Wooden boxes to furnish a living room: 11 ideas to consider

Furnishing using wooden boxes / crates is one of the DIY trends that always provides great surprises: depending on the types of containers used and the function / location you want to give them, they allow you to create many different types of furniture - or more simply, they become accessories to decorate in a strong rustic style.

The boxes you can buy in furniture stores are useful, but you can also use those for carrying fruit, bottles of wines and more. This is a versatile form of recycling and suitable for anyone who wants to try their hand at a little DIY. Just find the right inspiration and you are away: below, you can consult several projects to furnish a living room with creativity.

Do you want to decorate the back of the sofa that would otherwise remain bare? Typically, this is done with long and thin tables, which you can create usings wooden boxes and an old window shutter!

If you have a sturdy box and still equipped with a lid (such as those used for storing wine bottles), it can become the item to decorate a coffee table in the living room, and in which to display and present snacks to guests on any occasion.

Also, using the more robust boxes, you can create poufs (seats) to accommodate extra guests - and then they can be hidden inside / under the table when not needed.

Stacked on top of each other, and painted in a color that matches the rest of the decor (with white you almost never go wrong, but also various shades of natural wood can be good), they can become a beautiful and functional partitioning wall.

Fixed to a wall, they offer space like unique shelves, and also decorate the wall at minimal expense.

If they are large enough, they are perfect for storing blankets, pillows, magazines etc: an alternative to the usual baskets.

And again using them as containers for tidying up, you may prefer to equip them with legs to raise them off the floor. In this case, they can also hold pot plants.

If you stack them, you will also get comfortable tables to put next to sofas and armchairs. And they have space inside to store books and more.

A few are enough to create a DIY corner bookcase at very low cost - but one that is spacious and useful.

And why not use them to frame a doorway?

Or even a bookcase that covers an entire wall!

Have you ever used wooden boxes in your home decor?