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Submitted by Ana White on Thu, 2012-01-26 08:00

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Have you made the $10 Ledges yet? They are inspired by ledges from Pottery Barn that, as Whitney puts it, cost eight times as much for half the length.

Whitney's $10 Ledges

With this years big blog goal to add more video tutorials, the $10 Ledge Plans were top on my list for creating a video tutorial. Always trying to give you new ideas and more, the video shows how you can use pocket holes to create the $10 ledges.

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Ten Dollar Ledges

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There are many many many more amazing brag posts of ten dollar ledges - everything from walls of kids books

Thanks Kara!

To fancied up with added moulding

These easy to make shelves are a great first time project. Check out the plans and lots more brag posts here.

Submitted by jenamonkey on Thu, 2012-01-26 17:22. #

Clip board picture frames

I love the clipboard frames in Whitney's picture! Awesome idea!!!!!

Submitted by Tara McMillan (not verified) on Thu, 2012-01-26 17:54. #

hanging the shelf

Whats the best way in hanging the shelf?

Submitted by Ana White on Thu, 2012-01-26 19:45. #

Shelf Hanging

For this project in the video, we drilled pocket holes on the back side, and used them as "keyholes" for hanging with screws in the wall.

For the ones at my house, I just screwed through the back into studs in the wall - the frames covered all screws.

You could also use D-rings or any other type of picture hanging kit. Just make sure you are properly secured to the wall and the hanging kit is appropriate for the shelf weight and contents.

Hope this helps! Thanks everyone for checking out the video - hope to be able to add more videos over time!

Submitted by claydowling on Thu, 2012-01-26 20:02. #

Videos

I really like the way your video tutorials are progressing. Give it a year and we'll be seeing Ana White tutorial DVDs selling with Rob Cosman and Christopher Schwarz.

Submitted by tatifl on Thu, 2012-01-26 23:50. #

hanging shelves

I love these shelves and have acually been eyeing the PB ones - I'm so excited to make them myself now! One questions, however ... it does seem that drilling straight through the back into the studs would be the most secure way to hang these shelves. Our house has metal framework and I'm not sure if that shoudl be treated the same as wood studs or not - can someone please tell me what the best way to secure something into metal studs is??

Submitted by claydowling on Fri, 2012-01-27 14:52. #

Butterfly bolts

You can buy butterfly bolts that clamp pretty solidly to the wall. You have to drill through the drywall and avoid the studs in that case.

It is technically possible to drill into some kinds of metal stud, if you have the ones shaped like a 2x4. If you have the kind that are an open wire grid, it doesn't work so well.