Old Fence Over the Door Shelf

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I turned an old wood fence I found by the side of the road into a storage shelf for my tiny bathroom. I hung it in the only place I had wall space - over the door.
Recycled fence over the door storage shelf
I needed a space in my tiny bathroom to store that extra bottle of shampoo and whatnot. The only space available was over the door to the room.
Somehow these old boards that from a broken fence that had been laying by the side of the road for a year found their way into the trunk of my car (after asking permission.) First they needed a cleanup with soap, water, and elbow grease.
I had this plaster corbel from my old house. It wasn't working as a shelf in the master bathroom. With a generous amount of Museum Putty, it works better as a corbel supporting my shelf
I didn't have room on the right side of the shelf for the matching corbel. Instead I cut a piece of scrap barn wood and screwed it into the wall with wall anchors. Then I screwed the shelf into the wood shelf support. One of these days, I will get around to dry brushing the wood shelf bracket to coordinate with the chippy reclaimed wood.
I made the storage box by covering a cardboard box with my favorite free craft paper - telephone book pages - and Mod Podge. It holds those little on deck bathroom extras until it is go time. I shopped the house for the beachy flamingo decor displayed here. My favorite is the old Cedar Point Surf Lounge sign.
Lisa - Condo Blues
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  • Jeanette S Jeanette S on Sep 27, 2014
    Adorable. Old drawers are great for storage in tiny spaces. Just turn them with the bottom to the wall and you have an instant boxed shelf! Reinforce the bottom, put on casters and you have a "roll under the bed" storage bin. Great for wrapping paper, shoes, canned goods, etc.
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