Hey everyone! So you might remember when I entered the Earth 911 Challenge a few weeks back. The challenge was to create a way to organize the items on your desk using recycled materials. I made a Desk Caddy, and today I’m going to share with you how I made it!
Desk Caddy
This was really a lot of fun to make. I didn’t want to spend any money on it, plus it had to be from recycled materials…. so I search around my house. I found 3 pieces of scrap wood that we used for the slats on Aubrey’s bed, cardboard from a cereal box, fabric scraps, and corner brackets. I am really into yellow right now. It has always been one of my favorite colors and I will be incorporating it into a lot of my home decor when we finally move! : ) So this will fit in perfectly.
The fabric I used is one of my favorites! I used it to line the drawers in a dresser I re-did a while back. I hope I have enough left to make some pillows out of it!! So the whole idea of this little caddy is to help me keep track of the tools I am using while sewing. I am always setting my scissors, seam ripper, etc down and loosing them. We’ll see if it works or not ; )
So let’s take a look at how I made it. First I took those three pieces of wood I found and painted them white. Easy enough right?
Then I took the prettiest piece of wood and painted stripes on the front. Yes, that is washi tape. I couldn’t find my painters tape… that stuff really is good for everything!
Next I took those three pieces of wood, laid one flat on the counter (for the bottom) and glued the other two pieces along the length of the bottom piece. I used Gorilla Glue (totally awesome) and clamped together. I forgot to take a picture of this step, but while that was drying I measured out the ends of the caddy and cut two pieces of cardboard from an old cereal box.
Can you guess who bought the Coco Puffs, it was either me or my husband… hmm….? Then I just wrapped some fabric around and glued it on there! Super easy stuff here!
Then I glued these onto the side of the wood portion of the caddy and attached the corner brackets at the bottom to secure everything together.
So now I have a cute little caddy to go on my desk! Not that I can find my desk right now being that it’s covered in fabric, but it’s there somewhere ; ) Please tell me I’m not the only one who’s craft area looks like the fabric monster came through?!
Have a beautiful day!
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That is SO cute Ashley! I love it. The paint colors are also perfect. Going to share it on my facebook page!
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Super cute!! Love the bright yellow color!!
Great use of scrap wood. I think I can use this idea as the basis of some storage crates I need for my craft room. I would bet your husband said an elf bought the Cocoa Puffs!
I love how this is recycled. It’s very creative. I also love the yellow and white pattern!
What a fabulous idea and a great way to recycle Ashley. Love the way you designed it and the colors you chose…the yellow is wonderful. ;)
This is such a cute idea! I like the bright yellow and the fact that you used cereal boxes! :)
Thanks for the article, it was very helpful. I believe that recycling is very important because today there is a lot of waste and household products are no exception. Not even a week has passed since I do not pass by the garbage can and see no remnants there. And if there is an opportunity to make money on this, then this is already a new type of business.
Cleaning and recycling garbage is now a very cool income. And we must support this and involve more people in such events. If the government purposefully popularized this, then we would live in a clean environment and enjoy the safety of our children and pets.