Much Needed Shelving

Thursday, July 24, 2008

My friend has a lot of stuff (as seen on the shelves above). Luckily he has the largest bedroom in his three bedroom apartment. Unluckily, it smells like the moldy basement (We even tried bleaching the air vents).

To accommodate all his belongings, we've been brainstorming. We thought about making Tetris-shelves (see this for our inspiration), but after finishing the chess shelves previously, we decided it was way too much work. Our plans are constantly changing.
Inspired by The Container Store's Elfa Series (so simple, yet so handy), we set out to make four 6' wood shelves. We bought overly powerful brackets, but at least we know they won't break under the pressure of the urban toy collection.

After sanding, staining, polyurethane-ing, measuring, drilling, and one noise complaint (do not put up shelves after 9pm in Ithaca), we have success!