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\"coffee<\/a><\/p>\n

Back in mid-September, we published a post from guest contributor Josh McNair which shared home d\u00e9cor projects his wife and he had completed with salvaged wood<\/a>. That post did quite nicely on the traffic front… and almost all of the visitors it drew arrived looking for the coffee table made from wooden crates<\/a> (pictured above). After a little digging around, I discovered that wooden crates – used for shipping wine, cigars, fruit, and other products – are nearly as popular as pallets<\/a> as a source of “trash” wood that can be used in DIY projects.<\/p>\n

How popular? Well, I had to search a little more for a variety of projects – lots of options for storage containers, for instance – but once I did, I found a number of relatively simple, useful ideas for a range of wood crates.<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Kitchen Cabinets made from Wine Crates<\/h3>\n

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The concept of an apartment without kitchen cabinets seems kind of, well,\u00a0foreign\u00a0– that was the state of this apartment in Paris. Resident Marianne didn’t make a trip to IKEA; rather, she gathered up used wine crates (which I’d imagine are easy to find in France), and made her own<\/a>. Doesn’t get much more simple than that. (via Pinterest<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2. The Wooden Crate Herb Garden<\/h3>\n

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This project<\/a> requires just a bit more elbow grease… but not much more. Rachel included\u00a0ollas<\/a> in her wooden planters to reduce the amount of watering she’d have to do herself.<\/p>\n

3. The Bicycle Basket Made from an Old-School CD Holder<\/h3>\n

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Wine-crate style wooden boxes were once really popular for holding collections of CDs. Now that most of us are going digital with our music collections, there are a lot of these small crates floating around, so you should have little trouble finding one to complete this bike basket project from Riding Pretty<\/a>. (via Chris Baskind at Google+<\/a>)<\/p>\n

4. The Vintage-Looking Elevated Dog Feeder<\/h3>\n

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You’ll need to do a little cutting and drilling for this project, but you end up with this gorgeous elevated feeder for your dog<\/a> (which is also much easier on his\/her neck then a bowl on the floor). Much more attractive than plastic commercial models… (via apartment therapy<\/a>)<\/p>\n

5. Another Coffee Table Using a Different Style of Crate<\/h3>\n

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Yep, lots of coffee table\/end table plans out there for wooden crates. This one, which makes use of old soda crates<\/a>, caught my eye.<\/p>\n

6. A Home Office Desk Made from Found Materials<\/h3>\n

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Instructable’s pro user\u00a0zieak created this desk for a home office<\/a> completely from salvaged materials, including wooden crates which serve as drawers.<\/p>\n

Got your own uses for crates? Share them with us…!<\/p>\n

Featured Image Credit:<\/strong> erix!<\/a> via photopin<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like pallets, wooden crates are often sent to the landfill. But these boxes can serve all sorts of useful purposes with just a little creativity and elbow grease. 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