Storage Box

I'm trying to get things organized in my craft room.  I've been looking at storage containers, and totes and baskets just seem so pricey.  So I remembered this tutorial from Make It and Love It where she made boxes and covered them with fabric.

I didn't make the box, just used one that I already had.

I folded the sides in and stapled them down.

SUPPLIES:

box

scraps of fabric (in my case a scrap from the chair cushions and an old t-shirt)

Mod Podge or Elmer's Glue

scissors to trim

1. Slab a layer of glue on one side.

Drape your fabric over, and rub it smooth.

Trim off the excess fabric.

Repeat on the other side.

3. I trimmed the scrap for the front the width of the box so it would have nice edges.

Then just painted the layer of glue and added the fabric, folding it under and up over the edge.

I am storing my ribbon in the box.  So the outside looks nice, and inside it's white trash.

So the box was covered, and needed a little something, so I added a simple label.

Instructions on label Here

So pretty easy way to make a plain box look nice for storage, and in this case it actually matches the chair.

Some other ideas:

screwing on an actual drawer handle through the cardboard

cutting the handle like Ashley at Make It and Love It