I don't know about you but we have books galore in our house. My husband made some really cool hanging shelves years ago for my oldest son that were passed on to Tanner and they finally called it quits. So, in my haste to find something pronto I started researching shelving units and happened upon these. I loved them and thought they'd be fairly easy. Now, just finding the time for my hubby to do them was another. He hesitantly agreed and up they went. Wasn't hard at all....I mean, you can sit back and watch your handsome hubby put them up all the while telling him....left, right, up, no back down, right, left...perfect. I love him!
I did however change a few things from the above tutorial. Afterall, I wanted this to be affordable! We used L brackets instead of the gutter brackets. The gutter brackets were $8 for 2 sets of them. L brackets....$6 for 4 sets. I also chose not to use end caps as those ran $6 something a piece! With the supplies we used the total project cost was a little over $11. Can't beat that! Oh and I painted mine with a brown wash since the white was too much for Tanner's cowboy motif.
Tanner loves them because he can reach the shelves. I love them because they have sparked his love for reading...oh and they were oh so affordable!
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I love that! What a great idea. I think I'll get Josh to put some up in Olivia's room.
those are great!!
too cute! i saw the original post, but thought they kinda looked cheap, but the brown wash corrected that. and, that little boy is too cute as well.
I love this idea--very clever and sooo cute! Thanks for sharing!!
ok- it's official. i have to have these. i bookmarked the tutorial months ago but now that i know a fellow crafy person in the flesh who can do them, i'm on it. i think i may make some and paint them purple for mary fran's room and some brown washed ones like you did for the boys' room. i think they'll love them, too! yay for cheap! where did you shop, by the way? home depot? lowe's?
What a great idea! Those look so good!
Thank you for the paint suggestion. That looks like a great color.
I think we are going with Tanner for Westin's middle name. :)
kelly...we got our supplies at home depot.
shannon...great name choice:)
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