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• http://Website Jessica

  My fiance and I are getting the keys today for our new house that we moving into – getting married at the end of this month…eeek! so excited!!! so one of these beautiful (and so handy) crates would fit perfectly into our new little love nest :) please pick me!!!!

• http://www.quirkykindacool.wordpress.com Tunet Jordaan

  WoW!
  I have so much stuff in my room and no place to store it properly! How I would love to win one of these quirky crates.
  Pick me please,
  *wipes tear from eye.

• http://Website Jana

  I’d love to use this crate as part of my boere bohemian wedding decor! I’m thinking as a container to house the confetti or something like that! Once the wedding is done I’ll use it in my brand new shappy chic kitchen to store all my glass phases / bottle in!

• http://www.quirkykindacool.wordpress.com Tunet Jordaan

  I would use the crate to store my special memories items – photo albums, scrapbooks and my portfolio of work I have previously published. This crate would keep them nicely sorted and safe from harm.

• Cornél

  My “almost” mother in law is opening a tea garden/farm stall on their farm just outside Wellington. They will be selling fresh milk from the farm… It will be the PERFECT gift for her and it will look GORGEOUS with the decor!!

• http://Website... Hilda

  I love all things beautiful, this would be the perfect decor item in my house to keep magazines in :-)

• http://Website Tracey

  I have some really neat ideas that i picked up from Pretty blog and i would like to incorporate crates into my wedding decor and im a very green conscious individual so i would like to use them as well after the wedding as storage for my beloved things.

• http://Website... Juliette Maingard

  Ive got to have one of these!! they are absolutely beautigl – i ust love the shelving idea and jus as a decor item in the house in all the different colours would be amazing!!!! you could also attache to the wall and put books in as a book shelf. I have a similar one at the moment which i put cookie jars and all my pretty cutlery in in various jars within the box. If i dont win – how can i order to be delivered to durban?

• http://Website Esti

  I love these crates – pretty and functional!
  I’d use it for the parasols at my wedding, and afterwards at home for loose bunches of flowers!

• http://Website Ashley

  I absolutely love these! I have been looking for crates like this for a long time. Sign me up!

• http://Website Amanda

  I would love to win one of these pretties to fill with all the nick-nacks that gather at our front door with no real “home” – it would make the space look super neat!

• http://Website Amanda D

  I would love to win one of these pretties to store all the random stuff that seems to collect at our front door with no real “home” ~ it would make things a little neater!

• http://Website Amanda D

  I would love to win this little lovely and I would use it to store all the goodies that seem to collect at our front door with no real “home” ~ it would make things so much neater!

• http://www.cardiaccards.co.za Carien

  Ooooh I just love these crates! I just moved into my own apartment and it has almost no cupboards, these crates will come in handy in my kitchen and as storage for all my pretty ornaments in my bedroom. Will definitely look better than the boxes I currently use!

• http://moniquebrits.com MoniQue

  What a ‘creat’ idea! :) Would love these in my kitchen with herb planters in!! :)

• http://Website Trish

  I would love to use these crates as part of my wedding decor – our venue is on a farm and it will fit in perfectly!!! Afterwards I will use them as decor on my back stoep as well as use them in the pantry and kitchen! Wow, they are very nice!! I love them!!!

• http://sunflowersandspears.blogspot.com Kelly

  How stunning! I would love to use these crates for apples for my wedding and then would re-use it in my home as part of a DIY bookshelf!

• http://www.lizekay.co.za Lize Kay

  Our latest ritual is going to a market every Saturday [City Bowl, Stellenbosch, Neighbourgoods- any market!] and buying tons of amazing fresh fruit and veggies. I think I would use this crate as the perfect, most stylish way to hold our delicious fresh produce. With all our buys on display, hopefully more people will be inspired to support local farmers and small retailers by buying at markets.

• Jenn

  I just moved into a house built in the forties – hardwood floors, tongue and groove paneling painted creamy white… so gorgeous. I have a nice chunk of wall in the living room that’s begging for a bookcase made of crates, so this would be a perfect starter!

• http://www.stellasassen.co.za Stella

  OK, girls – you HAVE to give me this crate :))))) Can you imagine how adorable a newborn baby will look in a “full cream milk” crate??!!! Pleeeze gimme!! :) I will send you the pic after…

• http://Website... Megan

  Oh my gosh, these are so cool! They really so clever and stunning. If I had to win one, I would use it to store all of my boyfriends clothes when he comes to stay! He has a tendency of leaving half his wardrobe, in my tiny room which is choc-o-block full already, lying all over the place which drives me nuts! It would be his mini wardrobe :)

• http://www.startingonsaturdays.wordpress.com Tessa Tuttle

  Oooh this would go next to my bed for my pile of ‘dying to read’ books, my journal & bible to live in :)

• http://Website... Keri

  These are so lovely! This would be perfect in our spare bathroom to hold a few lovely magazines as well as a tin bucket of flowers. The vintage feel would fit right in! *holding thumbs*

• http://www.sulenebadenhorst.wordpress.com Sulene Badenhorst

  My crate will double as a pretty decor item in my house, specifically my receiving area & I will use it to style my shoots with. OOOooh Pretty! The contents will vary between flowers, books, bottles and ooh lala accessories.

• http://Website... Désirée de Neef

  WOW!!! These are absolutely stunning!!! I adore anything vintage and these are just to unique and practical!! My vintage wedding is coming up in March and I can see them fitting in so well with my decor – one for my parasols at the ceremony, one with photo-booth propsw, definitely one in the bathroom for the ladies goodies!!! I can also imagine these beautiful crates in my home – kitchen, bathrooms, etc!! So gorgeous!!!

• http://Website Tania

  Wow, I love them! I am a crate / box / storage freak ;-) I would spend hours in a storage store (if we had those in SA). This crate will be perfect for my guest bathroom with all my magazines in them. If it is in a pretty crate like this I just might move it into my living room. I told my hubby the other day that I would love to have a crate for my magazines. I would LOVE to win this! Thanks xx

• http://jo@xparteez.com Joanna

  I would love to use these on my events as props in a photobooth!

• Elmarie Austin

  They are lovely. I would love to have one for my idees magazines or recipe books. It would look great in my kitchen. Thanks.

• Jana

  I’m a Lover of all things pretty and also a Geek at heart – I am a avid reader and prefer this to many things. (Not champers though! ;-)) I would use the {VERY PRETTY} Crates to store all my BEAUTIFUL Reading Books and at the top of them all – a bottle of champers. Together they accompany each other perfectly – Try it! :-)

• http://Website... Lauren Robinson

  How gorgeous would these look as makeshift shelves in a retro themed kitchen… Or livingroom. Mmmm… Think I’m going to rope-in future hubby to tackle a makeover project with me. Ooh, my dad has the mOst amazing vintage Coke fridge in his bar area – those red and white stripe crates would look great as storage crates in his bar!

• http://Website Caitlyn Keal

  WOW – I love these :) I have been wanting to buy a crate for a while for my wedding in March, Rustic Chic vibe in a garden, but they SO expensive. I’d LOVE to win one – wanna use it to hold parasols at the entrance to the garden where my ceremony will be!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!

• http://www.jasapple.blogspot.com Jasmine

  Wow! I love those crates! I seen them at Kamersvol this year! Would love to use them as bookshelves in my rustic looking living area. :)

• http://Website... Ashlea

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• http://Website Retha

  These crates are amazing! I would put an upholstered lid that can flip up on my crate and add some wheel and then use it as a mini stool or mobile foot stool in my living room and I will keep throws and blankies inside it for cooler evenings.

• http://Website... Suzanne

  I LOVE:-) These are awesome and would fit into our wedding theme so well!

• http://Website... Molly

  I would LOVE to use these for decorations at our wedding then storage in our home. We’re trying to reuse everything we get for our wedding so nothing is just a one time purchase. These would be perfect! Thanks!

• http://www.thefoodfox.com The Food Fox – Ilse van der Merwe

  It is lovely to see all of the fantastic ideas and comments of everyone for this giveaway! I am the manufacturer of these crates. I see some of you are looking for more info. Go to http://www.decocrate.wordpress.com or contact me on thefoodfox@polka.co.za – we have a lovely new range of bread crates that I still need to photograph for the website. Very beautiful! Thanks once again to The Pretty Blog for featuring DecoCrate! Ilse

• http://isabeaupeep.com Isabeau

  I would love to use it for all the balls of wool I have lying around! it will be perfect:)

• http://Website Liza

  Beautiful and so versatile! I would love to put it on the side with a cute potplant or cactus in. Will pretty up any room xXx

• http://Website lindsay

  Ooohhh … these are so lovely!
  I would first use a crate to add to the decor at my upcoming wedding (in 6 weeks – eek…)
  perhaps at the candy bar – or gift table – or to hold parasols … mmm…

  Then would be a lovely keepsake after for our new home together – perhaps for storing books in the lounge – or in the kitchen for fruit and nibbles.

• https://www.facebook.com/Thandi.Swart?ref=tn_tnmn Thandi Swart

  I absolutely LOVE storing things, so this would probably be used to store all my magazines! They are awesome :) xxx

• http://Website Alison

  I have a burgeoning collection of wedding mags, foodie mags and home decor mags lining my lounge. I would love to house them in one of these beautiful crates.

• http://www.becomingyou.co.za Kathryn (Becoming you)

  Oooh I love these – took lots of pics of them at Kamersvol this year so would LOVE one of my own. I would use it to store my wrapping paper and gift bags next to my desk ;) or maybe some of the hundreds of toys scattered around but they seem far too pretty for that!

• http://www.justinandcori.ourwedding.com Cori

  These crates are super cute and would be amazing to hold our wedding gifts to our guests, ring pops :), and would go especially well with our outdoors rustic chic wedding. My fiance always threatened to propose to me with a ring pop instead of an actual ring so when he actually popped the questions I wasn’t that surprised that he placed a ring pop on my finger. He asked “will this one work?” When the look on my face didn’t give him the yes he wanted, he got down on one knee, pulled out the most beautiful ring ever and said “how about this one?” before asking me to marry him. Such a wonderful memory :)!

• http://Website Deone

  AH wow, I would firstly use if for our wedding in March, these are beautiful crates, and will fit PERFECTLY in our wedding decor. Afterwards this will become a centre piece in our house and it will always remind me of our special day.

• http://Website Kim

  I would love to use these for my wedding in September! I can see it being used beautifully to showcase flowers, or at the dessert bar. They are gorgeous!

• http://www.pecklife.com Emily

  I would totally use this for all my son’s toys! Too cute!

• http://Website Josh

  this would make a great toybox for the kid… or dog!!

• http://delicatedots.com Jaclyn

  Amazing! I would use it to stack up and fill with all my nick-knacks and photos. Kind of a collage-3d piece of art work. :)

• http://deannaphotography.blogspot.com Juanette

  These are so gorgeous and I shall so use it for my wedding! It fits in so beautifully with our theme! Gorgeous I say, gorgeous!! xxx

• http://Website... Carla

  I would love to use a crate for pretty ribbons, buttons, cotton, needles, wool etc!! :)

• http://Website Sharnee Rust

  Wowwee :) these crates are amazingly gorg.
  well i would like to use the crates for all my insanely many shoes i have that i have no where to store in my tiny apartment with very little cupboard space.

• http://Website... carien

  How AWESOME are these crates? I am an avid wine collector and I can only imagine how stunning my prized bottles will look in these crates, and it would not even matter how I do it, on their sides or right way up, I think they would look STUNNING!

• http://Website MJ

  I would love to have one of those crates. I see it with some small castor wheels on the bottom, with a lid and then a funky scatter cushion on top. It could double as a storage space (photobooks etc) as well as a bench for the kiddies.

• http://Website Ilse

  I am also getting married next year, and my creative skills is letting me down!!! I would love to use the crates for my wedding, i am going for a vintage look, but with a turqouis, yellow and gry color scheme to brighten up the vintage look!!! I would use the crates at the pre-drinks outside areas as decor and also to put funky drinks in it and blankets etc etc. I would then also love to use it at my gift area and offcourse on the dessert table, to round off the sweetest part of the day!!!! Pretty blog, you’re awesome in helping me allready with the cutest, funky ideas for my wedding!!

• http://Website gina

  I love these crates! We are moving back to Cape Town in the middle of December after ‘n loooong year in China. So I will need to “skrop nes” again and this crate will be the perfect start in my new home.

• http://www.lepetitfour.co.za Lezanne

  I would also love to use these gorgeous crates to store books in. I don’t have a bookshelf in my kitchen and would love something quirky and handy to store my recipe books in so that they are on hand (!) when i need them!

• Leanne

  Id love to win a crate to keep all my photo albums in something quirky :)

• http://Website Karen

  I would use the light blue one for my puppy – who LOVES sleeping in boxes. At the moment he is using a black plastic crate, turned on its side, with his pillow inside. (a box is supposed to make them feel more secure). A light blue one would be so much more attractive, and will hopefully be more calming, to help him sleep through the night . . .

• http://www.cherilavie.co.za Carla Windt

  I would use it for all my knitting materials. Or even to put up on my bedroom wall, and put a cute lamp and photo frame in it, and use it as ‘a feature next to my miror.

• Kim

  my husband and I r trying to have a baby….. 1000 steps ahead – i’ve already planned the baby room(on paper), I would use the milk crate to keep baby bottles in – seeing as the rooms gonna be ‘vintage style’ !

• http://www.suessentiments.org/ sue morris

  Oh wow!! These crates are fabulose-so!! I am currently working on revamping my crafting area and going more vintage style and this would really be an assest! I would like to use it to hold my craft magazines as the way I have it set up now, I don’t really like. But, anyhoo! lovely blog. I enjoy my visits here and thanks for the opportunity to enter!

• http://Website... Karla

  Dis die pragtigste kratte, en dit het my hart by Kamers gesteel! Ek gaan volgende jaar vir die eerste keer in my lewe in my eie huisie woon (na 4 jaar in die koshuis). Ek sal graag die krat as ‘n mooimaak-iets wil gebruik, om die huisie ‘n hart te gee!

• http://Website Franita

  These are so awesome! I would love to use the crate to put my “Order of Service” pamphlets in for my wedding, which has a Vintage Circus theme. And afterwards I will use it as a decorative item in our new home to keep some wedding memorabilia safe and remind us of the special day for years to come. :-)

• http://Website Franita

  These are so awesome! I would love to use this crate to put the “Order of Service” pamphlets in at our wedding which has a Vintage Circus theme. And afterwards I will use it as a decorative item in our new home to keep some wedding memorabilia safe and remind us of the special day for years to come.

• http://Website Chenean

  Wel ons trou 28 Januarie 2012 en ons tema is biki plaas, vintage en polka dots en ons gebruik baie hessian and ons kleure is rooi en lemmetjie groen en die kratte sal stunning lyk met ons kerk programme in langs ‘n ou leer en kruiwa en natuurlik by ons “candy buffet” sal dit net so amazing lyk. Wow en ja ek kan dit orals gebruik in verskillende hoekies in ons venue en na die tyd sal dit stunning lyk in ons kuier en braai area waar als outyds en fun is. Love, love net die kratte vreeslik baie!

• http://Website... Trudy

  will look great in my living area customised with my sons name and the word “toys” for those bits and pieces that are always lying around.

• http://Website Zorann

  I just adore these crates! I would looooove to have one for my kitchen to put my recipe books in! :) Then, for work purposes (wedding co-ordinator!), I would use a few to brighten up our candy buffet table. They would look just fab and fun overflowing with yummy treats! Or they could even double up as unconventional confetti baskets. Oh, the possibilities are endless… :)

• http://blog.finishing-touch.co.za/ Roelien

  Awesome, die kratte is soooo mooi. Ek is besig om in my opwas rakke op te sit om dit soos ‘n ou spens te laat lyk. Ek wil sooo graag die kratte gebruik om my blikkies kos ens in weg te pak :) Wil hê dit moet soos die outydse almene handelaar se winkels lyk :)

• http://Website Joy

  What a great idea! I could certainly use one to store my baby’s goodies in and perhaps even put him in it and take a cute pic!

• http://Website Nicky

  These are gorgeous, I would love to use one for magazies in our lounge or for towels in our spare room. If I had more than one, I would love to stack them as a side table.

• http://Website Tracey

  WOW!!! LOVE THE CRATES!!! I am a helpless foodie and creative design junkie so these crates are right up my alley! I am in the process of planning my wedding which takes place in March and I’ve been looking for a pretty crate to display the boule set in on the lawn! After the wedding I will put this glorious crates to work in our new home and I’m thinking it will earn a prominent spot in our foodie like Kitchen :)

• http://Website Madelie

  Please please please can I put some flowers in there as decorations for our Afrikaans-meets- English-urban chich wedding?? O and the “oudtydse soetkoekies” – bar in memory of my granddad will look so great stacked on and in those crates!

• http://Website Lizl

  Wow! It will be perfect for my bathroom as decoration and storage! I will keep my towels neatly rolled up in them.

• Doné Groenewald

  Absolutely stunning! Thank you for making a crate up for grabs! I like using items that look as if they are out of place – for example I have a huge sundial plant (roots in a bucket of water) standing in a wine harvesting basket, in my lounge. So I would probably stand mine on my huge coffee table, with an aloe of sorts in it, out of the norm yet so stunning.