Creating Crate-fuls

Crates, I just love crates! They are so useful to put items in, organise with, create a beautiful rustic or coastal décor theme with. Just so practical. I love to research and find out what others are doing with crates. Then on a recent trip to IKEA I found two different sized crates a larger and smaller one. And so, the trolley quickly became stacked with crates of varying sizes. I had PLANS!

Once I got home my Husband was happy to help and they got assembled. Although the plan was to have them assembled as a small furniture unit, instead the pieces ended up somewhat stacked into each other, upside down as a roof, pieces inside each other sitting strangely; it ended up looking like a play centre. I asked my Husband about it and he said he was playing with ‘the cat’ and he felt inspired to create something for him. 

This cat is unfortunately not well treated, in fact we’re not even sure who his original owners are, but most of his day is spent on our back porch. Very unfortunate because he is a beautiful cat, one like I’ve never seen before, his beige fur has some darker stripes over top, not many though, nothing like a tiger. His tail however is also striped and looks like a lima. This is what we’ve come to call him Lima; when he pops around for a visit. So yes, the crate assembly was placed outside for Lima’s amusement and he eagerly investigated it!

After a few months Lima came and went, more so went, it was many weeks until we would see him again. I used this golden opportunity to ‘re-purpose’ the crates towards the project I had initially wanted. My husband and I bounced off each other with ideas for the crates and how to assemble them into a furniture unit, and he came up with a small bookcase!

Happy creating with crates! Let me know what you decide to do 😊