Wooden crates are everywhere: the craft store, home improvement stores, and even big box stores! They’re super accessible, and because of that, perfect for a wide variety of DIY projects. Today I’ll show you how to turn a crate into a rolling firewood caddy! 
I am in love with my little firewood caddy. It has opened up my entire fireplace (I used to have a fireplace screen covering the firebox), and added a personal touch to my living room.
It was also really, really easy to put together. Score!
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I started with a plain wooden crate. (Although I linked to one online, if you get a 40% off coupon for Michaels, you can get them much cheaper there.)
After the paint dried, I lightly sanded in areas to give a further distressed look.
Next, I decided to add some text on the front of my crate. I wanted it to look like a vintage crate I picked up at a flea market or something. Since this was going in my fireplace, I decided to make up a fake timber company bearing my last name.
(Sidenote: I bet I would have been an awesome lumberjack if I had taken that career path. I look really good in flannel.)
I downloaded some free rustic-looking fonts and a pine tree image, typed out my text using the Word Art function in Word, reversed the text, and printed it out on freezer paper so that I could do an image transfer. I followed the great freezer paper image transfer tutorial on Our Prairie Home, and it worked really well.
This is perfect and it looks fabulous in your fire place! I love that you added wheels too and the text! Awesome job, Bre!!
Oooooh! Love the vintage look! So creative to use it in your fireplace too! 🙂
Love, love, love it, Bre! The rolling casters are such a great idea! And I agree that you would make an excellent lumberjack, LOL! You crack me up!
Wow! What a transformation! I love all the details you included with the metal brackets… and your choice in fonts was impeccable!!! Love it!! 🙂
BRILLIANT! Totally looks like a vintage crate! Super handy to move with the wheels and oh so pretty in your fireplace!!!
What a fabulous idea, Bre!! You totally got the vintage look you wanted!! I love the stencilling on it 🙂 Great job 🙂
Kendra @ http://www.joyinourhome.com
Love this, Bre! Love the vintage look that you created with the stain and chalky paint, looks great! I have never heard of the freezer paper image transfer, I am going to have to try this.
I love the vintage look of the crate! What a great idea to add text to the front. It looks awesome in your fireplace!
I absolutely adore your wording – Timber & Supply Co. and that little tree logo is just perfection! This is so clever, clever. I hate having firewood just stacked on the ground or whatever so this is the perfect solution as those cold winter months come around!
These are all fabulous. What an affordable solution to a WIDE variety of storage needs. I think just about any play room or door room would benefit from having one on wheels, right? Very creative solution for the firewood. Any my maiden name is Greer:)
I’m so glad you did this! I am displaying at a home show this weekend and using wood crates. I was trying to decide the best way to get lettering on my boxes – this will do it! Yay!
Love this project! We need a storage crate for our firewood this winter. And I love that you are from Greer! We have family in Lyman and live in Aiken. Small world!
~ Ashley
Wow!! I LOVE how this turned out…from the vintage paint job to the text transfer to the wheels! This is awesome!
If you guys ever do another challenge like this and need another participant (wink wink), I would love to play along. I love challenges!! 🙂
Either way, awesome job!
This looks GREAT in your fireplace! Love the personalization!