Dairy (and anyone else) :: Milk Crates

[emjacobs]

Do you know of anywhere to get milk crates on the cheap? I'm going to be turning my guest room closet into partial craft storage but I don't want it to be permanent. I also need something for my office, again not permanent. Eventually I will spawn little gremlins that will live with me for several years and will demand a closet to put their shenanigans, so I don't want to install something that will cost much. Plus milk crates can be moved to another location / act as storage for whatever is in them.

So yeah, do you know where I can get milk crates for the cheap?

[peach]

Are you talking the square plastic ones?? Or old fashioned wooden ones..

[poisonkisses]

If you're talking about the regular square plastic ones, I just grab them from next to the dumpster behind stores or restaurants.

[mrs.jacinthe]

You can buy them at any hardware, farm/fleet, or office supply store. They're <$4 each.

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Honestly, around here actual milk crates are super hard to find. The really good food quality ones are gone before they ever hit the trash by people who know what to do with them. Most esp. for school use get returned to the distributor for reuse.

Actual old school wood milk crates are high prized antiques and cost a fortune. I have one from my grandparent's old barn and it's the only one I have. Our farm has non. Anywhere. I looked.

The milk crates I do have for actual use I bought in the dorm stuff at Target. Cheap and decent enough quality. Some farm stores have them too, but it's about the same as Target.

If you really want actual ones maybe call a beverage distrubiting center and see if they'll part with some.

[sierramist03]

I'm with dairy I don't think I've seen the good quality ones in years.

[emjacobs]

Yeah I'm talking plastic ones not antiques. I have a few antique wire and wood ones, those aren't getting yarn and paper put in them

I'll check out targets, they just put their organization stuff out too.

We used to have the wire ones laying around everywhere from when my grandfather used to milk, the creamery driver would bring him a crate of milk a week every monday morning and he always kept the crates

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Jan 15, 2013 19:15:36 GMT -5 emjacobs said:

Yeah I'm talking plastic ones not antiques. I have a few antique wire and wood ones, those aren't getting yarn and paper put in them

I'll check out targets, they just put their organization stuff out too.

We used to have the wire ones laying around everywhere from when my grandfather used to milk, the creamery driver would bring him a crate of milk a week every monday morning and he always kept the crates

Check by the bathroom decor. I found some on the endcap by the shower curtains and bathroom organization about 6 months ago.