Portable, Flexible Cardboard Box Furniture

Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!

With more online shopping and more boxes, we want to make more uses out of these packaging boxes. Specifically, the idea behind this design is:

Simple: Easy to make, disassemble, reassemble, and carry around.

Flexible: The same components can be reorganized differently for various purposes.

Fun: The many, many possible arrangements of the boxes allow for a varied color spectrum.

Supplies

- Cardboard boxes (almost any number of boxes works)

- Tri fold display boards or other big sheets of cardboard (for bigger pieces of furniture)

- Binder clips (a lot)

- Paint (Optional)

Step 1: Unfold the Flaps of the Cardboard Box and Flatten It.

Step 2: Cut Off the Flaps of the Cardboard Boxes, Leaving Just the Box Body.

Step 3: Draw a Vertical Line Along the Middle of Both of the Smaller Rectangles in the Box Body.

Step 4: Cut Slightly With a Craft Knife to Make Folding Easier.

Step 5: Valley Fold Along the Cutline in Step 5.

Step 6: Use Small Binder Clips to Connect As Many of These Boxes As You Need.

Step 7: Cover and Complete.

Step 8: With 3 Boxes, We Can Make a Stool.

Step 9: Connect 7 Boxes With Binder Clips.

Step 10: Make a Bench Cover With a Big Sheet of Cardboard.

Step 11: Put on Cover and Complete the Bench. Adjust the Supporting Boxes So That You Can Use This Bench As a Storage.

Step 12: Connect 8 More Boxes With Binder Clips; Group Two Sets of Boxes Together With More Clips.

Step 13: Cover With Two Tri-fold Display Boards.

Step 14: Make a Table by Stacking Supporting Boxes and Then Cover With Two Tri-fold Display Boards.

Step 15: Put Multiple Boxes Squeezed Into a Trapezoid Together to Create a Circle.

Step 16: Cut Two Pieces of Inner Flaps

Step 17: Connect to Make a Central Support.

Step 18: Connect to Central Piece As Shown.

Step 19: Cover With Tri-fold Display Boards Cut Into Circles.

Step 20: Paint As Desired.

Step 21: Arrange As Desired.