Ballard Designs Inspired Shutter Shelf
A funny thing happened while my husband, Jason, and I were sitting on the couch last week watching Fixer Upper. During a commercial, Jason starts flipping through the latest Ballard Designs catalog. He sees their shutter for $259.00, looks at me and says, “We could totally make that out of those shutters in the garage.” So, we paused the show, head to the garage and got started on what would become our version of Ballard Design’s shutter shelf for only $7.00!
Before...These are the salvaged shutters we had stored in the garage. We almost sold them at a garage sale last spring. Whew! Glad we held on to them! 😊
And after! We decided to go with 3 shutters instead of 4 because the proportions were better for an over-the-toilet shelf.
The shutters were connected together using wood glue , 2" wide strips of 1/4" plywood and a pneumatic staple gun. After that, the arch was cut.
Our inspiration came from Ballard Designs catalog but we ended up liking our version better. And you can't beat the price! Even the brackets were a DIY project.
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Yours looks beefier, sturdy, and of course, built better.
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Wow! Beautiful job and so creative! Thanks for sharing this with us.
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Thank you!
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