Under Bed Storage

Justice has a small but decent sized room. She needed storage options to help her stay organized. So as I mentioned before, her platform bed was built with storage in mind. Of course Pop Pop doesn't concern himself with what's pretty. His suggestion was large plastic bins. WHAT? I said NO very quickly. I was also very concerned I'd visit one day and find all her dirty clothes shoved under the bed. Not if she ever wants me to do her room again.

I love baskets. Big clutter busting baskets. Pop Pop and I went shopping around one day looking for inexpensive baskets and a rug. I don't have a picture of the rug yet. So you'll see it in the After photos. But we found a perfect solid burnt orange rug. With all the pattern in the room a solid rug will help to calm things down. The baskets are another story.

Large baskets in our area are few and far between. When you do find them they are not even in the ball park of inexpensive. So I was lost as to what to do. We have nearly exhausted our supply of large pieces of scrap wood, so building boxes was out. Though wheeled boxes would have been awesome. Pop Pop came to the rescue again. Having worked at the Farmer's Market in the past he was very familiar with bushel baskets. So we set out for the market in search of two baskets.



Bushel basket from the Farmer's Market

We were able to buy two for $5.00 each. More than we expected but less than the baskets we had looked at. So still a great deal. Now to make them more attractive. We cleaned them out really well. Then on painting day we painted them to match all the other painted items. Using Olympic Aqua Bay paint.

Much better!

These baskets will sit comfortably under Justice's bed. On top of the hardwood floors. So I did worry that dragging them out each day would scratch the floor. So I cut out three large circles from felt. Then using Elmer's Craft Bond multi-purpose spray adhesive, I attached the felt to the bottom of the baskets. Scratch proof!

The adhesive held the felt very well to the basket

Money spent:
$10.00 two baskets
$24.99 rug
Everything else was on hand