DIY Rustic Wood Crate
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I have officially been bitten by the crafting bug! Trust me, once you start it becomes addicting. I have been seeing beautiful rustic crates at furniture stores recently, and thought I would take on the challenge to make them myself. My son's room has a beautiful piece with a changing table attached to the top that we received as a gift from my parents. It is a white, rustic-yet-chic dresser. There is a space on top where I keep items like wipes and lotion for my son, and I wanted to make a crate that would match that space without spending tons of money. I found a plain wood crate at Michael's Arts and Crafts (also on Amazon), and used that as my canvas. Gray paint, white paint, and a little sand paper is all you need!
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This crate would be really pretty in a bathroom to hold towels and flowers as well.
Below is the picture of the crate in my son's room.
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DIY Rustic Wood Crate
1 wood crate; sizes will vary depend on where you are looking to put it
acrylic white paint; I used Martha Stewart's "Wedding Cake"
acrylic gray paint; I used Martha Stewart's "Lake Fog"
paint brush
Directions:
*Paint the wood crate with the gray paint; two coats
*Once the gray paint has dried for about 10 minutes, lightly apply a coat of the white paint
*Brush the white paint on so that there are areas where you can still see gray
*Allow to dry completely
*Once dry use the piece of sandpaper to scratch up the surface of the crate
*Make sure to focus on area where natural wearing would occur, like the corners
*Brush off the dust the sandpaper has created
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