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As I was organizing for spring, I noticed I had a lot of rope scattered in drawers and decided to create DIY rope baskets that would add a pop of color to my kitchen and function as additional storage. I hope you enjoy my tutorial for this simple DIY rope basket!
Time to start creating your very own DIY rope basket!
Project Time: 30 minutes
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Materials:
- 50 Feet of Rope
- Hot Glue Sticks
- Hot Glue Gun
- Scissors
- Tape Measure
Directions:
- To determine the natural bend in the rope, lay rope on a flat surface.
- Measure 6-inches of rope and then fold.
- Secure the folded section with the hot glue gun.
- Wrap the rope around the beginning spiral 15 times to create the base of the basket. Use the hot glue gun to glue each rotation together, keeping the base flat.
- To build the rotation upward, apply hot glue on top of each layer of rope instead of the side.
- Continue to build the basket upward until you get the desired height.
- Next, cut the end of the rope leaving an 8-inch tail.
- If the rope has a foam filling pull out 2 inches of the filling and cut it off. If the rope does not have a foam filling you can ignore this extra step.
- Fold the 8-inch tail in half forming a loop.
- Glue the end of the loop to the top of the basket.
- Fill your DIY rope basket with anything! Bread, fruit or just use it to hold your keys!
Note: If you want to create round DIY rope basket form a circular base and then follow steps 4-11.
Enjoy your DIY rope basket and don’t forget to check out the DIYZ app for more project inspiration and step-by-step home improvement tutorials. The app is available from the Apple App Store for iPhone or Google Play for Android and includes lots more project ideas!
-Chan
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