Updated Numbered Ikea Boxes

Happy Monday! Did you lot bring a adept weekend? I enjoyed roughly shopping on Sat amongst my mom too then set pretty depression on Sunday.  If you lot follow me on Instagram you may bring seen the painting demonstrate of my overflowing cart from our IKEA trip on Saturday.  I went inward search of dining room chairs too ended upwards coming dwelling household amongst a ton of fabulous storage boxes too other keen finds.  I've ever loved IKEA's small-scale storage non exclusively for their price, simply for their keen selection.  Although many of their items are keen every bit is, amongst a picayune tweaking they tin live on amazing.  I hateful really, who doesn't similar a adept IKEA hack?

I was directly drawn to the TJENA boxes for their nighttime grayness colouring every bit good every bit their price, howdy $1.49.   They came amongst picayune matching tags, simply I knew I could create better.  

I likewise bought a pack of set out tags ($.99) that I idea would come upwards inward handy for a futurity project.  I didn't know just how I was going to utilization them, simply when I got dwelling household I was directly inspired past times leftover balsa wood.  I purchased a bunch for a previous project and planned on returning the extra pieces.  If you're non familiar amongst this wood, it's extremely low-cal weight too thin, perfect for tags.

I started past times cutting the strips of balsa woods into smaller rectangles too then gave them a coat of Minwax Jacobean stain.

Once the stain was dry, I cutting the set out tags downward to size, drilled holes inward the woods using a small-scale drill fighting too then attached the tags amongst brads.  

You may retrieve that nosotros bring been trying to larn my husband's piece of occupation dorsum together later the big flood.   We've gotten nigh of the mess cleaned upwards too the slice of furniture dorsum inward place, simply nosotros all the same bring a lot of purging too organizing to do.  These picayune boxes ended upwards existence the perfect add-on for storing small-scale odds too ends inward my husbands manlike golf game inspired office.

This won't live on the halt of organizing projects inward the office.  Make certain to halt dorsum on May 13th for our adjacent Monthly DIY challenge.  Our subject is trash to treasure too I'll making over roughly other slice of slice of furniture using to a greater extent than balsa wood.  Here's a sneak peak!

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