Tips on How to Decorate a Box

A friend brought a box of Canadian maple teabags to the office. As we sampled the delicious tea, my eye fell upon the box.... and a few ideas popped to mind.

First I covered the box in black paint in order to obliterate all the colourful labels and product information.

I then created a design on the top of the box (ie. on the lid) using (i) brown tile grout; (ii) an old chain which was originally silver but had faded, so I dipped it in brown paint to give it some colour; and (iii) beads from an old bracelet which had snapped.

Having finished with the lid, I then lined the sides of the box with the remains of an old seashell-decorated belt for which the string had come off several years ago. (no, I did not sew the seashells onto the belt, that came ready-made).

You can do this with any box - all that's required is a good coat of paint to remove existing colours, labels or logos.

After that, it's up to you to use to either embellish your box with glue and stick-ons, or paint, or just about anything!