Ways to create and decorate storage boxes

In a modern house or apartment a person is surrounded by a huge number of all sorts of things and gizmos. To make the room look tidy, not cluttered up, all this "wealth" should be placed somewhere, laid out. When there is not enough space on shelves, shelves, cabinets or you want to diversify the interior in an original way, you can make original storage boxes with your own hands. They put almost everything that comes to hand, in the process systematizing, signing where everything is.

Box assignment

In a variety of boxes, boxes in the interior of the room laid out a lot:

• in the bedroom - bedding, underwear, cosmetics, perfumes, jewelry;
• in the living room - books, tools and materials for needlework, a Christmas tree in the folded state, chargers for numerous gadgets;
• in the kitchen - cutlery, napkins, dishes, towels, tea, cereals, cookies;
• in the bathroom, bathroom - sponge, sponge, washcloths, dirty linen, intimate hygiene items;
• in the dressing room - small items of clothing, linen;
• in the nursery - toys from kinder surprises, designers, stationery, children's books, notebooks, albums;
• in the hallway - gloves, scarves, umbrellas, hats, shoes, spare shoelaces, shoe brushes, creams;
• in the office - office, paper correspondence;
• on the glazed balcony, loggias - clothespins, supports for flowers.

For storage of various small things in the nursery they make a box-house, for a girl's room a box-box with princesses or ribbon flowers.

From cardboard

After buying household appliances, furniture, dishes, shoes, often boxes of corrugated cardboard and ordinary ones remain. The easiest way to decorate in this case is to glue the existing box with the following materials:

• wallpaper, remaining after the repair - if you arrange a box or a box with them, it will be hardly noticeable against the background of the walls, it will not visually clutter the space;
• self-adhesive films - they have a high decorative effect, have a variety of texture, color, pattern, are not afraid of moisture, because they are used in the bathroom, wiped with a damp cloth to remove dirt;
• colored paper, old postcards, pages of glossy magazines - they decorate a nondescript gray, white, black box, turning it into a unique decor item.

To glue paper parts, you will need PVA glue or silicate, double-sided adhesive tape. The container is simply pasted over with sheets, pieces, strips of paper or twisted paper tubes, pasting them successively from the bottom up or from any edge, stacking each next row after the previous one is set. When decorating with threads, cords, the box is smeared with glue, and the rope is wound round after round, tightly pressed.

Depending on the method of decorating such boxes fit the styles:

• loft;
• avant-garde;
• minimalism;
• art believe.

Boxes made of thin cardboard are not suitable for storing excessively heavy objects, and for use in the bathroom, for the purpose of storing dirty laundry, holes should be made in them for ventilation.

Wood weave

Wicker from the vine, pine roots of the basket in antiquity were among the very first "storage systems". They not only collected, stored mushrooms, berries, healthy herbs, vegetables, but also took with them on trips, putting there everything they needed. For weaving usually used willow branches collected in spring or autumn.

Wicker boxes, caskets, trunks will perfectly decorate the interior in the style of:

• Provence;
• country music;
• ecological;
• vintage.

In today's world, almost anything is stored in such baskets - balls and knitting needles, clothes and shoes, notebooks and pens, drawings and magazines. They are fairly well ventilated, in the kitchen or loggia they stack dried vegetables, numerous rag bags with healing herbs. In the past, breadcrumbs with lids, boxes for biscuits and sweets were very popular. For high-quality weaving such things require certain skills.

Weaving from newspapers

First, you need a base - a strong box, a corrugated box, of a suitable size. Further from newspapers long thin tubules are twisted, which fasten to the bottom of the box at the same distance from each other. These tubes will become racks - they should be made thicker, more dense than others. Racks are attached to the box with clothespins so that it comes out smoothly. Then they are wrapped in thin tubules, by any means of weaving, to the very top. The tops of the warp tubes gently hide, the edges of the box are smeared with glue, the newspaper layer is pressed against the base with clothespins. The lid is made in the same way; the whole structure is covered with paint and varnish on top. The inside is trimmed with a cloth or paper.

It is not necessary to leave a dense cardboard basis, but the design will be stronger.

From plastic bottles

Plastic bottles, plastic candy boxes, if beautifully designed, will become a container for different things, decorating the living room or bedroom. They are suitable for beads, earrings, ringlets, buttons, rivets, beads, clips, as well as other costume jewelry and sewing trifles. In the kitchen there is poured cereals, seeds, spices, dried vegetables, folded cutlery.

Of the five-liter bottles get large boxes that are not afraid of moisture, because they can be used in wet areas. The upper edge is decorated with a fabric, knitted lace, the base is made with a self-adhesive film, painted with spray paint. A lid is made from a piece of another such bottle - it is attached to the base with the help of a "zipper", which is sewn into the upper part.
This design is suitable for styles:

• pop Art;
• industrial;
• loft;
• art believe;
• modern

If desired, a large shoe or clothes box is made from two bottles; for this, several parts are fastened with a stapler, and in the upper part are cut out handles decorated with a soft cloth.

How to decorate

You can decorate the boxes with all sorts of available materials:

• cloth, ribbons, colored threads;
• crocheted lace, knitting;
• straw, rope;
• jute cord, sackcloth;
• napkins for decoupage;
• seeds, sprigs of plants, dry flowers, varnished;
• pebbles, shells;
• colored electrical tape;
• photos, stickers;
• using hand-painted paints, markers.

It is interesting to decorate the top of a round hat box with one or two fans attached to it with a double-sided tape or stapler.

Simple monochrome boxes, when many of them are the same, are decorated with stickers with a photo of the contents.

Decoupage

The box with the lid, decorated with decoupage, looks very festive. It is completely covered with decoupage napkins, only on top or from them are cut out separate parts - pictures, letters, inscriptions, figures.

The subject will fit well into the following styles:

• vintage;
• classical;
• country music

To work will require:

• base - a box of cardboard, plastic;
• decorative three-layer napkins for decoupage;
• PVA glue;
• acrylic varnish, paints;
• tassels;
• decorative beads, beads, sequins.

The necessary fragments are cut out of the napkin, the box is covered with white acrylic, and dried. Pieces of napkins are superimposed on the previously carefully spread glue, and on top they are also covered with white glue. When everything is dry, empty places, the edges of napkins are painted over with acrylic paint, varnished, the design is once again dried. After you can stick any decor - beads, glitter, beautiful buttons, decorative insects or leaves on stickies. In such a box it is convenient to store jewelry, buttons, elastics, hairpins. It will perfectly fit into the living room, children's room, bedroom, will become a decoration of the holiday.

Cloth decoration

For obtyagivaniya fabric choose strong enough boxes that are not deformed during decoration or subsequent storage. The fabric is cut to the size of the box with allowances of up to two centimeters, attached to colorless glue or double-sided tape. The lid is decorated in the same way, if you sew on it a piece of decorative tape, strap, braid, you get a handle for which the cap is removed.

It is possible to make a two-layer box almost entirely of fabric, for stiffness by inserting cardboard sheets between two layers of fabric, a special plastic canvas. Inside pockets or dividing fabric strips are pre-sewn. The cover fastens on "flypaper", a zipper, buttons.

Conclusion

Organizing storage and decorating the interior with a variety of boxes is a great idea, especially in small rooms or limited finances. This is an original way to bring something new to the usual “picture” of a room. Cardboard and bottles, newsprint and linen fabric, yarn and napkins - all this can become a functional decoration of any apartment. Interesting workshops on the manufacture of interior drawers for storing all sorts of objects with your own hands, can be found on the Internet or on the pages of popular magazines.