D.I.Y Makeup Storage Drawers

How cute are these mini drawers? Perfect for storing makeup or anything at all! 

What you will need...

1. Stiff cardboard box (whatever size you want your drawers to be)

2. Softer cardboard box. This must fit into the other box somehow. Mine fitted in length ways.

3. Scissors

4. Tape

5. Measuring tape or ruler

6. Pencil

7. Ribbon or anything to make handles

8. Super glue 

9. Paint in a colour of your choice

10. And of course a paintbrush ;)

Step 1: 

Cut the 4 flaps off of the stiff cardboard box. Figure out how you want to fit the other box into this box (the second box will become the drawers)

 

Step 2: 

I needed to cut my second box in half to make the drawers fit so, using a measuring tape I measured the halfway point in the middle of the second box and drew a line all the way down to help me when cutting.

I repeated this step with each side of the box until I had a continuous line all the way around the box.

Make sure you don't apply pressure to the box when making the line as this will alter the measurements. 

Each of the lines on the box should line up with each other, if not keep trying until they do. 

Step 3:

Make a hole in a part of the line with a scissors and cut the whole way along the line until you end up with 2 equal halves. 

Step 4: 

Taking one of the halves, pick one of the longer sides and cut it off completely. You may have to tape down any pieces that may come loose at this stage. 

Take the piece you just cut off and tape it back onto the top. Repeat this with the other half. 

These are now your drawers.

Step 5: 

Take the 2 shorter flaps that you cut off the first box in step 1 and super glue them into the sides of the box. Note that this is not necessary if your drawers fit perfectly into the box, mine did not.

Then take one of the long sections and glue it into the middle of the box. 

This will help to keep your drawers more secure. 

Step 6: 

Remove each section of your drawers and paint them any colours you want! 

Wait for them to dry completely and add another coat if necessary.

Step 7:

Once each piece of completely dry, it is now time to add the handles! There are many different types of handles you can make. You can superglue on any buttons or light weight things you can find, like I did :-)

Or...

You can make adorable bow handles!

First, measure and mark the centre of each of your drawers. 

Make a hole with your scissors 3cm (these measurements can be changed depending on the width of your ribbon) on either side of this mark. Cut these holes into 3cm vertical lines (going down).

Feed the ribbon into the left hole and back out the right hole. Tie both sides of the ribbon into a knot and then make them into a bow shape, just like tying your shoe laces! :-) 

They will look something like this...

Aaaand your done! Re-assemble your drawers and put in your favourite make up products or anything else you want to store! 

Hope you guys find this helpful! If anyone recreates this I'd love to see! You can tag me on Instagram @loraforever3 :-)

Love and hugs, Lora xo