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The little, plastic waste basket in our bathroom broke, so I took the opportunity to make one out of wood that would match the other wooden accouterments that I made over the summer. I used some wood, possibly poplar which was previously a pair of end tables that we no longer needed.

The design is simple, two straight sides and two tapered sides. A rabbet to accept a bottom panel. I chamfered the corners to de-clunkify it a bit and also to match the style of the towel bars, etc. I added two drawer pulls, one on either side to help keep the plastic bags, (re-used from shopping,) from being pulled inside.

I painted it with white 'ceiling paint' and put a spray coat of white gloss paint over that

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Nice work, very creative trash can. Nice touch with adding the drawer pulls to hold the trash bags.
 

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I need one in my office for recyclables. +1 on the drawer pulls.
 

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Nice work, very creative trash can. Nice touch with adding the drawer pulls to hold the trash bags.

- woodbutcherbynight
Thanks. I have all those 'life hack' videos to thank for the drawer pull idea.
 

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The drawer pulls are a great idea. And it's a nice looking wastebasket.
 

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The drawer pulls are a great idea. And it s a nice looking wastebasket.

- Dave Polaschek
And I got them off of an old dresser drawer!
 

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Very nice beveled/tapered shape. Ofcourse, white colour is perfect for batroom. Prety logical reason to put handles.
 

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Great replacement for the plastic, Dave! I like the chamfered conners.
 

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Great replacement for the plastic, Dave! I like the chamfered conners.

- CFrye
I think chamfered corners/edges are part of my style.
 

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Thanks everyone for putting my wastepaper basket in the Daily Top 3! I think you'll like my next project as well… after I finish it.
 
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