Thursday, January 24
Fabric Storage Part 2
I think it just might work.......!
Yesterday I left you with a picture of a box. Cut off the high sides, so you get this:
Keep the sides you cut off to one side. Now take TWO lids and cut off one short side of each:
Then tape them together, open sides together. I use clear parcel tape, cheap, wide and sticks like crazy.
Close-up of taped sides. It is important to do this on the INSIDES of the box:
Now strengthen sides with the bits of cardboard you cut off the main box earlier. Tape these to the sides of the two lids:
Stack a few of these double-lid boxes on top of each other and tape together:
Insert the boxes you cut down to size earlier a n d .... voila!
The only issue is how they will stand up under the weight of the fabric when all the "drawers" are full. I made two stacks of 7 each last night. IF they seem to be holding up, I will cover the fronts of the drawers so they look more like this:
which, if you it out a bit, reveals this: (you don't see the back bit so I save the sticky-backed vinyl for the part that shows.)
If they wear out too quickly at least it has only cost me a R6 roll of tape.What I like is that each individual "drawer" might get messy, but that won't affect the whole. Later I might sort fabrics into colours. Much later.
And I had fun :)
Yesterday I left you with a picture of a box. Cut off the high sides, so you get this:
Keep the sides you cut off to one side. Now take TWO lids and cut off one short side of each:
Then tape them together, open sides together. I use clear parcel tape, cheap, wide and sticks like crazy.
Close-up of taped sides. It is important to do this on the INSIDES of the box:
Now strengthen sides with the bits of cardboard you cut off the main box earlier. Tape these to the sides of the two lids:
Stack a few of these double-lid boxes on top of each other and tape together:
Insert the boxes you cut down to size earlier a n d .... voila!
The only issue is how they will stand up under the weight of the fabric when all the "drawers" are full. I made two stacks of 7 each last night. IF they seem to be holding up, I will cover the fronts of the drawers so they look more like this:
which, if you it out a bit, reveals this: (you don't see the back bit so I save the sticky-backed vinyl for the part that shows.)
If they wear out too quickly at least it has only cost me a R6 roll of tape.What I like is that each individual "drawer" might get messy, but that won't affect the whole. Later I might sort fabrics into colours. Much later.
And I had fun :)
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