Wood and Metal Aquarium Stand

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Marie, a KOD reader without a blog, wanted to create a display shelf on a wrought iron aquarium stand she purchase online. A bookcase from Ballard offered just the look Marie was after, and she sought out the help of her husband to revamp the aquarium stand by adding two plywood shelves. I’ll let Marie take it away with the details…

ballard inspired bookcase aquarium stand

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Storage Bookcases

pottery barn kids inspired bookshelf

Whitney from Shanty 2 Chic added a set of bookcases to the list of furniture items she has constructed for her daughters’ shared bedroom. Whitney followed plans by Ana White but built on the functionality by creating a cubby storage space on the bottom. The simple addition of the boards will keep toys contained on the shelves and is cheaper and easier than hunting down baskets that fit perfectly.

pottery barn kids inspired bookshelf

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Hanging Book Rack

Shannon from Sew Sweet Cottage made a bright red bookshelf for her kid’s room.  Well actually she commission her husband to do it but she was the visionary.  I love the pop of red in the room against the bright covers of the books.  She found a tutorial on the Martha Stewart site that gave [...Read More]

Open Modern Bookshelf

Melissa from Habitat loves CB2 and their modern pieces. A bookcase with an open structure recently caught her eye, and although she loved the look, she sure wasn’t about to drop $500 on a shelf. Instead, she committed a weekend and $100 to build her own spitting image. This eye-catching, architectural shelf has a whole [...Read More]

Wood Book Holder

Here’s a fun way to put some of your prized books or cookbooks on display from Esther at wholly Kao. Esther made a holder for her cookbooks out of pieces of wood that were cut to varying heights, glued together, and then stained. The bright colors of the books against the stained wood makes for [...Read More]

Black Bookshelves

While redecorating her son’s bedroom, Carrie from Dittle Dattle was commissioned to make new bookshelves for the space. Instead of building from scratch, Carrie refabbed some inexpensive laminate shelves to look like high end catalog shelving. It only took Carrie some wood, molding, and paint to complete the transformation for $38! It’s amazing how much [...Read More]

Modern Black Bookshelf

Denise from Simply Weekends spent one of her “beloved” weekends building a puzzle-style bookcase. With her Ana White plans in hand, Denise busted out the power tools for her first “made from scratch” building project. Of course, that was the fun part for Denise. The priming and painting, well, not so much! I sure do [...Read More]