diy book crate

  So we have been foster parents for a couple of years now but we are getting ready to change the ages that we can take in so we have been redoing the "kid room".

 I have seen some very cute crate bookshelves on pinterest with about 4 or 5 crates painted and stacked and its so adorable but I had 2 problems with that. First of all I didn't have the room and second buying that many crates was out of my budget.... So here is what I decided to do.

I got this crate with a coupon from Michaels craft store.  I sanded all the rough spots (or at least I thought I did) and then wiped it down with a white cloth to get all the dust off.

Then I bought a little  8 oz jar of white paint and started with my first coat.  I soon learned that using a cheap paint brush was not working well I was getting paint everywhere so I switched to a foam brush and that worked much better!

Two coats later it was finished! The foam brush worked really great getting in between all those slats.

Watching hulu made it a little more fun. :)

Here is the finished project! It hold some of my collection of children's books.  As my collection grows maybe I can add more crates.  I love children's books and love to look at thrift stores for gently loved books.

So there it is! My fun quick Saturday project!  Thanks for stopping by :)