Things I Finished by Sarai: A Cardboard Box Re-Purposed

In this week’s edition of “Things I Finished,” Sarai Hoffman talks about re-purposing a cardboard box to create something truly functional.

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Let’s be clear about this everything happened because I get distracted very easily and I have several empty cardboard boxes. My intent was to re-purpose these for my kitty to use as a scratch post.

Then one day,  I was in my little room searching and fixing things when I saw my nail polish all in a mesh bin. Organized of course, but not exactly functional.  Every time I searched for a particular color, I’d have to lift or remove all of the bottles from the bin.

So It hit me…

I had seen the little shelved people use for their collectibles (The Container Store calls them tchotchke shelves).

WHY NOT TO MAKE A SHELVING SOLUTION FOR MY LITTLE AND FAT NAIL POLISH BOTTLES?

So I ran with the idea.

I cut some pieces from the box (trust me it wasn’t easy).  My initial intention was to make it be like a little beehive.  However, after so many failures, I realized that it even though it was a really cool look, it would be very difficult to actually remove the nail polish bottles.

Shifting my thinking, I opted to create straight shelves. To add some nice finishing touches, I painted outside, put paper in the back and added foil tape on the shelves.

VOILA!

I finished a fun looking, fully functional way to store my nail polish.

Pretty cool, huh?

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