milk crate clothing storage

Step 2 Construction

// finding stuff

crates
i am not sure where milk crates come from exactly, maby cows i donno?
different colors are hard to find, the most common are black red and blue, but after much searching i found some green and even an orange!

hooks
go to your local hardware store and buy some hooks, mine are surprisingly small. the ones i used only have about a 3 cm diameter.

// construction

start with the construction of your wooden shelf, these have the hooks to hold the crates and also give them an upward angle. i spaced my hooks 140mm apart (crate grabbing width) with a 230mm gap between each pair. milk crates vary allot in shape, but not size. each color is a different kind of crate usually in the weave of it, so some will be harder to hook than others, i used some tin scissors to cut the backs of the crates so they would all fit easily.

use a stud finder to find the beams in your walls then attach right angle brackets to the wall and then to your hook shelf. repeat.

Comments

[vickishelton]

this is a great ideal, I have a closet that i'm going to use the crates in for my shoes im using your ideal thanks very much..

[BarginsTech]

you could spray paint the crates for more patterns and designs :]