Mac's crates

Since we are re-doing the furniture (well, heck, Mac's entire bedroom), we decided that instead of building Mac a new dresser that we would just re-purpose his closet.  We fixed the heights of his built-in which left us an entire shelf of usable space for his "dresser clothes."  The problem we had was that we didn't want to spend a ridiculous amount on crates or baskets to put his "dresser clothes."

Solution?  Ana White's DIY wooden crates....complete with chalkboard space to label what is in the crate.

Joe built the crate as per the directions on Ana White's website.  I painted a piece of wood with chalkboard paint so I can label what's in his crates.  Joe conditioned the wood and the first stain that went on was called American Walnut.  On top of that was a white washing stain (all of the conditioner and stains were by Minwax).  Lastly, Joe applied a wax to the crates to seal everything!

I still want to have at least 2 more crates for his pants and shorts.  Maybe another one for his shoes????