Streamlining: Custom Under the Bed boxes
In preparing for the new baby in our current house, we have had to come to terms that we have too much stuff. It started some time ago when we consolidated the living room and family room into one space and created a dining room and more open kitchen. This resulted in a large garage sale in which we sold a lot of furniture. Now we are breaking down beds and moving extras out of what was the guest room in order to make way for our next baby girl.
As part of that, I needed to move my clothes out of the closet in the spare room and into our room. After a major purging session of both our clothes, I had a stack of things that I need, but not all the time. In comes my wood working husband, who agreed to make under the bed boxes, if I designed them. So I designed simple boxes on tiny casters that would fit under the bed and have a nice handle on the front in order to access them. I finished them off with two coats of cream paint and simple cotton covers that snap onto the box frame and keep any dust off of the items in the boxes. They look clean and simple under the bed and I couldn't be happier with them. The best part is that they were actually cheaper than even their plastic counterparts. All 4 boxes with supplies cost about $80.
