Cages, crates, pallets ... Market gardeners and grocers consume them every day. We recover them to transform them into vintage and vintage decor and to make our creativity speak.

What to do with crates?

To be in the trend, we put on the shift. Of course, we can use crates as a fruit basket , but for a result of the most beautiful effect we diverts the object of its function. We assume the rustic side to 100% and it combines the sweetness, using the crates as shelves stuffed in a child's room, using it as a shade for an arty lighting in the kitchen ... No need to repaint the crates, when you keep the raw look and the original color, it's even better! If you're handyman, as with the transport pallets, you can make furniture from these boxes: small side tables, chests ... your tools!

Where to find crates?

And yes, if turning a crate into a decorative object seems to be a good example of recovery, in fact we do not find crates as easily ! No need to search the garbage cans of your local grocery store or the bins of the nearest supermarket: usually there are only damaged parts. To play it reclaimed, we can always try to ask his scoop to put us aside. If he is nice he may play the game ... Otherwise, we opt for new. DIY or decoration stores, more and more of them are offering these boxes of wood. Not top for recycling mind but at least we are sure to have a nice crate, clean, clean, and without splinters.

Discover in our slideshow 10 beautiful ideas to exploit all the decorative potential of fruit and vegetable crates !