How to reuse old she box


Last week I found a old shoe box in my home and thought of giving the an antique look to the box.

So here are the steps to upcycle an old shoe box to an antique look organiser.


1. First I got a shoe box.

2. Then I crushed some old news paper and covered the entire shoe box with the crushed paper using glue. The paper is crushed to get a pattern on the box.

Then I divided the top part of the box into twelve equal parts.
3. Then I traced the borders of the box and the divided parts using hot glue.
4. Then I got a printout from the internet and cut the design details using a detail pen knife. You can get your own antique design for this step.
5. Then I glued the small designs into the divided parts of the box and traced the designs using hot glue.

6. Then I painted the hot glue portions using a acrylic primer. This step is optional. You may skip this.
7. Once the primer was dried, I painted the entire box with black acrylic.
8. Once the colour was dried, I polished the entire box with silver metallic colour.
9. Then I applied golden metallic powder on the patterns of the box.

10. This antique box can be used as an organizer for my light weight crafting materials.

11. And the final look.

12. The full step by step process is available in the below youtube video.


13. Please let me know if you like the DIY.

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