Transform Dollar Tree Organizers Inwards A Few Slow Steps

Thursday, October 10, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Give your generic plastic storage organizers an industrial farmhouse makeover inwards precisely a few unproblematic steps!

I'm a few days belatedly for Monday's Dollar Tree makeover, but I was even thus on opor-garai trend as well as soaking upwards every terminal infinitesimal of the opor-garai break. Now that the kids are dorsum to school, it's dorsum to travel for me.

If y'all follow me on blogging is straightaway my total fourth dimension job, I was determined to teach past times role ready clean past times Jan 1st. Thankfully, I non solely managed to teach everything seat away, donated as well as organized, but I also created novel cheap storage alongside Dollar Tree bins.

Give your generic plastic storage organizers an industrial farmhouse makeover inwards precisely a fe Transform Dollar Tree Organizers In a Few Easy Steps

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- 4 Sets of Mini Storage Drawers (Dollar Tree tends to solely behaviour these inwards January)

- 1 slice of 1"x 6"x 8' (or other fleck woods y'all accept laying around)

- Fine Grit Sandpaper

- Oil Rubbed Bronze Spray Paint (Rust-Oelum holds upwards the best on plastic)

- Wood Glue

- Dap All Purpose Glue
- Minwax Espresso Stain

- 2 Wood Clamps

- Small Screwdriver

- 8 Small Bronze Label Pulls (you tin laissez passer the axe also teach these at Michael's as well as job a 40-50% off coupon)

OPTIONAL SUPPLIES

- Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 sparse slice of fleck 1/4" plywood if y'all desire to seat a dorsum on the organizer (I didn't)

- Brad gun as well as nails (if y'all desire a amend hold)
- Hot Glue gun as well as gum stick

HOW TO TRANSFORM BASIC DOLLAR TREE STORAGE DRAWERS

You may recognize these petty storage drawers from when I updated a laid terminal year. They are ane of my favorite Dollar Tree storage makeovers as well as I actually wanted to endeavour some other version of the update this year.

I decided to teach horizontal alongside the bins instead of vertical, which meant I needed to brand a box for them to sit down inwards for a to a greater extent than finished look. I ended upwards using a 1x6 that I cutting into iv pieces to ready a frame some the drawers.

After my woods was cut, I real lightly sanded the frames of the drawers thus sprayed them alongside a few lite coats or ORB spray paint. I also stained each of the iv pieces of woods alongside Espresso stain thus allow everything dry.

I didn't worry likewise much close coating the entire frames since the front end as well as within is all y'all volition see.

Once the frames were dry, I used DAP all role glue to gum the iv frames together.

I was existence lazy, thus I solely used woods gum to attach the woods frame to the storage drawers. I but added gum to the exceed as well as bottom of the Dollar Tree bins as well as to the iv mitered ends of the wood. I clamped everything together as well as allow it dry out overnight.

***TIP*** If y'all desire a sturdier concur y'all tin laissez passer the axe add together a few nails to each articulation using a brad nailer.

While the gum was drying I used a pocket-size screwdriver to attach a bronze label pull to each drawer.

***TIP** The nails volition stick through the plastic, but a dab of hot gum on the cease volition travel along them from existence abrupt as well as pointy.