{"id":11073,"date":"2022-01-15T01:15:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T06:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robynsfrenchnest.com\/?p=11073"},"modified":"2022-01-15T02:36:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T07:36:08","slug":"how-to-make-diy-storage-for-an-organized-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robynsfrenchnest.com\/diy\/how-to-make-diy-storage-for-an-organized-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make DIY Storage for an Organized Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. You can see our full disclosure details here<\/a><\/span>.)<\/em><\/h5>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”SEO Intro from META DESCRIPTION” _builder_version=”4.14.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”]In our home, storage is valuable real estate! Yours may be too! Check out how we used a vintage piece to create DIY storage and organization! \u00a0This piece is a game changer for how I store my extra home decor!<\/em>
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If there is an official month for organizing allllll the things, it must be January!<\/strong> \u00a0It definitely feels great to clean things out and take a look to see if there are any changes I can make to our organizing systems that could better serve our family and home!<\/p>\n

Most of those aren’t super exciting, but one that I’m asked very frequently about is where I store my home decor!<\/p>\n

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It’s a fair question! \u00a0Being a home decor blogger and sharing home decor styling tips and ideas as part of my income, I definitely end up with a lot of home decor pieces and they can’t all be used at the same time!<\/p>\n

I love my “job” here and I love decorating. \u00a0Keeping my pieces organized, accessible, and cleaned out really helps me to be able to enjoy them more. \u00a0It also saves me money because I’m not re-purchasing items that I could just reuse or repurpose!<\/strong><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Intro Text” _builder_version=”4.14.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”]There’s no denying that I like BIG vintage pieces! \u00a0However, storing crates and large bowls and awkward vessels gets tricky! \u00a0So, we decided to put one of our vintage furniture pieces to better use and create some DIY storage!
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Wait…let’s try that again.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0<\/em>decided that my old store counter could be great for organizing with a simple DIY storage solution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robb<\/em> very kindly did the DIY for me!<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Intro Text” _builder_version=”4.14.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”]There is no manual for these things. \u00a0Big, old pieces don’t really come with instruction manuals, especially when creating DIY storage out of our heads!<\/p>\n

Robb did a great job at figuring this one out (it was a little more complicated than we originally thought) so I’m going to turn the blog over to him!
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We hope that this blog post inspires you to think differently about storage in your home! \u00a0There are a lot of out-of-the-box storage solutions and by sharing ours, hopefully it sparks an idea for you too!<\/p>\n

And maybe the things Robb learned along the way for our DIY storage can make your project just a little less complicated too!<\/p>\n

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Soooo, Robb here.<\/p>\n

Robyn & I do projects differently.\u00a0<\/strong> I like anything with directions.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 She likes anything without directions.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 So when she asked me to add some old metal casters to a cabinet to help with storage, I didn’t think much of it.\u00a0 After all, what could go wrong?\u00a0 It’s just screwing on some wheels, right?<\/p>\n

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Maybe it should have been easy.\u00a0 But it wasn’t quite the cakewalk I had planned.<\/p>\n

I’ll share my experiences (good & bad), and hopefully you can learn from them the next time you have an “easy” project.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Prep Work<\/h3>\n

Prepping for the project wasn’t too bad.\u00a0 I recruited some little helpers to wipe out the old cabinet, while I started cleaning up the wheels.\u00a0 Mind you I know next to nothing about cleaning up old casters.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I did & it seemed to work pretty well:<\/p>\n

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  • Sprayed them lightly with WD-40<\/li>\n
  • Washed them in soapy water (Don’t tell Robyn I used the kitchen sink!<\/strong>)<\/li>\n
  • Sprayed them with a rust preventative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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