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With a few supplies, you can easily upcycle cardboard boxes and make beautiful custom storage and organizing boxes for your home.

DIY Fabric Covered Storage Boxes

I have a nice buffet in our kitchen, and the two cabinets house the twins’ craft supplies, play-doh, and coloring books.  But I needed a bit more enclosed storage as our craft stash grew.  I turned to an easy and inexpensive upcycled solution.

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Here’s what you will need to make these DIY Fabric-Covered Upcycle Cardboard Boxes:

Tutorial: DIY Upcycle Cardboard Boxes

Select your cardboard boxes.  I used empty boxes from some new food storage containers.  They were just the right size for some of my shelves.

Carefully cut off the tops and flaps from the boxes.

Then, start thinking about a fabric.  Measure the boxes, and buy an appropriate amount.  I needed about 1.5 yards for these two.  Iron your fabric if it is wrinkled.

Start by spraying the bottom of the box with spray adhesive.  Then place the box in the center of the fabric.

How to Upcycle Cardboard Boxes

Identify the “short sides” and the “long sides” of the cardboard boxes.

Spray the long sides with adhesive and smooth the fabric up those two sides.

How to Upcycle Cardboard Boxes

Cut out a “square” of fabric from the short ends.

How to Upcycle Cardboard Boxes

Fold over the edges to make seams.  Spray the box ends with adhesive, and smooth the fabric up each side of the box.

How to Upcycle Cardboard Boxes

Hopefully, your project will look a little something like this:

How to Upcycle Cardboard Boxes

Next, grab your coil of sea grass.

How to Upcycle Cardboard Boxes

Wrap the sea grass around the box one time (about 1 inch from the top) and secure with hot glue.

How to Upcycle Cardboard Boxes

Wrap the sea grass 7 more times.  Secure the edges with hot glue.

How to Upcycle Cardboard Boxes

How cute are these little storage boxes?  I’m so excited to have more enclosed storage on these shelves for kids’ craft supplies and art materials.

Fabric Covered Storage Cardboard Box Upccyle

With a few supplies, you can easily upcycle cardboard boxes and make beautiful custom storage and organizing boxes for your home.

 

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