Have you seen these bare wood crates around at the craft stores, hardware store and even Walmart? I sure have and I love em!

I had one lying around without a purpose so I decided to make it into a plant stand for my lovely new fern. Simply paint or stain it, tip it on its end and add some wheels and you have got a super easy and cheap end table, night stand for the bedroom or like me a plant stand on wheels.

What you will need:

• large crate
• paint or wood stain
• 4 caster wheels
• screws (description below)
• screw driver or drill

These crates come in more than one size. I used one from Home Depot which was their bigger $12 crate. You could also choose 2 smaller ones, turn them on their sides and attach them.

Purchase 4 swivel caster wheels. When you visit this area of your hardware store you may be shocked to see how many different kinds of and sizes there are of caster wheels.

The screws used are really short. If you want to use a longer screw you may need to glue some strips of wood on the inside. You don’t want to use a longer screw and have the end poking through. I used short screws and they are holding just fine.

Paint or stain the wooden crate and allow to dry. I just used an acrylic black paint. Check your paint shelf and see what you have to use up. Spray paint would work, craft paint, stain to match other projects in the room…. Just make sure you are thorough because painting all the sides of the slats is a bit of work.

Place the castor wheels on the crate and decide their location.

Drill the screws into the wood.

Admire your castor wheels. This is so easy, now I want to add wheels to everything.

Add a fern on top of the crate and some summer math books for the kids below. Voila!

Yesterday was the first day of school for my girls. They were so excited…even my sleepiest kiddo was in the shower before I was out of bed. Way to go B! They worked on their summer homework books really well since June. Hopefully they didn’t forget as much during the 2 month summer break. I bribed them-mind you and put rules on their screen time. Lol. But they did it!

Hopefully you get a chance to make a super easy crate plant stand or side table.

Have a super day!