Build Your Own Storage Bin

Select a plastic bin.

Build your own storage bin.

Follow the simple steps below to build the perfect wooden storage boxes. Without breaking the bank. You can make the size of the pieces any length that is suitable for your needs. Wooden storage boxes can be made to be very durable units that can survive any drama that life can bring.

Sand any rough edges. Square clamps drill miter. But for most of us storage is a critical part of maintaining an organized and functional space in your home. You must first measure your plywood and cut it with the saw.

Instructions cut the overlap off the ends of your wood planks. Plastic storage bins are widely available and you might already have one in your home that you re willing to repurpose into a compost bin. Then cut them to length using a miter saw. Materials needed for storage shelves 14 2 x 4 boards 8 feet 2 sheets of oriented strand board osb 1 lb box of 3 screws 2 1 2 pocket hole screws optional kreg jig optional check out my post on how to use a kreg jig to help you decide which one is right for you.

To make your cube 13 5 high use a table saw to rip two of the 13 boards and two of the 13 5 boards to 2 1 4 high. Building your own compost bin is a great budget saving alternative to buying one. Composting is an easy process with a lot of benefits that takes green waste fruit vegetables weeds eggshells and coffee grinds and brown waste leaves sticks cardboard newspaper and mixes it all together until everything decomposes to make rich soil. For each 13 5 box you.

And it can be more then functional storage can be pretty as well. Step 1 cut it right. In fact a second bin can be helpful to catch the liquid that leaches out of the first bin.