понедельник, 28 декабря 2009 г.

DIY Frame Shelves

DIY Frame Shelves

Many of you know I have been finishing off a bedroom for one of my girls over the past several weeks. I closed off a loft space upstairs to give her a new room, and I have been busy getting it all decked out. Last week I shared her DIY corbel desk I created for under $85. I decided to fill up the blank wall space above it with these really cute and simple DIY frame shelves! Look how fun they are!


DIY Frame Shelves

Girls Bedroom

This is such simple project, and a great way to reuse old frames or to dress up cheap frames. I started with some old frames I used on my old photo wall. Most of these frames were from Walmart and Hobby Lobby, and they were all super cheap. I started by taking the glass and backing out and removing any hardware on the back leaving a blank frame. Then, I measured both sides of the frames.


Measure Frame for Shelf

Next, you will need some 1×4 boards. I used all scrap for mine. I actually had scrap 1×4 MDF, but pine will work! Really anything will! You will make two cuts for each side. So, I had 2 cuts at 8″ and 2 at 11″ since that was the measurement of my frame. Each frame will be different, so just cut yours to size.


Building a frame shelf
Next I added a line of Gorilla wood glue and used my Ryobi Airstrike Nail gun to make a box from these pieces. I used 3 nails on each corner like this.

Glue for frame

Airstrike Nail gun
Your finished box should look a bit like this…

Box for Frame Shelf
You can see how it measures the same as the opening of the frame…

Frame for Shadowbox Shelf
Next, I used a line of wood glue around the edge of the frame like this…

Gorilla Wood Glue
I laid my frame on top of my box and used 1 1/4″ brad nails through the frame and into the box to hold it together.

Nail Frame to Box
The finished boxes looked a bit like this…

Frame Shelf How To
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My final step was painting them. Before I did that, I used a bit of wood filler to fill all of my nail holes.


3M Wood Filler
I painted all of the boxes and frames with my very favorite spray paint color. I used Rust-Oleum Painter’s Touch in Heirloom White. You can get this at Home Depot.

Rustoleum Heirloom White

Once they dried I was ready to hang them up! I used command strips for this part. These things are the BOMB. They make life so easy. I decided to use 3 hangers on each frame.


3M Command Strips Picture Hangers
I just attached the strips in pairs, attached them to each box, and pulled the back piece off before attaching the frames to the wall.

Command Strips

I filled each of her boxes with stuff she uses for art and reading. I found the really cute ampersand HERE at Birch Lane! The awesome task lamp is also a Birch Lane find! You can see it HERE! It’s one of our fav new stores for accessories… Such cute stuff!


Here is how they turned out!


Frame Shelf DIY

DIY Frame Box Shelves

So fun!


I hope you guys love them as much as she does I would LOVE for you to PIN and share these frames with all of your peeps! You guys are the best!


You can also check out the other projects I have done in her room below!


Corbel Desk DIY
DIY Board and Batten Wall

Shanty2Chic Board and Batten Wall
DIY Built-In Daybed

Built-In-Twin-Bed-DIY
DIY Floating Shelf or Mantle

Floating Mantle or Shelf DIY
DIY Barn Door Media Console

Barn Door Media Console DIY
Large Wall Letters

Wood Wall Letters

Original article and pictures take www.shanty-2-chic.com site

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