Despite what we believe, milkcrates are not invincible. Treat them with kindness.
Archive forthe real world
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Tags: broken, cracked, crate, damage, milk, milk crate, milkcrate, red
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Tags: crate, cut, diy, do it yourself, fish, goldfish, how to, jigsaw, koi, milk, milk crate, milkcrate, pond, saw
This very detailed how-to shows you how to build a home made koi pond filter. The milkcrate is sacrificed in the process, but it’s for the good of the fishes, so I guess it’s ok. Via Koiphen.com –> My first filter build
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Tags: blue, coast guard, flickr, hardhats, milkcrate, ocean, salvage, sea, shipwreck, torrent shipwreck
This is the US Coast Guard using a sweet blue milkcrate in the salvage work of the Torrent Shipwreck. Thanks to Travis S. for the pics via Flickr. –> Retrieving Portholes –> Torrent Shipwreck: 1868
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Tags: black, crate, lifting, milkcrate, video, weight lifting, weights
Using milkcrates in the weight room isn’t new ground but this usage is a nice simple trick. This video from the youTube was posted by Curt James, from Body Building.com –> “Reverse” rows x 12 reps (kinda)
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Tags: 6 gallon crate, black, flower, for sale, stand, store, street vendor
Just your everyday in PHL
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Tags: adapt, blue, castors, crate, diy, flickr, how to, instructables, invention, magazine rack, microphone, portable, soda crates, sound booth, transformation, vericomposting, wheels, wooden milkcrate
Milkcrates abound throughout the web. I’ve pulled some recent milk crate inventions. The above image is from instructables.com, a great how to site. This images comes from a great post on how to build a portable milkcrate sound booth. –> DIY portable sound booth
These aren’t milkcrates, BUT they are soda crates and Mr. Kyle Lawson has crafted them into a home vermicomposting setup. I don’t even know what that is, but I like it. –> Worms!
This last one is great. It brings the old into the new. An old school wooden milk crate transformed simply into a rolling magazine rack. –> summer projects and finds…
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Tags: chairs, Jessica Hill, love, marriage, milkcrates, photography, seating, seats, waffle house, wedding
My old intern Jessica Hill sent me this info and at first I was afraid to even post it. A wondrous couple from Georgia got hitched up at the local Waffle House. The pics above tell some of the tale: milkcrate seats!–> Scattered, smothered, covered and hitched - Couple marries at Waffle House
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| This couple has decided to move to the woods, build their own house and get back to nature. Two interesting tidbits - they have a blog (pretty comprehensive too) and they used some milkcrates to aid in the construction of some of their home. If people who have left society as we know it still see the value of the milkcrate, well - that has to say something, right? –> Holy Cow - big big day |
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| Milkcrate shelving systems are the bread and butter of milkcrate living. Sometimes here on the digest, they get overlooked. These two popped up recently and just remind us how simple and great this solution is. From Zeeppos’ Kniting Blog –> I have upped my price … and from michelelee.net –>Vaguely Greenish… |
