Wooden Crate Project

So...I'm blogging, that's new.  We'll see how this goes, but for now I'm just blogging for an audience of one, that would be me of course, so what can go wrong?  For my initial post I wanted correct a wrong that I've perpetuated on Pinterest...the pin with no link.  It's my pet peeve to find an amazing pin, click on it, and find that there is no link.  How did they make this?  What materials did they use?  No information.  Unfortunately, I've pinned a few of my projects and done the exact same thing, so what better time to correct that problem than now!

One of my favorite crafty projects involved a set of wooden crates that my husband got for a steal. Someone at his company was selling a set of 11 wood crates (the kind you see at JoAnn's or Michael's) for $20.00! How could we possibly pass up that offer?  So, we loaded up the car with the crates, hauled them back home, and now I needed to figure out what to do with them.  I'd seen a few ideas on Pinterest involving wooden crate shelves and coffee tables like these, so that was my jumping point.

I had a big empty space on one wall that was just begging to be filled, so I decided to create a hanging shelving unit constructed from 9 of the crates.  I lined up the crates in groups of three, used my husbands trusty nail gun, which was a little scary, but I survived.  Forgive me for the lack of photos, but I did manage to take one photo before the project was completed, a true miracle since I usually forget entirely.

After attaching all the crates together, it was time to finish them.  I love the look of vintage wooden crates, but my faux painting and wood finishing skills leave much to be desired, so I went with a cream colored latex paint that was brushed on, not sprayed.  The end result after some help from the hubby to attach to the wall is exactly what I wanted, and pretty awesome, in my humble opinion.

I filled the shelves with some of my favorite things and voila! a beautiful way to fill an unused wall.

The shelves aren't perfect, as you can see in the close up below, but I wanted a rustic look and I think it turned out great.  I mean, can you really complain with a cost of $20 in crates and a small can of paint?

Well, there you go, my very first blog post.  I hope I didn't bore anyone that happened upon this and hopefully you'll come back to check out future posts.  Thanks for reading!