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How To Keep Your Seeds Organized With This Easy IKEA Moppe Hack

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We have a few years of gardening experience under our belts now and although we’re still complete novices, we have managed to acquire a small collection of gardening tools (you can read about our must-have gardening tools here) and a fairly large amount of seeds.

Up till now, we’ve been storing our seeds in a cardboard box, but as our seed collection has grown, it’s been more and more difficult to keep everything organised.

So, in my attempt to keep things neat and tidy, we purchased this wooden storage box called Moppe from Ikea for £15 to create some seed storage.

IKEA Moppe Hack - Before

As nice and practical as it is, we like to try and personalise things around here.

We still had some Graphite Chalk Paint left from our nest of table makeover and had read somewhere that chalk paint also works well as chalkboard paint, so we decided to just give the whole thing a coat of paint and see what happens.

IKEA Moppe Hack with Chalk Paint

The paint covered really well, so I only needed to apply the one coat before conditioning the drawers by rubbing the side of a piece of chalk all over it and then wiping it all off.

DIY Seed Storage out of Moppe from Ikea

You can see on the top left drawer, that it lightens the paint finish quite a lot.

Moppe Hack - Seed Container

Then we divided the drawers into plant categories and labelled them by writing on each drawer with some chalk.

Seed Storage Box

Although the drawers are kind of improved, it all just seems a bit boring. So, always ones to add a splash of colour, we couldn’t resist making our own little knobs. We still had some Fimo clay lying around, so we decided to make our own little fruit and veg themed knobs.

After moulding the fruit and vegetables we attached a small nut to the back of the shape with some more polymer clay. Then we baked everything in the oven.

Polymer Clay Vegetables

Then, after drilling a small hole into the drawer for the screw to fit through, we could just screw on the little knobs.

Polymer Clay Cupboard Knobs

Admittedly we aren’t actually growing all of the fruit and veg symbolised by the knobs, but moulding an onion or potato just seemed a bit boring. Just call it a creative licence and it’ll still be great seed storage even if the knobs aren’t 100% accurate.

Polymer Clay Cupboard Knobs

My favourite little knob is the banana which, considering I hate to eat them, it’s kind of surprising.

Polymer Banana

Jan’s favourite little cupboard knob (had to be careful how to word that) is the cherry one.

Polymer Cherries

Which is your favourite knob? Do you have a special way of storing seeds? Are there any particularly good vegetable seeds that you can recommend?

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  1. Jessica @ CapeofDreams says

    24/12/2013 at 11:23

    I would pin this too!

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    • Christine says

      24/12/2013 at 11:24

      Glad you like it, Jessica! There should be a pin it button on the site – just checking if something is wrong…
      Cx

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  2. Magali@TheLittleWhiteHouse says

    05/04/2013 at 16:57

    This is a great idea and a project that even I could probably do! Right now, I don’t really know where to store the seeds, so I keep them in different places, which can me wasting my time to find them when I need them.

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    • Christine says

      05/04/2013 at 21:02

      Thanks Magali! I love being organized and it’s even better when you can do something pretty and crafty while watching TV with a glass of wine – has to be my favourite kind of craft ;-)
      Cx

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  3. MarieRoxanne says

    04/04/2013 at 17:28

    I LOVE this! When I saw that you were painting with chalkboard paint, then writing the names in chalk, I immediately thought… depending on where this is stored, what if it rains? the names will be washed off… and THEN BAM! you surprised me with these cute little fruit and veggie knobs, and you made them yourself? WOW!
    I really need to make something like this for my kitchen! (of course on a smaller scale, cause it’s an apartment and I want it on the counter!)

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    • Christine says

      04/04/2013 at 18:32

      Thanks MarieRoxanne! The little knobs were actually really easy to make. You should definitely give it a go – I already can’t wait to see yours! The little drawers are actually really quite small (you can’t really tell on the pictures), the whole thing is only about 32 cm high!
      Cx

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