Ten Second Pretty Storage Box DIY

I am in the process of making my "mud-closet" (it's like a mudroom, in a closet) and when I have a project I walk around my house looking for things I can re-use which is probably why my house will never be "done." I found a stash of these little woven boxes at the $1 store recently and thought they were pretty cute and hey, can't beat a $1 , so I bought a few.

Cute right?

Well, they were being used in the art supply cabinet but they have been "reassigned." I decided to use them in the mud-closet, one each for me and the husband to throw our miscellaneous belongings (keys, wallet, etc) in when we walk in the door. But as I was carrying them out of the craft room something caught my eye. Ten seconds later I had this...

Squeeeee! How much cuter is this?!?

Want to see how I made it?

It's a door knob I "rescued" (yes, rescued - it needed a good home) from the clearance bin at Hobby Lobby. I paid $1 for two of them. They usually run around $2.50 but with a coupon they can be even less. I just shoved it through the weaving of the basket and tightened the bold. Yes, it does stick out on the other side but that doesn't bother me. You could probably find some shorter ones.

Here's a sneak peek into my work-in-progress mud-closet...

The inside of closets are reeeally hard to photograph by the way...

$2, ten seconds and done. Now this is my kind of DIY!
-C