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My mantra is - never throw out anything. There is always a project around the corner and in my experience, as soon as you throw it out, you will need it.
With the rising costs, we're embarking on a mission to create a homemade Christmas this year. Our goal? To infuse a homemade touch into all our gifts this season, and who better to start with than our kids?
For the past 2 years, most of their toys were stashed away in storage, and while we continue to renovate our home, our 3 kids have found joy in the small things. The house has been in a constant state of change and disorganisation so we really wanted to prioritise their playroom.
They have a wonderful imagination, and we wanted to foster this with a little dress-up zone. I have so many fond memories of my sister and I dressing up and creating ‘shows’ for my parents, Aunts and Uncles and I’m so excited to see what the kids come up with in their new space.
I went with a relatively simple design. We have a number of dresses and outfits that will need a hanging space and I wanted to have a box as the base for stability and extra storage. We had a load of plywood left from other projects so decided to make it from this and add a dowel.
I used a large set square to measure the plywood and draw the outline of the dress up box.
Happy DIYing
Claire
Materials
Materials
- 1 Sheet of Ply wood
- Dowell
- Primer
- Paint
Tools
Tools
- Orbital Sander
- 18GA Nail Gun
- Drill
- Wood Glue
- Circular Saw
- Table Saw (optional)
Steps
Step 1
Cut the Ply wood
I used a circular saw and table saw. Any saw you have would work, depending on your design, this is what we had available.
Step 2
Pre-drill
Once the sides were cut I predrilled a hole at the top where the dowel will be installed.
Step 3
Sanding
Before assembling the dress-up box I sanded each of the pieces with an orbital sander.
Step 4
Nail Gun
To assemble the dress-up box I ran wood glue along each side and nailed the joints in place.
Dowell
Once the box and sides were assemble I screwed the dowel to each side, adding the screw through the pre drilled hole.
Paint
I primed and painted the box. I had left over paint from our pantry project which was a perfect match for this project.
Nice one Claire (@Renowayoflife) many thanks for sharing.
We've had a couple of similar projects from other community members you might like to check out:
Jason
Hi @Renowayoflife Nice project and material re purposing 
Hay I noticed with your wood cutting I try to adjust saw blade so 5 mm aprox only of saw blade coming through material. I was using a triton table saw with a powerfull saw spinning 9 1/2 " blade and it had the blade coming through timber panel 30 mm and the material jambed side ways a slight amount and the saw blade and it shot back at me very fast and dangerously I thought my wrist was broken Yes a rookie mistake I am sharing in case others reading can by pass my mistake.
