Upcycle a diaper box into baby room (or other) storage

Hi, I'm Andrea, and I'm a Pinterest Addict!

Thank you, Coleen, for inviting me to share my upcycled diaper box with you and your readers!

I own a small business which sells tutus and hair accessories called Head2Toes Lace&Bows. As I expand my business, I have collected a lot of supplies, but don't have much storage space. 2 things I do have a lot of are diaper boxes and fabric, so I decided to put the boxes to good use as storage space, and here is how I did it:

Supplies:
1 box (on hand)
1 yard of fabric (on hand~left over from decorating baby's room)
hot glue gun and about 6 sticks of glue (on hand)
Total cost: $0.00


1. Cut the flaps off of the top of a diaper box, and use the flaps to reenforce the bottom of the box.

2. Place box on fabric so that there is enough on all sides to cover the box sides, with the bottom of the box in the center. If you plan on using the same fabric as the box liner, like I did, then double the fabric.

3. Trace around the bottom of the box. I used a giant sharpie. Then, turn the box onto one side, being careful not to shift the box while doing so:4. Cut a bit to the outside of your lines so that the sides can overlap. Be sure to mark where the handles are if you want to include them in your box. I think on my next one I will make fabric handles after the box is completed, instead of having cut-outs. When you're finished cutting, this is what you'll have:5. Begin gluing. Turn the box upside down and put glue on two corners of the bottom short sides of the box. Carefully place the fabric on so that it is centered and laying smoothly over the bottom of the box.
Then, pull the fabric back and glue around the edges a little at a time. Hot glue dries very quickly, so that is why I use this method. I do about 4-6 inch lines on either side, then smooth the fabric into place, and continue to do this until the bottom is secured.

Move on to the sides, using the same method of gluing a little at a time. I did the small sides next, lining up the handles first, then gluing and smoothing around the edges of the bigger sides a few inches at a time

When you get to the big sides, first fold the extra fabric in and glue making a nice edge. Then, glue this seam onto the overlapped fabric from the short sides. Don't glue any of your fabric to the inside until after adding a liner, if you choose to add one.

6. To add the liner, glue the corners of the inside of the bottom of the box. Be sure to line the fabric up and smooth the center before pressing into the corner glue. Again, start with the short sides, and glue from bottom to top, smoothing as you go. When you get to the long sides, fold excess inside before gluing to the overlap from the short sides. The inside doesn't require as much glue, or as much precision as the outside, unless you plan to display the box. Since I would be using mine for supplies, I just wanted to make sure it was secure. Next, cut the excess from the liner right at the top of the box, being careful not to cut the outside layer of fabric:


7. Glue the remaining fabric from the outside of the box over the liner, trimming any excess. The final product of my labors looked like this:
I cut out the handles on the outside to make it easy to carry, but covered them on the inside, mostly because I was having a hard time how to make it look pretty. Also, because it would keep things stacked to the top from falling out the handle area.

I'm sure there are a lot of different ways this could be done, but this was pretty easy, and only took about 45 minutes total.

Thanks for reading!
Andrea