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DIY Bathroom Cabinet from an Old Wine Box

19th March 2020 by Claire Armstrong 12 Comments

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I’m always on the lookout for handy extra storage for my bathrooms. What I really needed was a DIY bathroom cabinet that had lots of little shelves. They are handy for storing medicines and toiletries.

For the loft bathroom, I made a cute upcycled drawer storage shelf. But I needed a bathroom cabinet for the family bathroom.

A friend of mine passed on a gift wine box (unfortunately empty!) for me to add to my upcycling stash. In the past, I have transformed a wine crate into a nightstand for my son.

When I opened up this wine box and saw the little compartments inside. I then knew I could turn it into the handy bathroom cabinet I needed.

wooden wine box for upcycle

The Upcycled Bathroom Storage

I love vintage images, especially from old encyclopedias and picture dictionaries. To give this DIY bathroom cabinet a medicine cabinet theme, I decoupaged a vintage anatomy poster on the inside of the door. You can download and print the image for free (see below).

Also, I wanted to give the plain wooden box some texture and color. I covered the outside with jumbo wooden lollipop sticks to create an interesting pattern. I painted both the inside and outside in colorful chalk paint.

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What You Need For A DIY Bathroom Cabinet

  • Old wine gift box – I was gifted mine. I know Costco sells wine in wooden wine boxes like this one. You can always treat yourself to some nice wine and a box at the same time.
wine box before
  • Cupboard handle – I bought mine from Anthropologie in the sale a while ago. Any cupboard handles you like will do.
copper cupboard handle
  • Chalk paint – Annie Sloan Napoleonic blue & Barcelona Orange. Tester pots of paint are all that is needed.
  • Vintage anatomical print – Download it here.
  • Jumbo wooden craft sticks
  • Gorilla wood glue
  • Mod podge and acrylic spray varnish

How To Make An Upcycled Bathroom Cabinet

1.The first thing I did was to add the wooden craft stick pattern to the front of the wine box. I carefully arranged the jumbo sticks on the front of the box in the design I wanted.

Play around with different designs. Once you are happy with one mark the craft sticks were they need to be cut.

2. Next using a saw blade on a rotary tool cut the wooden craft sticks to marked length.

marking lollipop sticks
cutting craft sticks with rotary tool

3. Using wood glue, stick the craft sticks to the front of the wine box. This will give the DIY bathroom cabinet an interesting pattern on the front.

layout craft sticks
Sticking craft sticks onto winebox

4. Once the glue has dried, paint the outside of the wine box blue. I used a brush to apply the paint to the uneven surface. I then went over this paint with a small roller to remove brush marks.

Don’t forget to remove any handles and latches from the wine box before painting.

Also, if using chalk paint I recommend adding a coat of wood wax to protect the finish.

painting wine box in Annie Sloan Napoleonic blue
roller painting wood box

5. Next, I painted the inside of the cupboard in Barcelona orange. I didn’t need to paint all the inside lid as I was going to decoupage it.

Painting inside of DIY Bathroom cabinet

6. Next, I printed the vintage anatomical image. I printed the image onto A3 paper on my home inkjet printer. In the advanced printer menu on the computer, I selected the best quality image option.

Internal_Organs_of_the_Human_Body_from_The_Household_Physician,

7. Next, using decoupage glue I stuck the printed image to the inside of the DIY bathroom cabinet. If you want to protect the decoupage spray with acrylic varnish.

Decoupaged DIY bathroom cabinet lid

8. Finally, to finish off the cabinet I added the handle to the front.

Adding handle
Handle added
Upcycled DIY bathroom cabinet

What I love about this DIY bathroom cabinet is the pop of color you get when the cabinet is open. I also love the vintage anatomical illustration on the inside of the door.

This is not the first time I have used vintage scientific illustrations in my furniture upcycles. I used some fabulous insect posters with my chalk paint unique cupboard upcycle.

upcycled wine box bathroom cabinet
DIY Bathroom cabinet

With their handy little shelves, I think that this DIY bathroom cabinet would also make a great craft cupboard. I’m on the lookout for another one of these wine boxes to upcycle and a suitable vintage image for a craft cupboard.

upcycled wine box bathroom storage

You might also want to check out my craft cupboard upcycle here. Also, there are so many more wooden crate and wine box upcycle ideas.

For more wine crate upcycles visit DIYideacenter.

Filed Under: DIY Upcycling Tagged With: bathroom cabinet, bathroom storage, cabinet, cupboard, wine box, wine crate, winebox, wooden box

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Comments

  1. Maria

    1st April 2020 at 4:37 pm

    Wow I had a bunch of these during Christmas hopefully my hubby didn’t throw out! Lovely

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      2nd April 2020 at 9:11 am

      Thank you, oh no hang on to them they are great to use as storage.

      Reply
  2. Donna @ Modern on Monticello

    25th March 2020 at 2:47 pm

    Amazing DIY project and so very creative. YOu should get a lot of use out of this project. Thanks for visiting each week at #HomeMattersParty

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      26th March 2020 at 9:04 pm

      Thank you so much. It is a really handy cupboard.

      Reply
  3. Michelle Leslie

    24th March 2020 at 5:35 am

    Dang girl, I might just have to start drinking wine instead of beer. This is gorgeous!!!! Love the twist inside too. That would make me smile every time I open it.

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      25th March 2020 at 10:20 am

      Thank you, Michelle. I do like my vintage images and colour. Hope you are keeping safe.

      Reply
  4. Michelle

    23rd March 2020 at 8:26 am

    This is brilliant! We have no medicine cabinet in our bathroom. This looks like the perfect solution! Pinned!

    Michelle
    http://mybijoulifeonline.com

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    • Claire Armstrong

      23rd March 2020 at 7:34 pm

      Thank you so much Michelle, it does make me smile when I go into the bathroom.

      Reply
  5. creativejewishmom/sara

    21st March 2020 at 11:51 pm

    Brilliant Claire! I finally got my bathroom cabinets organized by simply buying a whole bunch of pink bins from Ikea, and now at least I know that if visitors open my cabinets ( I have a huge wall to wall one over the sink/toilet) I don’t have to be embarassed. I was just thinking that visitors open yours they’ll get a little surprise with that old engraving. Thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      23rd March 2020 at 7:32 pm

      Thank you, Sara. I just love vintage graphics and using them when I can. Unfortunately no IKEA for awhile good job you got the storage whilst you could.

      Reply
  6. Maya Kuzman

    19th March 2020 at 5:59 pm

    Amazing job! I can use a box like this for my bottles cradling my beads 🙂

    Reply
    • Claire Armstrong

      20th March 2020 at 2:47 pm

      Thank you. Yes, I think one of these would be really handy in a craft room.

      Reply

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