Storage With Character: Vintage-Crate Shelves

Stash lotions, potions, shoes and curios in cleverly reinvented wood crates

I live in a loft in Brooklyn, a recent transplant to Greenpoint (love my neighborhood!). I work as a freelance writer, blogger, stylist, gilder, and crafter. I curate a daily personal lifestyle blog called the Haystack Needle (http://www.thehaystackneedleonline.com). I'm also one half of the shop Cabin 7 (http://www.shopcabin7.com) — a collection of gilded objects for the home. I started out in magazines, working in the home department of Real Simple magazine and later worked as the home editor of Redbook. I love to scout cool finds for the home — everything from an amazing loveseat to a green laundry detergent that really works. I'm a new mama to our baby girl, Juniper, who amazes me every day with her curiosity for life and big smiles.

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It's amazing to think how packaging has changed over the years. We drink our milk from cartons and (hopefully) recycle endless numbers of plastic soda bottles. But back in the day, glass bottles and wood crates packaged up milk, soda and more. These crates have hung around for decades, and they're now considered vintage treasures for decorating with an industrial edge. I love the idea of repurposing vintage crates as shelves. Reusing something in a new way is the ultimate form of recycling. Here are a bunch of ways to put those wood crates to good use.

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eleandmac says:

Repurposing, I love it!

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nassaumary says:

Sadly, there are no pics of how people have used them in their homes. The first picture has inspired me to swap out upper cabinets in my unfitted kitchen!

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Jen Jafarzadeh L'Italien says:

nassaumary: Actually the window box idea is straight from my apartment. It's true that most of the photos are from shop sites (to help people looking to buy crates for themselves), but I think the crates in these photos are propped and styled in ways that people would use at home.

8 months ago · Like

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