Duct Tape Storage Boxes

So, I will be the first person to admit that I am very picky and can tend to be a perfectionist.

We are not having a nursery for our baby boy just yet since we are not sure when we will be moving again(should be in the next couple of months), but we did want to give him his own little area in our house.

I wanted to find linen storage bins that matched the rug I made here:
http://danielleoxley.blogspot.com/2012/08/jersey-knit-rug-part-2.html
but I was unable to find any that matched the colors exactly how I wanted them to. I then decided that I would just use cardboard boxes to hold books and toys in until I could find something that I actually liked.

One of my friends pinned a tutorial on how to make cardboard boxes look cooler with duct tape and I knew that was my solution to my problem.

While I probably could have saved a couple cents by just buying cheap storage bins and dealing with the colors not matching exactly, I am super satisfied with how this project turned out.

Here are the original links that I used to complete this project:
http://diyhshp.blogspot.com/2012/06/duct-tape-fun.html
http://westernwarmth.blogspot.com/2012/05/more-ways-with-diaper-boxes.html

Duct Tape Covered Storage Boxes

Materials Needed:

*Cardboard Box (I used diaper boxes since we have plenty of those around)
*Colored or Patterned Duct Tape (Depending on the size of your box, you may need a lot or a little of this. I used three different colors and for two boxes, did not even go through 2 rolls of each color duct tape.)
*Scissors
*Vinyl Letters to finish off the project (If you wish. These are not necessary though.)

 

Instructions:

1. Cut off the top flaps of the box, if you wish. The tutorial I am basing this on did not cut off the flaps, but I wanted the boxes to be flat on all edges, so I cut the flaps off.

2. Begin to cover the box with the duct tape. I have read some tutorials on line where they tell you to just continuously wrap the duct tape around the box, but I was afraid this would cause too many inconsistencies so I covered each side individually. I began with the bottom of the box, then moved to the inside of the box(which is not necessary to tape if you don’t want to) and then finished up the outside. I knew that I would be covering the corners of the box in the darker blue tape that I was using so I cut the strips so that there was a little bit of overlap around the corners and edges.

 

3. Finish up the box with some vinyl letters, if you wish. My great friend, Ashley offered to send me these and I was so glad that she did because I really feel like it makes the box look so much better than without the letters!

Here are the pictures of both the toy box and the book box now that they are complete!