What To Do With A Wine Crate

I've been picking up these wood wine crates 

whenever a store manager is willing to 

give them away. 

Here's one way I use them. Just pile in all

 my silver trays for a rustic/elegant display.

 First I wanted it to look older, so I wiped on
some leftover wood stain. Any stain will do. I
 had a bit saved in a jar in the garage from
some other project. It was just enough.

 Do this outside because it stinks. 

 I stained the inside too.

 I added felt stick-on disks to the  bottom so
that I could put it anywhere without worrying
 about it scratching a table top.

Here it is on the dining room buffet.

It's the thrifted buffet I painted using
my homemade chalk paint formula.
You can see that post HERE.

My $39 buffet.

 Apparently (according to blogland) it's now
OK not to polish your silver. That worked
 for me because I couldn't wait to empty the
silver cabinet in the buffet and fill this crate.
 I know I'll want to polish it all and get it
nice and shiny very soon. I may even poke in
some evergreens and little white lights
for the holidays. (glee!).

 If you can find a wine crate that has your
name on it or is a special memento of an
 event or trip, that would be too fabulous!

I've been looking for a Santa Rita crate
 for some time. 

Cheers!

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