Comments on: Container Confusion http://laurelplumonline.com/getting-started/container-confusion/ Make your house your home! Start living more fully! Declutter, Organize, Simplify, and Play! Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: April http://laurelplumonline.com/getting-started/container-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 April Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:52:43 +0000 http://laurelplumonline.com/?p=306#comment-1465 @ Scott I don't know if you are sewer or not but there is a tutorial out there on how to sew a liner that will fit down in those kinds of crates. This not only makes them look nicer but then you can also put a larger variety of things in them since you don't have to be concerned with things falling through the holes in the crates. Here is a link to the tute: http://lauragunn.typepad.com/paintinmyhair/2008/09/post-1.html I haven't made one of these yet, but it is on my list! @ Scott
I don’t know if you are sewer or not but there is a tutorial out there on how to sew a liner that will fit down in those kinds of crates. This not only makes them look nicer but then you can also put a larger variety of things in them since you don’t have to be concerned with things falling through the holes in the crates.
Here is a link to the tute:
http://lauragunn.typepad.com/paintinmyhair/2008/09/post-1.html

I haven’t made one of these yet, but it is on my list!

]]> By: Laurel Plum http://laurelplumonline.com/getting-started/container-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Laurel Plum Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:12:52 +0000 http://laurelplumonline.com/?p=306#comment-40 @Scott @ The Passive Dad: Gosh, Scott, so many uses for crates are in my mind, but without really seeing what you have going on in person, it makes it hard to give a good suggestion. How many do you have? What other activities do you all have going on that could benefit from a little extra storage? If you hang them on the wall, you can increase the storage space they offer by placing them in a checkerboard pattern. Then you can use the empty space the crate walls provide, too. There is always the crate as bookshelf idea which would be great in a kids area. I am a big fan of converting things. Depending on how sturdy the crates are, you could turn it into a storage ottoman with a piece of 1/2" board cut a little larger than the opening, attached to a piece of thinner board cut just smaller than the opening. Staple batting and fabric to the top and make a drape skirt using fabric and velcro to hide the whole thing. You could even add a set of wheels to the bottom. -- If you want to point me to some pictures, I could maybe offer some more specific and helpful information. It is much easier to see something that needs to be stored and come up with all kinds of unique ways to contain it than it is to look at containers and find a way to use them. I wish I could be more helpful. : ) @Scott @ The Passive Dad: Gosh, Scott, so many uses for crates are in my mind, but without really seeing what you have going on in person, it makes it hard to give a good suggestion. How many do you have? What other activities do you all have going on that could benefit from a little extra storage?

If you hang them on the wall, you can increase the storage space they offer by placing them in a checkerboard pattern. Then you can use the empty space the crate walls provide, too. There is always the crate as bookshelf idea which would be great in a kids area. I am a big fan of converting things. Depending on how sturdy the crates are, you could turn it into a storage ottoman with a piece of 1/2″ board cut a little larger than the opening, attached to a piece of thinner board cut just smaller than the opening. Staple batting and fabric to the top and make a drape skirt using fabric and velcro to hide the whole thing. You could even add a set of wheels to the bottom. — If you want to point me to some pictures, I could maybe offer some more specific and helpful information. It is much easier to see something that needs to be stored and come up with all kinds of unique ways to contain it than it is to look at containers and find a way to use them. I wish I could be more helpful. : )

]]> By: Scott @ The Passive Dad http://laurelplumonline.com/getting-started/container-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Scott @ The Passive Dad Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:26:57 +0000 http://laurelplumonline.com/?p=306#comment-39 I recently cleaned out our garage and donated various items including old text books. What was left were the crate plastic storage boxes that I need to find another use for them. I guess I could use them for kids storage, but they have slots on the side of them. We have plenty of book cabinets, so I don't really need them. I guess I could mount them on a wall in the garage to store kids toys. Any other ideas? I recently cleaned out our garage and donated various items including old text books. What was left were the crate plastic storage boxes that I need to find another use for them. I guess I could use them for kids storage, but they have slots on the side of them. We have plenty of book cabinets, so I don’t really need them. I guess I could mount them on a wall in the garage to store kids toys. Any other ideas?

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