My husband cut them in half and I cleaned them up and touched up the edges with white paint. I ended up with four beautiful shelves. Then, they just sat in the garage for about nine months with no place to go!!
After painting and arranging the larger pieces of furniture, we were ready to hang them up. I asked a neighbor, who loves woodworking if he would make me some custom brackets for my shelves. I had looked online to see if there were any options for my 15 inch deep shelves and the prices were ridiculous!! Grandpa Sharp agreed to my request and we were able to use lots of our scrap wood to make the them. Double win - free and free!!
Once the brackets were made, I simply painted a couple of coats of white paint and we were good to go. Grandpa Sharp even pre-drilled holes for us to be able to hang them with ease!!
I love, love, love how they turned out!! The shutters simply lay on top of the brackets and we used screws that are made to hold extra weight!!
Then it was time to fill them up with all my goodies!! I put the two smaller shelves above my Cricut cart and filled them with scrapbooking tools, photo boxes, and trinkets.
Then on the opposite wall, we hung the two larger shelves with a couple of other storage options. This spring, I found a vintage milk crate at a garage sale for a mere $4. It was a perfect shade of blue and I thought it would be work for my fabric. I also found metal crate for just $1 at an estate sale, that I would work for housing my gift bags. My shutter shelves on this wall, hold my vinyl, chalkboard tools, and sewing machine.
I couldn't be happier with the end result. I think I did a little happy dance when I was able to see everything in its place and easily accessible!!
My last entry will be about my finishing touches - stay tuned!!!
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