Banquette for storing small items

Tell me, dear readers, have you ever thought, when throwing plastic soda bottles into the trash bin, that you are throwing away not only money, but also wonderful material that could add comfort and order to your home? house? “Yes, well,” you say, “just hoard trash!” And you will be wrong. In addition to their direct purpose - storing and transporting all kinds of liquids, they can easily be transformed into all sorts of useful household items. For example, in jars for storing cereals, cosmetic bags, bags, vases, stands, jewelry, various furniture. They are used to build houses and boats and are widely used in decoration. Today I suggest you create a small banquette for a corridor area or a nursery and at the same time a functional box for storing small items (toys, bolts, threads, etc.). Anyone can make such multifunctional furniture. Shall we try?

Necessary materials


Materials and tools:
1. Plastic cylinders – 7 pieces
2. Wide tape
3. Small pieces of plastic panels (or thick cardboard) - 2 pieces
4. Fabric – about half a meter
5. Any yarn
6.Thread and needle
7. Scissors
8. Cutter
9. Rubber band for money
10. Marker
11. Soldering iron
12. Hook
13. Ruler
14. Sintepon – 20 cm.
15. Glue (Moment, Titan)

plastic bottles


First, let's wash all the bottles from labels and glue residues. To do this, soak them for an hour in the bathroom, and then wash them with any cleaning powder. Wait for the bottles to dry and get to work.

cutting line


Using a ruler and marker, mark the desired height (mine is 24 centimeters). Place a money rubber band on the bottle and, once again checking the height around the entire circumference, carefully draw a line along the rubber band. Why is this necessary? The fact is that all PET bottles are different in shape and if you simply cut them along the top edge, the top will not be even. We need the same cut and height.

plastic bottle


Now we take a cutter and first cut off the top of the bottle 0.5 cm above the line, and then carefully cut along the line with scissors.

Cut bottles


Arm yourself with an elastic band again and draw another line 1 cm below the cut. This will be the level for burning holes.

bottom of the bottle


Using a soldering iron, or a knitting needle heated over a fire, or an awl, we make holes along the drawn line at a distance of half a centimeter from each other. Please note that the holes must be large enough to allow your chosen hook to fit through them freely.

holes in the base

thread the ribbon

thread the ribbon

tie a ribbon

tie a ribbon

tie a ribbon

tie a ribbon

tie a ribbon


Let's start tying the top. You can use this option or cover the top with a strip of fabric. How will it be easier and more convenient for you.

tie a ribbon


Let's start fastening the bottles together. We wrap a couple of cylinders with tape, first from the bottom, then from the top. When winding, make sure that they are fastened tightly, but not deformed.

from a plastic bottle

from a plastic bottle

We tie it with tape

We tie bottles with tape


We got 2 pairs of bottles and 1 triple. We fasten them together. One at a time.

Using a needle and thread, we sew the top part of the bottles together, thereby removing gaps and holes.

turn it over

sewing ottoman upholstery

sewing ottoman upholstery


We take scraps of plastic panels (or cardboard) and trace the bottom of our box. Don't forget to allow a little allowance. We bring the resulting outline to the shape of a circle. Using a cutter, carefully cut it out.

glue the bottles to the bottom


The cut on the bottom and lid must also be secured with tape.
We glue the bottles to the bottom with glue.

Place a piece of padding polyester on the lid


We lay out a small piece of padding polyester on the lid and, without pressing too hard, glue it.

sew fasteners

turn it inside out


While the glue dries, we sew the upholstery of the ottoman. To do this, cut out a strip from any fabric equal to the volume of the ottoman and 3 circles along the diameter of the bottom and lid. Don't forget about seam allowances and panel height. We sew by machine or by hand, first closing the strip into a circle, and then stitching the resulting part to the circle. We turn it inside out, put it on our bottles and carefully sew the resulting cover to the top trim.

We sew the parts only halfway

Banquette for storing small items

Do it yourself


For the lid, we sew the parts only halfway, turn them inside out, put them on a base with padding polyester, and manually sew them up to the end.

cover fastener

sew fasteners for the lid


From a small rectangle of fabric we sew fasteners for the lid and use it to connect the lower part and the upper.

satin ribbon

sew a satin ribbon


We cut off about half a meter of satin ribbon and, folding it in half, sew it to the lid - these will be ties so that the lid is closed and does not open when it wants. Another piece of tape (5 - 7 cm) is sewn with a ring to the bottom of the product. We thread the ribbon through the ring, tie a bow and... voila.
You can decorate it to your liking, or you can leave it as is. It can withstand the weight of an adult, and if you attach handles to it, it becomes portable and simply irreplaceable in the household.
The banquette is ready.

The bench is ready

The bench is ready for storing small items
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