Last night I was shelf dreaming.
I was trying to design something for our upstairs family room.
I has been bugging me that we haven't had a place for people to hang coats when they visit.
Of course you're always in the mood to make something when you have a crazy busy day.
Luckily I went with a pretty simple design, so it only took about 45 minutest to put together.
I bought some 8'' X 6' boards, a 6' piece of crown and some scrappy scraps for the sides.
First I drew the lines for the shape of my side supports.
I really didn't want to use side supports. I thought It'd look better without them,
but the weight of this shelf demanded support.
but the weight of this shelf demanded support.
I tried to make them as small as possible.
Next, I measured where I was planning on drilling for pegs.
It was a little tricky using a drill press by myself with such a big board.
I should have made a neighbor be my drill press buddy. I'm sure they would have loved that:)
After nailing the sides and top, I cut down the piece of crown so it fit snuggly into place.
Tappy tap tap the pegs into place
This was a heavy shelf so I definitely wanted to use a stud finder.
Actually I'm just trying to come up with an excuse to show you this graph Ty sent to me.
Just try to tell me you haven't seen a guy do that....
Ha ha ha.
I'm pretty excited to have a place to hang coats,
oh and of course another place to display knickety knacks.
Mmmm.. I love shelves. I love pegs....I LOVE Spring!
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I've been staring at my hallway shelf the past week or so saying to myself that it needs to be changed.....thanks for the inspiration!! :)
ReplyDeleteWow, you built that? Awesome. It looks store-bought!! Love the knick-knacks on top, too. Of course. :)
ReplyDeleteIt does look store-bought. Great decorations, and I LOVE the graph, ha ha! I chose you for a Stylish Blogger Award...click here to see! :)
ReplyDeleteAre you actually going to hang coats from it? Or are you going to end up hanging cute crafty stuff. I say go with the crafty stuff, then you can make another one for coats - unless crafty stuff hangs better on that one too...
ReplyDeleteFirst off I love that you have an addiction to shelves! I do to. I have so many that I don't know what to do with them. Next, I laughed out loud when I read the thing about finding studs. My hubbie does it all the time!
ReplyDeleteI love the galoshes on the shelf. What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteI love this shelf! I was looking for something to place near my front door entrance and since my space is limited I think this will be perfect! Did you use mdf for the supports or wood?
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