This summer, I have had a lot of “favorite” projects. My curbside farmhouse table wins for best rescue, the easy strawberry pie is still on top as favorite summer dessert and this DIY Barn Wood Wall Organizer wins for best upcycle.
This project brought together some of my favorite things that have been sitting in the garage for a while: a piece of red barn wood and old, wood drawer fronts with rusty hardware.
Barn wood is amazing and whenever we can get our hands on it, we get excited. This piece of red barn wood was given to us by someone who works with my husband. It is beautiful and I wanted to find a project that I didn’t have to alter or cut it at all.
The drawer fronts are from a little store that was closing in the area.
When I went out to the garage to brainstorm some project ideas, I brought out the drawer fronts and the barn wood and talked over some ideas with Matt. He is so great to bounce ideas off of because he knows what we would need to do to make my ideas become a reality.
After much discussion, we came up with a great idea.
The first thing we did was make the drawer fronts into bins.
To do that, we cut the drawer fronts down.
Then, the pieces we cut off became the sides of the bins.
This is what they look like from the inside after we added the sides.
We cut thin plywood to fit inside the bottom of the bins.
The plywood fit inside the grooves that were on the back of the drawer fronts.
Now, we have bins ready to be put on the barn wood. (I wrote a post all about how we make DIY wood boxes that goes more in detail HERE.)
This piece is PERFECT!
It would be perfect in a bathroom, office, entry or even a child’s room.
It keeps everything organized and easily assessable.
Everything fits together well and none of the pieces have lost their original character.
The rusty hardware makes me happy.
I staged this piece with bathroom essentials. The bottles and bright colors look great against the rustic wood.
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Upcycled projects are a lot of fun. I pick up different pieces here and there in hopes that I can bring them back to life in a new way. These drawer fronts have pulled on my creative strings since I got them. I finally brought them out of the garage and highlighted them in my favorite upcycled project this summer!
If you don’t have time to make a wall organizer, I found some great options online:
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amazing!!! you are very lucky to have a hubby as excited about projects as you are!
I know!
This is beautiful! I would love it as a bathroom organizer.
Thanks Rachel! It is so pretty with all the bathroom essentials in it.
Great idea! I really love your projects and I’ve never considered myself a DIY sort of person until recently. Your posts make me excited to try!
I am so happy to hear that! Thank you for stopping by and commenting!
Stunning! Especially those rusty drawer pulls. Such a gorgeous project!
The pulls are my favorite part! Rusty gold!!!! 🙂
This so awesome. I love this.
Thanks Trish!
This is so great. Love it. I will be on the hunt for drawer fronts & do this same thing. Thank you!!!
Your welcome Lisa! Good luck!
So cute! Most excellent my friend.
Thank you Karen!
I love this upcycle! One of my favourites and just looks amazing!
Thank you Gilly!
Hi, Lindsay ~ I love this project! The texture is so great with the barn wood and the rust on the drawer pulls! I also love how you made the drawer fronts into bins. Such a creative idea! Thanks so much for sharing this project with us at the Merry Monday Link Party! Have an awesome week!
Your welcome! Thanks!
This is so perfect in all of it’s rustiness and rustic look. I just love old barn wood and rust makes me happy too! I love your creativeness.
Thank you AnnMarie!
I love this so VERY much 🙂
Thank you!
Lindsay
I found your post via Donna’s latest link party @ Funky Junk Interiors.
This is a brilliant tutorial and I’m pinning it to try one day.
Thanks for such a detailed tutorial/post.
<3
Pia
Thank you so much Pia!
This amazing. I love it.
Thank you!
I can’t get over the patina on those pulls, Lindsay! I’ll be featuring your prodigal piece tomorrow – great job!
Thanks again for sharing!
OMGOODNESS, I love this project, I can think of so many different uses for these!
Chris
Thank you Chris! It is one of my favorites!
Lindsay, this is such a fun project! Thank you for sharing! You are one of the features at the Make it Pretty party at The Dedicated House. Here is the link to this week’s party. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2015/08/make-it-pretty-monday-week-148.html Hope to see you again at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Thank you so much Kathryn!
Hi Lindsay! You are being showcased at the Weekly Feature Series. Here is that link so you can check out all of the amazing features from the week. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2015/09/weekly-feature-series.html Hope you’re having an amazing weekend! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Thank you so much Kathryn!
Oh I really love this idea, especially how you kept everything in all its rusty chippy goodness!
Thank you Marie!
What a great upcycle! I absolutely love how it turned out. I would love to get my hands on some old barn wood. I’m glad you were able to just cut the drawers down and use the leftover pieces so everything fit together just perfect.
Thank you Linda!