There's nothing we like better than seeing something creatively repurposed into something else—particularly if that 'something else' is storage-related. Here are some great ideas to get your creative juices flowing, including a drum shell turned into an ottoman and an old window shutter upcycled into a mail carrier…
Shown above the jump:
TOP ROW
1 Vintage Crates Turned Shelves
2 Rafters Used as Book Storage
3 Drum Shells Turned Circular Seating Storage
4 Old Tea Boxes Turned Ribbon Storage
5 Wine Crates Turned Planters
MIDDLE ROW
6 Screen Door Turned Pot Rack
7 Sweater Shelf Turned Craft Paper Storage
8 Milk Crates and Salvaged Boxes turned Coffee Table
9 Books Turned Side Table
10 Window Shutters as Mail Carriers
BOTTOM ROW
11 Egg Crates Turned Ornament Storage Protector
12 Vintage Flour Sacks Turned Laundry Sorters
13 Wine Rack Turned Towel Rack
14 Closet Turned Office Space and Storage
15 Ladder Turned Book Shelf
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Comments (6)
I like the pot rack idea! It'd be perfect in our kitchen... I recently had to reorganize my craft room (jewelry, paper and sewing supplies) & wanted to avoid purchasing plastic containers at all costs. I came up with some great solutions - vintage tea cups & tea light holders for beads, glass bottles for chains, shoe boxes for mailing supplies, large tin cans for just about anything, glass yogurt jars for buttons... Here are some photos:
http://craftscafe.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/new-crafts-space/
(craftscafeonetsy I followed your link...nice pictures, very pretty!)
The hanging ladder used as a bookshelf is new to me. Not sure how much I like it...maybe in a guy's space only.
Now, now chelojelo. You may not like the ladder bookshelves, and that's fine, but to say that it's "maybe for a guy only" is a little gender-silly. We're beyond things such as this, the "oh it's for a guy or for a girl," aren't we? I'm not a guy and I love the ladder idea. :)
Still think it looks too masculine. Like it belongs in a man cave or in the break room of a mechanic shop. Sorry, but to me that's the vibe it gives off. 8)}-{ However, I do like ladders leaned against walls as shelves or racks. Also like them hanging overhead as potracks. This particular ladder? No.
!!! screen door pot rack? that's fantastic!
craftscafeonetsy, I did the same thing when I still had my craft room! Spaghetti jars for knitting needles, pimento jars for whatnots, organic lemonade jars for buttons, and an old candle holder for my crochet hooks. These were just some examples I used about 20 jars total of all shaped and sizes, most hidden away in drawers for sorting. I did the whole room for about $30 thanks to already having some stuff and finding a ton more!
My craftster post with pics.