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Nursery Room Book Shelves from $10 Ledge Plan

Submitted by karahart on Wed, 2011-05-11 15:42

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Nursery Room Book Shelves from $10 Ledge Plan

About This Project

I built these bookshelves with the help of my husband for our daughter's nursery. They were so simple to build, the finishing work is what took the most amount of time. They're very sturdy, and we get tons and tons of compliments on the 'feel' that they add to the nursery!

Blog Link:

Nursery Room - Book Shelves

From Plan:

Ten Dollar Ledges

Estimated Cost:

$35

Estimated Time Investment:

Afternoon Project (3-6 Hours)

Required Skill Level:

Starter Project

Type of Wood:

Select Pine

Finish Used:

I put on a coat of white primer, and then painted quite a few coats of ultra-white paint on each shelf. I sanded between each coat of paint, and finished it off with a top coat of polycrylic. I also filled in the screw holes with white caulk and painted over that once they were all mounted.

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Submitted by tinahoots34@yah... on Fri, 2011-05-13 16:44. #

Great Job!!!

This is a dream room. What is in the black frames on the wall?

Submitted by karahart on Fri, 2011-05-13 22:47. #

Wall Art

Thanks so much for the compliment! In the black frames, I put alphabet flash cards that I found on etsy. You can read the post about it on my blog here : http://mekhart.blogspot.com/2011/03/nursery-room-alphabet-wall-decor.html .

That should have all of the info you need in it! Hope that helps!

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Sun, 2011-06-05 19:09. #

You are amazing! This looks

You are amazing! This looks wonderful and now I am officially inspired to create my own "book wall"

Submitted by ellensullivan on Fri, 2011-06-10 20:22. #

Love it!

I absolutely love the room that you have created!!!! It looks amazing!

Submitted by guest (not verified) on Tue, 2011-08-16 17:11. #

The bed???

Do you have plans for the great bed/bench in this picture?

Submitted by spiceylg on Tue, 2011-08-23 15:18. #

Bed plans

It's from this website. Here ya go! http://ana-white.com/2009/12/plan-stratton-daybed-as-request-by-you.html

Submitted by Diana H (not verified) on Tue, 2011-08-23 14:05. #

The Bed

I absolutely love your nursery. I am inspired to do it to our play room. I love the bed. did you build it or buy it.

WOW- great job!

Thanks for sharing.

Submitted by karahart on Tue, 2011-08-23 15:23. #

daybed plans

Thanks so much spiceylg for replying! Things are quite chaotic these days with my new baby girl here. :-) Here's a link to the entire nursery with links to all of the posts and plans of things I've built for it (the bookshelves, the bed, the dresser, the closet system, the monogram, and the picture frames) : http://mekhart.blogspot.com/2011/07/nursery-room-tour.html. I link back to all of Ana's plans in there.

Thanks for the compliments!

Submitted by jamigraham on Thu, 2011-09-08 22:06. #

How long

What length did you guys decide to go with on the shelves? We can't seem to agree/decide on how long we want ours! Thanks!

Submitted by ally (not verified) on Sun, 2012-01-29 01:26. #

Made these!

Found this on Pinterest and made 2 in my living room to hold a ton of picture frames and 2 in my sons room to hold his books. They are great! Ty, Ty, Ty!

Submitted by Bunnie1978 on Tue, 2012-03-06 01:02. #

Beautiful!

I just went out and got a bunch of 1x4s to litter my son's room with these ledges in every spot I can find.. he's a bit of a reader.
How far apart are yours? They look very well spaced! I will copy you. :)

Thanks!

Submitted by Ashley Ostrom (not verified) on Thu, 2012-03-08 04:05. #

Hi, are there specific

Hi, are there specific directions including materials, cuts etc for this project? I love it and would like to build it this weekend! This is my first time on your site. I was directed through Pinterest. Your blog and projects are awesome. Thanks you, Ashley

Submitted by Bunnie1978 on Thu, 2012-03-08 11:17. #

Top of the page...

In the "About Project" section... it says From Plan and then the link to the plan. You can also search Ten Dollar Ledges.

Submitted by karahart on Sat, 2012-04-21 00:00. #

length of shelves, distance apart

Sorry for the delay in answering these questions...

The length of the shelves is 5 ft. The distance from the bottom of one shelf to the bottom of the next shelf is 13.5". Hope that helps!

Submitted by Janelle Kay (not verified) on Wed, 2012-04-25 13:23. #

How did you attach it to the wall?

Hello!

I love this project and it looks great in your nursery! I am hoping to make these soon. Just wondering if you can give me some details about how you attached them to the wall.

Thanks so much!!!!

Janelle

Submitted by karahart on Wed, 2012-04-25 13:55. #

attaching shelves

Hi Janelle,

I have a post with all of the details here : http://mekhart.blogspot.com/2011/02/nursery-room-book-shelves.html (and am actually doing a follow up post for it on Friday). I screwed them directly into the studs in two places for each shelf. Make sure you have a level too, or it won't look right when you're finished!

Let me know if you have any more questions!

Kara

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