag). Autumn has bird nests, fabric autum leaves, gourds, etc. The plexiglas serves as both table top and "window into the past"!