Cardboard Box to a Basket

I try to be a fairly organized person, but there is one area that always seems to get away from me and that is the top of my refrigerator. Being only 5'3", it's hard for me to reach up there and things tend to get pushed to the back and lost forever.  It always looks cluttered and ugly.  I decided I needed an inexpensive way to keep it all together and easily get things off the fridge so I could see everything at once in a pinch. When my husband brought home a cardboard box from work that was the perfect size, I turned to Pinterest to find a cute way to make my box a basket!

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1) Millays In Texas

The first box transformation that caught my eye was this one in burlap by Millays In Texas. Unfortunately, I did not have any burlap on hand, and I really wanted to get this project done right away. So, I kept looking for other materials to cover my box.

Photo Credit: From Millays In Texas

2) Wonderful DIY Storage

The next idea I found from Wonderful DIY was to cover the box in fabric. I had some leftover fabric from my dining room curtains (I'll post about them another day!) and thought that would be a great way to tie the two rooms together. Alas, I did not have enough fabric left.  So, back to the searching!

Photo Credit: From Wonderful DIY

3) DIY Design Fanatic

Finally, I found this tutorial from Design Fanatic on how to turn a box into a basket using jute. I had plenty of this on hand from another project (I'll have to share that one too!), and knew this would be perfect!

Photo Credit: From DIY Design Fanatic

I am very happy with how my fridge top transformation turned out. It's much more organized and cute too, even without the addition of a liner. (I might get around to making one of those someday.)

Supplies:

• Box:  My husband brought this one home from work.  It was 23 1/2 x 19 3/4 and 7 1/2 deep.
• Jute: I had this on hand and used all of 1 roll and part of a 2nd roll. I believe I originally got them at Hobby Lobby for around $3.50 a roll.
• Hot Glue Gun & Glue

My total out of pocket cost:

$0.00

I followed the tutorial by DIY Design Fanatic, but to be honest, I didn't use nearly as much hot glue. I found that just a few dabs on the corners and in the center of about every other row worked fine for me. I also helped it go a lot faster by sitting it on top of a 2nd box and spinning it much like a potter's wheel. I just kept steady pressure on the jute as it unwound and around and around the box we went. I was done in approximately 30 minutes and I love how easily I can now access everything on top of my fridge!