8 ways to turn (free) wooden wine crates into functional design elements

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There's something wonderfully Tramp Art-y about using wine crates as decor elements, and really, what other throwaway material can look so good in so many ways? We've already covered the $220 designer version of the plain wooden box, so now let's see what creative folks all over the web are doing with the free version (you know, the kind that you sweetly convince your local liquor store owner to give you).

1. Make a pet bed. Lola Serrano of Dolamakes stuffed a cute plaid pillow into a wine crate and Little Lo just can’t get enough.

Inspirational Office Moment: off-kilter bookcase

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Although my heart remains with the industrial-looking Wisteria model, D.Sharp's bookcase post last Friday may have made room somewhere near my left ventricle for this honeycomb-with-a-hangover shaped unit by designer Sean Woo. I love the haphazard shapes and sizes of the compartments, and how it would make it easy to lump your books into categories like, "Would definitely read again," "Just keeping it around to look smart," and "Borrowed titles I need to return to friends": So much more fun than arranging them by color.

Bookcase on Shine

8 ways to turn (free) wooden wine crates into functional design elements

Inspirational Office Moment: off-kilter bookcase