After two weeks of working a little here and there on this project, it’s finally complete! YAY! I bought two small bookshelves from Walmart about 6 months ago that were on both sides of my couch. But now that I’ve replaced one of them with my desk (new post coming soon on how I made the desk) I had to move one to my bedroom and decided to add a little more functionality to it =) So after brainstorming I decided to make some drawers for it.
I bought an 4′x8′ piece of 1/8″ cardboard from the packaging shop that I work at (also my sponsor American Wall Shelves). I cut out 3 boxes for the top shelf and 2 boxes for the middle shelf.
I made sure to make them a few inches too tall and folded them over inside so that they were smooth and gorilla glued them pressed with a bunch of books.
I wanted to make sure they were as strong as possible, so I used some packaging tape from my shop to re-secure the seams in the boxes. Then I cut out handles in each box.
Then I painted them all with some cream paint I had. I didn’t paint the bottoms because I didn’t want then to stick to the shelf. After the paint was dried I took some cute scrapbook paper I had and cut out 5″x6″ pieces, with and X cut out where the handle was so that it would wrap through the handle hole and also over the top. I used hot glue to secure the paper on (I really wish I had some Mod Podge, I think it would have been a lot better for this).
Here’s how they are in the bookshelf:
Once my son saw me taking pictures he ran in and started posing so I thought I’d throw one of them in (he’s nearly naked because we had just finished playing in the rain…. ahhh, I love desert rain). He gets his gorgeous blue eyes from his daddy =)
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This looks really great, what a fantastic transformation.
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What a cute idea!! It looks great and your little boy is darling! thanks for your comments!
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Very creative. It looks great, really makes that shelf pop.
i looove this! so cheap and thrifty! plus, you made it look adorable. thanks for sharing! i may have to copy hehe
Wow…that’s beautiful now!
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what a creative idea for drawers!
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This is such a cute, thrifty idea. Love the paper you used on the handles!
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This is fantastic. They very classy and are inexpensive. I want some drawers like yours!!! I will feature this tonight at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com. Grab my “featured” button.
I love this idea! I have been trying to figure out what to do with all the Wii stuff laying all over my TV stand and I think this is the perfect idea.
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Very creative and thrifty!! I just love thrifty projects=)) Found you through Anything related Tuesdays=)
Those are great!!
Really smart and frugal. I have never thought about making my own drawers from cardboard before, but what a neat idea if you really need something in a specific size and you’re not able to find it anywhere.
That is such a great idea! I have been trying to think of ways to use my bookshelves for more storage. I think is great! You should come over and link up to my party for all of my friends to see. Mycraftielife.blogspot.com
Very cute! Way to use your resources.
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Wow! This looks great! I’ve wanted one of those bookcases with the baskets – and this fits the bill so nicely. Great job!
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Clever…clever…clever! I just love how this looks and such amazing storage! Thanks for linking up!
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This is really terrific, what a great idea for organizing on a budget!!!
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Oh! That is such a good idea! And a great alternative to those overly expensive baskets I’m always seeing!
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Thanks for the inspiration! I’ll have to figure out how to do that for our shelves!
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What a great idea!!! thanks for sharing! im stopping by from mingle monday!
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