I made this shelf last month to give Jamie for her birthday. I couldn’t blog about it until I actually gave it to her. 🙂 Her birthday was Saturday (May 29th). So, here ya go!
I actually bought some new material for this shelf. I needed a 2×6 and a 1×6. This is a “dry fit” to make sure everything is going to work out. I actually messed up on the first 1×6. I underestimated the length needed due to the crown molding
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I got a deal on this crown molding. I bought it at the peddler’s mall for $3.00.
I love these quick clamps. They are great for a project like this because they squeeze shut and they have soft edges, that don’t mar the wood. You can see here the 1x is a little too long, I’ll have to trim that up.
This small pink molding was a gift from a friend’s husband. He was trying to give me everything in his basement! I said yes to this molding, some larger molding and a very large mirror. Thanks Ed!
Now that I’ve trimmed it up, it’s looking pretty good!
From the end, maybe you can see how it’s shaping up.
I used my nail gun to fasten it.
There’s still a slight overhang on the edge. Oh well, Jamie would never know if I weren’t blogging about it.
The small pink trim were all short pieces, therefore I had to piece it together.
I used some spackling and then sanded it down real well.
Another thing Jamie would never know about if I weren’t telling the world.
Time for some oops Kilz. Do you remember I bought it for $5.00 at Home Depot a couple of months ago? I really like the color of it.
When I’m painting something like this laying on it’s back, I try to raise it up so that the paint doesn’t make a seal and stick to the table.
I decided to spray paint it black instead of painting it with a brush.
I gave it many light coats of black.
I bought five of these hooks on clearance at Meijer. I wasn’t sure how many Jamie wanted. This is where I just laid them on there to see how pretty they looked!
I took this shelf to Jamie when I went to help her with her deck. I had hoped to screw it directly to the wall (studs) and then place the hooks over those screws. However when I got there, Jamie reminded me that this was a spot we had patched drywall. It used to be a doorway to her living room. The previous owners had put up faux brick paneling in the living room, but had sort of made a “shelf” in this doorway area in the hallway. Long story short, there were no studs.
We bought keyhole hangers and mollys. Jamie played around with staging it a couple of different ways.
Jamie’s friend Dawn painted the owl, isn’t it cute?
Jamie decided she only wanted 3 hooks.
This is artwork that Jamie had hanging in this hallway prior to the shelf.
With no natural light nearby, it was hard to get a good picture.
I am really pleased with how all my mismatched pieces came together to make a really nice shelf! I inscribed the back so that Jamie will always remember when I gave her this shelf.
gail
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Wow! You did an amazing job making this shelf! I never would have imagined it started out as some pieces of scrap wood. Thanks for the link. 🙂
I love this shelf, you did a great job!
I know this post is older but I like it anyways – great looking shelf and fantastic tutorial! I linked it to my shelves post today too, well done!
I love it! Crown molding makes my brain hurt too! Yay for you for figuring it out!
That is really neat. I’m gonna have to make one for the beach house. Love, love love what you did. You’re a great friend! Wanna be my friend? 🙂
Nancy
What a great piece! Looks pretty slick in black. And thanks for showing how all those components went together. You sure know how to pick your moldings!
Donna
That’s a great looking shelf!
I wish we had a peddler’s mall~it sounds like an awesome place,
Better than PB as far as I’m concerned! 🙂
Great job on the shelf! I too like to refurbish ~ make new from old ~ or repurpose something. Thanks for sharing your projects!!
The shelf is awesome! Lezlee
Love the shelf for your daughter. When my birthday rolls around maybe I’ll get something snazzy…made out of fantastic scraps! lol…
great repurposing; always great ideas at your spot!
Wow it came out looking great! I have been looking for something like this for my front room but even really cheap versions are so expensive! I love the way you pieced together things you had on hand, now I just need to go and see what I have lying around…
So pretty. I love it. I’m always amazed at how you take a piece of this and that and make something fabulous!
Great work! I love how you pieced it all together with your Peddler finds, it looks fantastic! Jaime is lucky to have you. By the way, the deck was incredible and the tables….oh my! 🙂
Gail you aced that shelf… looks absolutely amazing. I can tell you it is built way better than anyone you could buy out there. I am a shelf addict.
I am sure Jamie will cherish that one for a very long time.
Hugs, Deb
What a great project, Gail! Just hopped over from Corn in my Coffee Pot~ I LOVE your blog and am looking forward to reading more~ I’m a new follower!
You did a fantastic job on this! And I have to tell you, you’ve inspired me to look beyond the “throw-aways” and transform them into beauties — I did a Pottery Barn inspired light for today’s post — so THANK YOU for your inspiration! 🙂
The shelf turned out great! Love it! We used to love going into Peddler’s Mall when we lived in Louisville! You could always walk out of there with something! One of the many things I miss about Louisville. 🙂
{Rebekah}
The shelf is gorgeous! You did an amazing job. And it’s great that you clearly show how it came together — including what you think are oops. I bet Jamie is proud to show it off.
Midge
LOVE it! thanks for the inspiration!
Wonderful how you pieced all of the different pieces of wood together and came up with that great shelf. However, I am liking the table you were working on.
Look out Pottery Barn… your shelf is better than one of theirs of course because you made it with your own hands!
The shelf is beautiful and it will mean more to Jamie than any shelf you could have purchased. You did a fantastic job of marrying all those wood pieces together.
I’m off to check out the remodeling guy now.
That came out really great! I never heard of the remodeling guy. Have to save that link.
Crown molding is such a pain to measure and cut, I really hate it. Makes my brain hurt! Love how all the scraps came together to make such a pretty piece!