Handy Storage Gear Items To Make For The Home

Cereal Box Storage Bins: This is a great way to use up cardboard from cereal boxes and some colorful, funky fabrics!

Painted Apple Baskets: If you have the room for them, these are great for organizing all kinds of produce and goodies in the pantry.

Vintage Cigar Box Storage: Attach label holder hardware with pulls (or attach a loop of ribbon) to open stacked boxes neatly.

Picture Frame Remote Caddy: Turn an 8×10 Picture Frame, padding and decorative cloth into a handy storage center for your remote controls.

Newspaper Basket: Simple project made by weaving strips of newspaper.

Boxes & Drawer Dividers: Here is a method to make lovely
sturdy boxes in any size at all. Tutorial via pdf download (free).

Fabric Storage Baskets: Nice baskets that are easy to make in any size you need.

Hanging Fabric Pouches: Pretty fabric baskets hung from a curtain rod or wooden dowel.

Collapsible Storage Baskets: These collapse and fold flat to store.

No Interfacing Storage Baskets: These are washable, just pop out the card inserts first and then re-insert after washing.

Oilcloth Trays: These wipe up nicely so they’re great for storing pantry items.

Cookie Tin Storage Bins: Cover tins with decorative paper, make cardboard inserts and voila! pretty storage containers.

Vintage Crate Carts: Cute pallet carts made from reclaimed wood boards, can be made any size you like (attached wheels on bottom).

Basket Table: Storage on Wheels: This mobile end table organizes clutter with the flip of a lid, and can be whisked off to wherever it’s needed.

DIY Decorative Storage Bins: Teaches you how to turn plain plastic bins into pretty wheeled containers.

Structured Fabric Baskets: Nested fabric baskets (large and small companion) with handles, use to organize and tote supplies.

Organizational Fabruckets: Made with medium to heavy weight canvas, a lining fabric and felt for embellishment. Can be made in various sizes.

Hanging Book Storage: Fabric hung on wooden dowels or curtain rods, a little sewing is involved.

Burlap Basket: Easy to make any size you like, materials needed are burlap, stiff interfacing and jute or rope for the drawstring.

Covered Wooden Drawers: Patterned origami paper is used to transform plain wooden drawers.

Rolled Top Buckets: Made with two coordinating fabrics and interfacing, tutorial is available to download via a graphic file (jpg).

Fabric Buckets: Made with fabric (for both outer and lining), light wadding and fusible interfacing.

Fabric Covered Crates: Fabric liners/covers for plastic stacking crates that keep the stackable function intact.

Wire Baskets: You’ll need about 4 feet of wire (1/2″ woven is used in the tutorial), wire snips and needle nose pliers to make these.

Fabric Covered Buckets: An old metal bucket is paint on the inside (spray paint) then covered with fabric (spray adhesive).

Hemp Basket: (crochet) Has a twisted rope handle on either side, measures about 11″ x 5″ when finished.

Painted Baskets: Give tired old baskets some personality by marking off designs with painter’s tape then painting.

Ticky-Tacky Boxes: A yard of medium to lightweight canvas will yield a set of six.