"F" is for Flatware

My knock off flatware storage box.

Except the flatware is still in the kitchen drawer so we'll call this the homework supplies box.

I made a knock off of Pottery Barn's flatware storage box:

Minus the French and add some color on the interior and you have this:

The typical after school homework session begins and immediately I get:

"Mom, I can't find a pencil, I need a red marker, where's the glue stick?"

No more, it's all here in one box ready for homework time.

Here's how I made the supply box:


1. Using 1/2" plywood scraps cut your pieces:

1 - top 16.25" x 3"
1 - bottom face 16.25" x 2" with four notches jigsawed (see picture)
5 - dividers 9" x 5.5" (see picture below)

Use 1/4" plywood:

1 - back 15.5" x 5.5"
1 - bottom 15.5" x 10"

2. Nail dividers to bottom face piece and back:

3. Nail bottom and top on:

4. Paint interior 2 coats BM whipple blue.

Paint exterior 2 coats BM durango dust.

Distress with sandpaper.

Stain with Minwax cherry.
Seal with satin poly.

Detail of the distressing:

Much more fun with the blue interior.

Now fill it up with all the necessary supplies:

No more searching for pencils, glue, rulers.  Let the homework begin with ease.

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