i just love modular furniture and in my research about what to best store my shoes in i came across a lot of nice options that are also very economical.
From vintage finds on pinterest to things i’ve found new on instagram here are some of my favourite designs.
With just a few pieces of material that we can easily buy from hardware stores or even Amazon, you can create something very high-end and designer looking. casters Come in all different shapes and sizes and the contrast and colours can really accentuate the industrial utility and look of crates.
Uses vary from kids toy chests to storage for fire wood, you can use these wheeled crates indoors or outdoors and some of them even stack for even more functionality.
Hay is a brand known for there designer interior products at really reasonable prices. i love these custom design modular crates that even come with specialised wheels that you can add yourself and lids to turn them into bedside tables or coffee tables.
all the elements are available to buy separately so you can build your own unique piece. The lids are made from folded sheet metal and add a very sleek finish to these already functional items.
The great thing that you can do with these Price is that you can build them as high or as low as you want depending on what you inte d to use them for. Also, if you move house like I’ve just done, you don’t need to buy anything new you can just add or subtract from your designs to fit your new space.
The colour combinations that you can create our envelope and you can also mix and match the height of different crates and different material materials together such as this item below combining wood with plastic plastics.
The use of ‘cheaper’ materials alongside more highly finished details can give you a look that is both sleek and casual at the same time.
Adding a cushion to the top of the crate and strong casters can even result in little stores as you can see in the image below, the wedding straps attach the cushion to the crate in a visibly functioning manner.
So this is your opportunity to get creative and cycle used crates, there are so many on eBay and Facebook marketplace all the time and they are actually very cheap rather than buying new furniture. Think about how you can repurposed industrial items that are no longer used for their original purpose.
Even if you don’t need wheels it’s worth considering using crates as drawers, a create and cheap option for a side board.
Records fit nicely into these square crates. The wheels allow them to be moved around in a retail store.