Each year when spring rolls around, there's anticipation of buds appearing on flowers, new life, and the return of life such as our feathered friends. However, in my area, there's also the anticipation of
trashure. Yup. Shopping Curb le Chic courtesy of our local city clean-up is what fires up many folks to get out. While the clean-up hasn't quite started, here's what I rolled by when taking my fourth child to get her driving hours in for her license. It's not much to look at, but I see potential for an antique crate stand.

Would this make you stop and peek? The plywood yard angel didn't offer potential, and inside the plastic tub was wrapping paper I don't need. So, I came home with this...

Not only do I adore the patina on this heavy crate, but also just brought along the ceramic crocks inside. The larger crock is broken, but I think I can do something with the other two for fun.
BUILD UP
First, I want to take this crate to a new level, so I head out to my workshop stash to pull out these reclaimed legs.

Initially, I play around with them to figure out a configuration that makes the best use of all my available pieces. Can you tell I'm in the dark in my workshop as we have had no sun for weeks and weeks and weeks? sigh...
Anyhoo, here are the legs standing on the crate so I can visualize my end goal. Doesn't it look like a horse that went belly-up? haha!

Then, in order to make use of them I need to build a skirt to connect the legs together. Also, I need to connect the whole thing to the crate. In order to do that, I cut pieces of scrap to length and use my pocket hole jig to make joints.

Next, I need to unify the base as it's made of several different wood species. As soon as I assemble the stand, I give it a couple of coats in a white milk paint. What is more, you can see how I've made use of crates in these past posts:

Meanwhile, I also use
my tutorial HERE to paint the ceramic crocks.
RUSTIC REFINED
Finally, my build is done and it's taking this antique crate stand to a whole new level.

It's quirky, fun, and perfect for anything you can imagine. I tucked in my feed sack pillows, but you can use it for blankets, potted flowers, hats/gloves near an entry... you get the idea.

What would you use it for? In addition, did you see crocks underneath?

While, I use crates as side tables in my home, for storage and more, I'm offering this stand and more in
my online store.
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