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He took 4 plain wood crates but what he did with them. Fantastic.

<div><p>If she doesn't find you handsome she should at least find you handy. If this project is any indication of how handy Imgur user Cyclecanuck is I bet he doesn't have a hard time finding a date.</p><p>He posted his brand new coffee table on Imgur, but what is dropping everyone's jaws is that it is made entirely out of wooden crates - and you can do it too.</p><p>He took 4 wooden crates that he says he got at The Home Depot.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/woodencrates.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/woodencrates_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/woodencrates_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/woodencrates_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/woodencrates_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/woodencrates_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/woodencrates_GH_content_1050px.jpg 1050w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/woodencrates_GH_content_1150px.jpg 1150w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/woodencrates_GH_content_1250px.jpg 1250w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/woodencrates_GH_content_1350px.jpg 1350w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/woodencrates_GH_content_1450px.jpg 1450w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/woodencrates_GH_content_1550px.jpg 1550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/woodencrates_GH_content_1630px.jpg 1630w" sizes="89vw" title="Wooden Crates" alt="Wooden Crates" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Imgur</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>He sanded them down and then applied a dark walnut stain. He said he stained them because he wanted the table to "have character" but you can paint or stain your crates any which way you'd like.</p><p>After the stain dried he gave them a poly coating so they'd be water resistant. No use making a table if it's not going to be able to stand up to coffee rings.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Once that was done all he had to do was screw it together!</p><p>The final product is nothing short of outstanding.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/finalcrate.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/finalcrate_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/finalcrate_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/finalcrate_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/finalcrate_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/finalcrate_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/finalcrate_GH_content_1050px.jpg 1050w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/finalcrate_GH_content_1150px.jpg 1150w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/finalcrate_GH_content_1250px.jpg 1250w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/finalcrate_GH_content_1350px.jpg 1350w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/finalcrate_GH_content_1450px.jpg 1450w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/finalcrate_GH_content_1550px.jpg 1550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/finalcrate_GH_content_1630px.jpg 1630w" sizes="89vw" title="Final Crate" alt="Final Crate" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Imgur</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Now he has a great-looking table with convenient cubbies to put things like remotes, blankets and books. <a href="https://imgur.com/gallery/sGyA2">You can see his full post here</a>.</p><p>Are you going to give it a try? Let us know in the comments.</p></div>

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