2nd and 3rd life furniture

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Mix lines with Hardware

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$.47 cent a yard rope, a piece of this small square board ($1.97) to put inside the corners of our crates and a thin piece of plywood ($8.00) for the bottoms of the boxes.

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We didn't have to do much cutting, because the front of our crates were going to be the same size as the smaller pre-cut boards. So we just cut the small square piece for the corners at about 9.5 inches and started nailing away, with our finishing nails

There really was no science to this process, and remember, it DOES NOT have to be perfect. In fact, you don't want it to be!

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We didn't have to do much cutting, because the front of our crates were going to be the same size as the smaller pre-cut boards. So we just cut the small square piece for the corners at about 9.5 inches and started nailing away, with our finishing nails

There really was no science to this process, and remember, it DOES NOT have to be perfect. In fact, you don't want it to be!

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Next, we took our box, set it on top of a piece of plywood, drew a square around the shape and then cut it out to make a simple bottom that would be the perfect fit...

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As you can see, we didn't overlap the planks, because we wanted to give the box a little more character with that extra groove

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Next, I took a large drill bit and drilled four holes in the fronts of each crate for handles.I measured mine at about 3 inches and 8 inches in, from the side of the crate.

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Once I got going my staining process was simple and really, staining is probably the EASIEST thing to do ever! All I did was brush it on with my paintbrush and then after I was done with a section I used a dry cloth to wipe of any excess stain.

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