Organize Your Family With Personalized Lockers

Take a closer look at the quick and easy ideas from the playroom makeover for a family with quintuplets. Use the instructions here to add your own spin to a kid-friendly space.

Video directed by Sarah Pirozek

LockersPersonalize a cabinet for your child’s storage. Approximate cost: $215* (per locker)

Step-by-Step
  1. Prime and paint the exterior of a tall utility cabinet (#66392) in the color of your choice.
  2. Use a color copier to enlarge and copy one of the animal designs from the wallpaper border (Norwall, Watch Me Grow, Model GU79238, Special Order). Also make a color copy of a favorite photo of your child. Attach the copied photo to the wallpaper photocopy using all-purpose glue. Apply a thin layer of glue to the back of the completed piece, and attach to the locker’s front.
  3. Cut a piece of peg-board (#15497) to fit the inside the middle cubby of the cabinet. Paint as desired, and let dry.
  4. Cut four pieces from a 1 x 2 board to create a nailing frame that fits the back of the peg-board piece. Attach the 1 x 2 pieces to the middle cubby interior edges, using glue and 4d nails. Attach the peg-board to the 1 x 2 frame using 1/2-inch wood screws.
  5. Attach a coat hook (#198547) to the interior cabinet wall, and add a knob (#228250) to the door using the included hardware.

Nameplate

Good to Know

You can use leftover fabric scraps or wallpaper remnants to create a nameplate like the one pictured here.

*Does not include labor costs or applicable taxes, which vary by market, or the cost of paint and tools.

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Skill level: Advanced
Rough cost estimate: $3,560*

Flooring: $1,130
Lighting: $260
Paint: $305
Lockers: $1,205
Storage benches: $135
Art gallery: $125
Door display: $60
Costume closet: $140
Accessories: $200

Rough time estimate: 2 weeks**
Lockers
  • 6 tall utility cabinets (unfinished oak, #66392)
  • peg-board panels (4- x 8-foot, unfinished, #15497)
  • 6 knobs (Gatehouse, porcelain, white, #228250)
  • peg-board organizer (43-piece, Real Organized, #267955)
  • 6 coat hooks (white, #198547)
  • willow baskets (3-piece, #201836)
  • wallpaper border (Norwall, Watch Me Grow, Model GU79238, Special Order)
  • bin (Rubbermaid, aqua, #44892)
Paint used for small projects:
  • Valspar Interior Latex High-Hiding Primer
  • Valspar Signature Colors, Eddie Bauer Home, Zest EB1-2, interior eggshell
  • Valspar Signature Colors, Eddie Bauer Home, Reef EB7-2, interior eggshell
  • Valspar Signature Colors, Eddie Bauer Home, Mineral Blue EB6-1, interior eggshell
  • Valspar Signature Colors, Laura Ashley Home, Apple 6 LA1006, interior eggshell
  • Valspar Signature Colors, Waverly Home Classics, Harvest Sun WV33014, interior eggshell
  • Valspar Signature Colors, Martha Stewart Colors, Wick MS187, interior eggshell

  *Does not include labor costs or applicable taxes, which vary by market.

  **Does not include lead time for Special Order materials.

***Availability varies by market.

****Available by Special Order in some markets.

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