15 Repurposed, Upcycled, and DIY Storage Ideas

Vintage Crates Turned Shelves

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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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/

posted by craftscafeonetsy on February 9th 2010 at 1:27am
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