Good Find: Milk Crate Makeover

Our days of plastic milk crate furniture have long since passed, although we do use them for storage. Great for record albums, books, and any number of other small items, we found these interesting makeovers that we think are great graduated versions of the plastic standard...

9.11.9 milk crate 2.jpg We came across these updated versions of the milk crate over at happy mundane, one of our favorite sites. The Cast Metal Milk Crate Organizer is our favorite, as it gives a bit of implied permanence to a piece of "furniture" that has traditionally symbolized transition.

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We also love the Trompe L'Oeil Wooden Milk Crate version, which has a more playful feel to it, especially with the printed warning on the side that the plastic originals carry. Both the metal and wood versions are available at Urban Outfitters.

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Looks like the metal crate is already out of stock. Maybe I am overly frugal, but for $40 bucks for the wood one and probably infinitely more for the metal, I will get out my metallic spray paint on a plastic one or search thrifts and the junk yards for the vintage metal ones.

They are cool, though...

posted by thesnackhound on September 11th 2009 at 5:05pm
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I covet a real old milk crate my parents have floating around their house from the local dairy that says "thou shalt not steal" on the side of it.

posted by wallaby on September 11th 2009 at 5:17pm
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Looks like the comment board here needs a "Report Spam" button.

posted by amed studio on September 11th 2009 at 11:28pm
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I just reported the spam.

posted by philippa on September 12th 2009 at 4:43pm
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Weird how I can hate plastic milk crates with a passion and love that metal one so much. Weird.

posted by shockthebourgeois on September 14th 2009 at 4:21pm
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