Done & Done!

Whew!  Well I am FINALLY done with my project.  Ya know, the one with the broken screws and cement-like wood boards.  Made a trip to Lowe's after work today to pick up some different wood for Plan B and some longer nails.  I was determined that my "Sunday project" would be done this Thursday!

Lesson I learned today at Lowe's: If you want more varied sized wood (ie 1x3's etc.) then skip Home Depot.  Wow... Lowe's had everything I was originally looking for, but couldn't find at Home Depot.  Oh well, now I know.

So, for the project reveal:  I made wall shelves!  Aren't you excited???   Ha!  I know, wall shelves are not the most interesting things in the world, but I don't have quite enough room in my kitchen for a buffet, but needed some extra storage.  Enter wall shelves.

Just look at all that empty space just begging for some attention.

So I bought some wood per Ana White (if you've not been to her site, go now after you read my post).  It came to round abouts $30 (mostly because I had to buy more expensive stuff to get the 1x2s - again, check out Lowe's instead)

And easily enough put together the basic shelf.

But then I wanted to add a glass rack for my wine glasses.  They take up too much valuable cupboard space, so I wanted them hanging.  I figured I could come up with some kind of plan to make that work with these shelves.  And I did.

But that gosh darn cement-like board and the delicate screws...

However, at Lowe's I was able to get pine pieces (in the molding section) that met my needs.  Voila!  I used wood glue and super long skinny nails to attach these to the shelves.

After I stained the boards, I set about screwing them into the wall.

Not the easiest task to do alone, but I didn't want to wait, so I improvised with some jerry-rigging and pencil drawing (yes, I did use a level, and yes, they are actually mounted to the wall level.)

Ta da!   No idea if I'll keep what's on it up there or not, but I was ready to put something on it!  At least for pictures-sake.  :o)

Not sure why my ceiling looks pink... It's not...

Oh I like it.

Plenty of room for my glasses to slide right in! [plus extra room on the sides in case on an earthquake!]

So, as long as I don't hear a loud crash tonight, we'll mark this one down as a success!  Just took a while is all.  :o)

I'm sitting on the porch steps writing this blog, because it has been BEAUTIFUL lately!  Not a bad view from your front porch, eh?

Besides, Rudder prefers to collect his lost long toys from the yard and chill in the grass, so I thought I'd keep him company.

However, it is now just after 9 (and still very light!) and my fingers are getting a bit cold!  Time to head in and clean up the mess I made before my parents get here.  :o)