Organize Your Entryway in a Day With a Corner Unit
by
Sarah K., Hometalk Team
(IC: homeowner)
3 Materials
$50
1 Day
Medium
In NYC, every nook and cranny should be utilized! As soon as you walk into this apartment, you're smacked in the face with a long and narrow hallway to your left and the only bathroom directly in front of you. Where do you drop your keys? The mail? Your purse? We hate shoes piling up on the floor more than anything, so we knew we had to come up with something creative. We had a 14" x 12" corner full of valuable real estate, but we knew we couldn't just install boring floating shelves or shop forever for a perfectly-sized, expensive piece of furniture. Reclaimed wood, old spindles, and plumbing fittings and piping would do just the trick. We created a tall corner unit with 5 shelves--perfect for catching those small everyday items that can otherwise make your entryway look cluttered.
This is what it looked like before we got to work designing a custom corner unit.
Materials List:
STEP 2: Distress your wood
STEP 4: Plan how to set up your pipes
STEP 5: Add holes to your shelves
STEP 7: Add layers of chalk paint
STEP 8: Add the legs to each shelf
STEP 10: Install your wall anchor
STEP 11: Secure your first shelf
STEP 12: Add the next shelf
STEP 13: Mark the spot for your plumbing mount
STEP 14: Add the rest of your shelves
STEP 15: Secure the spindle legs
It turned out better than we hoped. It's incredibly sturdy and has loads of charm!
Definitely a one-of-a-kind piece that you can customize to fit your space!
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Suggested materials:
- Wooden Spindles (Local reuse store)
- Plumbing fittings and pipes (Home Depot)
- Select pine boards (Home Depot)
Published June 13th, 2016 10:49 AM
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MaryAnn Roy on Oct 27, 2017
The wall treatment really made this look, good work!
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Crystal Toland-SaMyn on Oct 28, 2017
I would add one more shelf by the bottom. Shoes, purse what ever. I also bought a Magnetic dish @ home depot. Holds our keys looks good too. I placed a strip of medel on my shelf and used strong glue ( like gorilla glue )to hold.
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I love your idea! My question is what did you do to that opposite wall? I really like that as well.