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Decoupaged Boxes
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Decoupaged Boxes

With their lids painted and papered with decorative prints, these elegant wooden boxes recall the traditional craft of decoupage.

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Child's Memory Box
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Child's Memory Box

You can't keep your little one from growing up too fast, but by filling an acid-free photo-storage box with birthday mementos, you can at least capture a moment in time.

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Origami Nesting Boxes Photo: Gentl and Hyers
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Origami Nesting Boxes

These finished origami boxes are so pretty, but they take some patience to create.

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Faux-Leather Box
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Faux-Leather Box

Collectors have long admired the look of antique boxes covered with the skin of snakes, alligators, ostriches, or stingrays, but an inexpensive alternative can be found by covering a box with faux-animal-skin paper.

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Treasured Chests Photo: Johnny Miller
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Treasured Chests

These lovely little boxes, embellished with ribbons, blossoms, and velvet, rival their contents in elegance and allure.

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Magazine Holders with Handles
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Magazine Holders with Handles

Magazine holders are good for keeping old issues in order, but their handleless backs make it difficult to access them when you need to. For a permanent fix, all it takes is a sash lift and a few holes for small bolts.

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Memorabilia Tins
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Memorabilia Tins

Keep your favorite vacation ephemera, such as maps, menus, and fliers, on display by using them to decorate tins.

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Bamboo Organizer
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Bamboo Organizer

Small bamboo steamers make perfect containers for storing erasers, stamps, pushpins, and more.

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Paint-Can Cubbies
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Paint-Can Cubbies

Don't let your desktop disappear under piles of paperwork. Inexpensive, unused cans can be purchased at paint stores; lined up on a shelf an anchored in place with Velcro, they become organizing cubbyholes with a modern flair.

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Kids' Containers
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Kids' Containers

Even ordinary items, such as rubber bands and spools, look great when they're turned into patterned labels for desktop containers.

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Cereal Box Organizer
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Cereal Box Organizer

Kids go through cereal fast. Make use of all the empty boxes by turning them into handy desk holders.

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Ribbon Organizer
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Ribbon Organizer

Ribbons will stay untangled and ready to use in this easily made organizer box.

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Charging Station
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Charging Station

A homemade charging station keeps bulky phone, PDA, and MP3 player cords tucked away.

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Coordinated Containers
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Coordinated Containers

Turn empty gift baskets into stylish household organizers by unifying mismatched containers with a single color of latex paint.

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Decorative Letterbox
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Decorative Letterbox

Keep all of your letters organized and accessible with this attractive and easy-to-make box.

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Rolling Basket Table
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Rolling Basket Table

This mobile end table organizes clutter with the flip of a lid, and can be whisked off to wherever it's needed.

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Book Cloth Storage Boxes Photo: LAURA MOSS
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Book Cloth Storage Boxes

Add a splash of color to basic storage boxes with bright-toned book cloth.

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Stripped Tin Boxes
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Stripped Tin Boxes

Stacked on a desktop, this tower of tin boxes look like a stylishly matched set, but the boxes actually started out as mismatched painted tins.

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No-Sew Oilcloth Basket Liner
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No-Sew Oilcloth Basket Liner

Dress up storage baskets -- and make them easier to clean -- with lining cut from oilcloth, a durable and moisture-resistant fabric that requires no hemming.

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Closet on Wheels
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Closet on Wheels

The space under your bed can be put to sensible use with these bins, made by attaching casters to a wooden box, a drawer from a chest, or a wine crate.

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Baby's Toy Chest
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Baby's Toy Chest

Customize a child-safe chest by adding a few molding strips inside and building a simple frame under the lid. The molding supports a false bottom in a baby's chest; later slip in vertical dividers, curtain rods, and storage bins, and you've got a place for everything.

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puyfai

29 Nov, 2011
so cute!!!

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Handmade Boxes, Cases, and Organizers

Decoupaged Boxes

Child's Memory Box

Origami Nesting Boxes

Faux-Leather Box

Treasured Chests

Magazine Holders with Handles

Memorabilia Tins

Bamboo Organizer

Paint-Can Cubbies

Kids' Containers

Cereal Box Organizer

Ribbon Organizer

Charging Station

Coordinated Containers

Decorative Letterbox

Rolling Basket Table

Book Cloth Storage Boxes

Stripped Tin Boxes

No-Sew Oilcloth Basket Liner

Closet on Wheels

Baby's Toy Chest

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