Industrial Shelves
by
Deanna Ritz
As I’ve flipped through magazines and pins on Pinterest I have run across Industrial Bookshelves using metal piping from hardware stores. I really like the look and feel like it leans on the masculine side of decorating. So I drew up a plan, went to the hardware store, and put it together! It’s super easy for any of you ladies that would like to make one.
In our new house my husband has an office!! Yea!! At our last house our bedroom was his office as well. That worked out fine for a while, but he started working late hours and would need lights on which resulted in me having to sleeping with a pillow over my head and dreaming of the clicking sounds of a keyboard… Not fun! But, now he’s down the hall and has his own space which makes both of us happy. :)
You can see in the above picture how I assembled them together. The ends of the pipes have grooves so they thread easily into each other. There are all kinds of ways that you could put these shelves together. They give you the opportunity to be creative and create the style that you are looking for. These pipes are relatively heavy so we had to make sure that when we placed them on the wall they wouldn’t sag and could hold some weight as well. That is why we placed them vertically vs horizontally on the wall.
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Nice going. Very masculine and functional too. (But I'd still stick a flower on them!)
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LOVE IT! Great idea for me to use for my upper cabinets in my kitchen thanks for the idea.....just love the industrial look!
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