Looking to create some cool or functional accent pieces in your home? Have you ever thought about using milk crates? Milk crates can be the building blocks for the piece that pulls your entire home together.

Here are 15 ideas for cool things you can make with milk crates.

Storage Ottoman

This storage ottoman can be inexpensively made with some glue, rope, wood, stuffing, and fabric. Get the tutorial for making it here.

Outdoor Table

Affix some wood to stacked milk crates to create an outdoor table.

Coffee Station

You can use a similar process to make this coffee station.

Milk Crate Couch

You can even make an entire couch with milk crates. All you have to do is tie them together with cable ties and upholster them. Here‘s how the artist made the one below.

Floating Bookshelf

This super hip bookshelf only takes a few screws and anchors with some milk carts to create.

I built a floating corner bookshelf today. 6 milk crates and a couple of screws with anchors. #DonaldJudd #interiors

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Portable Toilet

Make an outdoor toilet or child’s potty by cutting a hole into a milk crate, attaching a toilet seat to it, and putting a bucket underneath it. Find the tutorial here.

Closet Storage

Create the closet of your dreams with all the storage you could possibly need with some cable ties and milk crates.

Reading Bench

Flip some milk crates on their side, tie them together and toss a mattress on top to create this cute little reading nook that allows you to store books underneath. You can find the tutorial here.

Large Bookshelf Wall

You can even use milk crates to create a wall-sized bookshelf.

Fabric Storage Basket

Create some pretty storage boxes by covering your milk crates in fabric. Learn how to make these fabric boxes below here.

Chandelier

Collect some colorful crates and hang them from the ceiling to create this really awesome chandelier.

Laundry Room Storage

Have all your laundry products conveniently and neatly located in one place by using milk crates. Learn how to properly mount them here.

Tree Swing

Apparently, you can also turn a milk crate into a child’s swing with some rope.

Planters

You can line milk crates with some landscape fabric to turn them into planters. Find out how it’s done here.

Pop Up Storefront

If you’re really handy, you can even construct a pop-up storefront from milk crates. This structure is screwed into some wood pallets.

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By D.G. Sciortino

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D.G. is a contributing writer in Shareably. She's based in Connecticut and can be reached at [email protected].