New shelf from an old drawer

It happens in the household, well, you just need a new shelf. However, it is not cheap and, as a rule, the purchase is postponed indefinitely. What to do? I think in this case our imagination and... an old vegetable box will come in handy. Don’t be surprised, because the fashionable global tendency to give old and, at first glance, unnecessary things a second life will come in handy in our case.

And so for work we need:
- vegetable box;
- corrugated cardboard;
- three-layer napkins;
- cardboard base for the box;
- stain;
- dye;
- PVA glue;
- acrylic lacquer.

First, let's tidy up the box. You need to clean it, sand it, if there is a pattern, remove it with sandpaper.

Let's tidy up the box


We cover the entire surface of the box inside and outside with stain (choose the color you wish).

cover with stain


Now let's take the bottom of the box. I made an imitation of a brick wall, for this we will need corrugated cardboard. First, draw rectangles measuring 24 x 6 cm (the size of a lying brick) on a sheet of cardboard.

made an imitation of a brick wall


Cut along the lines and get a stack of bricks.

get a stack of bricks


We measure the base along the bottom of the box. I took a sheet of an old calendar, it turned out to be quite thick to plant bricks on.

measure out the base


We glue the bricks onto the base in a checkerboard pattern, not forgetting to leave a gap between them. I used my own finger, but you can use a ruler.

glue bricks onto the base


We cut off the excess and take a three-layer napkin.

We cut off the excess


We crush it and, having previously smeared the base with bricks, apply it. As a result, we get a wrinkled (without fanaticism) surface. Apply glue on top again.

we get a wrinkled surface


After complete drying, we begin painting the brick element. For this I used the same stain. Covered the surface completely and let it dry again.

let's get down to painting


Now, using white paint (again, choose the color individually), we go over the sunken stripes between the bricks.

walking through the sunken


This is what happened.

This is what happened


However, the color seemed too dark to me, so I used a kitchen sponge to apply random white spots.

caused chaotic white spots


I covered everything with acrylic varnish and got this element of a brick wall.

Covered everything with acrylic varnish


Now we glue the base into the box. After gluing the bricks, my box became one brown spot, and I decided to paint the inner walls and the end of the box with a brush of white paint. This wonderfully highlighted the base and gave the overall picture a touch of antiquity, a sort of “shabby chic”.

glue the base into the box


I had two boxes and this is how they played on the wall.

New shelf from an old drawer


It's very convenient and unusual. I think you will find my experience useful. Create and get creative. Good luck!
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