How to Get the Industrial Farmhouse Look with Dollar Tree Storage

Inexpensive Dollar Tree storage drawers get an impressive industrial farmhouse makeover.

Do you love organizing and industrial farmhouse decor?  Do you hate spending a lot of money on storage containers?  Well, you're in luck!  For this month's Dollar Store DIY, I'm sharing how I gave basic Dollar Tree storage the perfect industrial farmhouse makeover.

I've done many Dollar store makeovers in the past, but these little storage drawers are by far my favorite!  They are stylish enough to sit on a desk to organize office supplies and small enough to sit in a medicine cabinet to organize cotton balls, Q-tips and other personal hygiene items.  However, you decide to use them they'll be sure to add a bit of industrial farmhouse style to your home.

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• Dollar Store Storage drawers
• ORB Spray paint 
• Scrapbook metal labels (I found mine at Michaels in the scrapbook section) 
• Antique fasteners 
• Fine grit sandpaper
• Balsa wood
• Wood furniture buttons
• Wood Stain (I used Minwax Espresso)
• Rapid Fuse wood adhesive
• Drill and 3/22 drill bit

HOW TO GIVE DOLLAR TREE STORAGE AN INDUSTRIAL FARMHOUSE MAKEOVER!

Thanks to a large stash of craft supplies the only items I needed to buy for this project were the actual storage drawers from Dollar Tree.   If you don't have all the supplies needed you can still keep costs down by using coupons and watching out for sales.

I started with these mini storage drawers from Dollar Tree.   They come in a variety of colors and can usually be found in January when stores are promoting storage and organizing items.

I started by pulling out the drawers, taking off the plastic pulls, lightly sanding the blue shells with fine grit sandpaper (this allows the paint to adhere better to the plastic) then I gave each one a few light coats of ORB spray paint (this is my favorite and holds up the best against chipping).   I also spray painted the wood furniture buttons as well.

I had a few labels leftover from a previous project, but since some were spray painted gold I used gold and black metallic craft paint to make them all match.  If you are purchasing new labels you can skip this step.

After the labels were dry I used a 3/22 drill bit to drill holes in the plastic drawers then attached the labels with decorative brads. 

Since I removed the original pulls I added small wood buttons to use as knobs to open the drawers.

I didn't plan on adding stained wood to the sides, but after I had everything together the drawers still felt a little "cheap" and flimsy.  Cutting thin balsa wood to size and staining them with espresso stain gave the drawers a more finished and expensive look.

I just applied a little Rapid Fuse wood adhesive to the sides of each piece of wood then added them to the sides of the plastic frame.

I'm pretty in love with the industrial farmhouse style of these little drawers.  I don't know about you, but I think it's pretty hard to tell they originally came from the Dollar Tree.  What do you think?

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