A use for old cardboard boxes and leftover wall paper

**pollypurebred39** · 07-17-2008, 04:13 PM

I've been cleaning the house to prepare for yet again another yard sale and decided to sell the baskets that sit on the tall shelf. The problem was what to do with the things inside of the baskets??? They still needed a home.

I pondered on this the last few days and it hit me. To use the cardboard boxes that I have been using to pack the yard sale stuff in. I have a large roll of wall paper that I bought for a $1 to line our drawers and shelves years ago. I still use it to replace the liners or to wrap gifts. I covered one of those boxes with this wall paper and it looks better than the wicker baskets!!!LOL. I'll finish covering all the boxes as time allows, but WOW! who would have thought that old cardboard boxes and a $1 roll of wallpaper could look so good.

Polly

**Marie78** · 08-13-2008, 01:04 PM

Nice Job

. I thought you were looking for suggestions and I was going to suggest creating a cardboard doll house and using the wallpaper to paper the walls of the dollhouse

. Your idea is more grown up and practical use

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**Darlene** · 08-13-2008, 01:14 PM

Good going! We also used to cover school books in wallpaper, nice & durable.

**pollypurebred39** · 08-13-2008, 04:14 PM

Love the dollhouse idea. I have boys myself so that just never would have occured to me.And covering books I never thought of that either. My you both are such creative ladies!

Polly