How to: Create The Undercover Crate Australia

How to: Create The Undercover Crate
Australia

Milk crates as storage has been done to death. We were sure that we were sick of it until we saw what Laura over at Paint in My Hair had masterminded. Jump below to see what she did to their plastic bones...

Laura created a slip cover! You still get all the great stackable, sturdy and square features of the standard milk crate but they look nice, bright and not tacky. Whilst souveniring milk crates from the supermarket is wrong, our local recycling depot sells them for a few dollars.

You can download the pdf tutorial on how to create these slip covers here.

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Comments (11)

That is too cute - and in such great fabric! Love it!

posted by valleyval on October 8th 2008 at 2:16pm
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I love this!

posted by madampince on October 8th 2008 at 2:31pm
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how fabulous is this?!?! i love it!

posted by formosagirl on October 8th 2008 at 2:41pm
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love it! now I know what to do with those 2 milk crates in the garage...

posted by modernlogcabin on October 8th 2008 at 3:01pm
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Wow - a milk crate post that isn't hideous!

This would make great magazine storage for the 400 magazines my other half says I'm not allowed to recycle.

posted by pinky speedway on October 8th 2008 at 3:08pm
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Ingenious and handsome! Great idea and well done!

posted by Reni on October 8th 2008 at 11:43pm
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"Whilst souveniring milk crates from the supermarket is wrong..." As a prosecutor I heard many euphemisms for stealing, but this was a new one.

posted by Dey on October 9th 2008 at 4:49am
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They're cute. Unfortunately for me, I'll never get around to making these. So very close to being completely crate-free... I wish these covers would just make themselves - or something like that, yeah.

posted by K T G on October 9th 2008 at 6:04am
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I'd buy them......hint, hint

posted by pegling on October 9th 2008 at 9:00am
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Eh... a milk crate is a milk crate - why bother hiding it. Embrace it's milk cratee-ness. As my friend said when he saw the milk-crate/ikea shelf concoction in front of my couch, "I love your ironic coffee table" (the non-ironic one is being constructed.

posted by Modfan on October 9th 2008 at 9:04am
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Oooh...pretty!

But I can't sew.

posted by Stephie_is_a_dork on October 10th 2008 at 11:59pm
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