Organization Series Part 1

Hello Flykids!
To start of our week of organization I will be sharing a fabric coverd cardboard box tutorial from makeit-loveit.  This is the link to the post: http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/04/craft-room-part-1.html
                 ALL CREDIT GOES TO ASHLEY FROM MAKE IT - LOVE IT WEBSITE
       Here it is:
"I have seen others use cardboard to create their own boxes and such…..so I had to try my hand at some.  And am glad that I did.

Would you like to create some storage boxes yourself?

First, gather some old cardboard boxes. 

(Try to collect some sturdier boxes so that you don’t have to glue many layers together to make your storage boxes sturdier.)

Decide how many boxes you want and cut enough for all of the sides of your boxes.  I am giving directions for boxes that are 10 inches tall by 10 inches wide and 11 inches deep.  These are perfect for my shelves…..but adjust for your own shelves.

Here are the pieces for one box.

The bottom piece is 10 x 9 inches, the two side pieces are 11 x 10 inches, and the front and back pieces are 10 x 9 inches…..with a 1.5 x 3 inch opening on the front piece.  Each piece is 1/2 inch thick and are two pieces of cardboard thick……for added strength.

To assemble, I glued (with the hottest setting on my glue gun) the bottom piece to the inside bottoms of the front and back piece.

See from the bottom how the bottom piece is glued to the inside of the front and back piece?

Then glue that section to the inside of the side pieces…….so the side pieces cover everything and all of the raw edges.  You will be surprised at how study this new little box is.

Next, I spray painted the sides and upper edges white.  You can leave your boxes brown or alter them with spray paint if you’d like.  You can also spray paint the inside/back/bottom but I didn’t bother…..because they aren’t really seen.

Then I applied a moderate layer or Mod Podge to the front section of the box…

And then placed a slightly bigger piece of fabric over top…and smoothed it all out.

Then I made slits in the fabric, where the opening is on the front of the box.

Then I folded those pieces over while applying more Mod Podge.

After the Mod Podge underneath was dry, I trimmed off the edges…..

…….and then applied another layer (pretty thick) of Mod Podge over the top…..making sure to Mod Podge all of the raw edges of fabric and pressing them firmly against the box.

Allow to dry completely……

And that’s it.

Your boxes are ready to be filled…..

…and the clutter organized.

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ALL CREDIT GOES TO ASHLEY FROM MAKE IT - LOVE IT WEBSITE

I cant wait to reveal the other organizational ideas I have found!

More tomorrow!

Have Fun!