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What you see here is a custom-made birdhouse.  This was actually made out of one of the various carrying crates I’ve acquired recently. I wasn’t originally planning on building a birdhouse.  In fact, I’m not really sure what my plans were when I acquired this Canadian Coca-Cola crate. All I know is that when I…

When I began my latest construction and crate art projects, I purchased various wooden soda carrier crates on sites like eBay and Etsy.  Many of the crates that arrived were of decent quality, and I almost hated to tear them apart. Then came the Dr. Pepper crate.  The seller didn’t measure the unit properly, it…

Preparing for the New York State Fair’s contests is both exciting and arduous.  All six of my photography entries are properly printed and matted and ready to go (thanks McGreevy Pro Lab and Hobby Lobby).  And as for the three entries I’m submitting in the Arts and Crafts category – two milk crate entries, Hi…

A couple of weeks ago, I crafted a hope chest from old wooden Coca-Cola soda crates.  It was a fun project, and I had a great time bashing out the wood and re-assembling everything. So much so, in fact, that I decided to build a second chest.  This chest will incorporate various other popular sodas…

Two weeks ago, I showed off the lid of what I hoped would be a new art project – creating a hope chest or storage box from old wooden Coca-Cola soda carrier crates. Now comes the rest of the fun.

Okay, okay, so I’ve graduated from destroying milk crates to destroying wooden soda crates.  Let’s just get that out of the way now. But for me, it’s not “destroying” these pieces.  It’s “upcycling” them, taking what was old and fashioning them into new, functional projects. Case in point. I recently acquired several soda bottle crates…