DIY Iron Pipe & Wood Shelf
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Zest it Up
11 Materials
$50
3 Hours
Easy
Time to make a place to store the good old DVD player and have the TV mounted above. So here is my stab at zestin’ up our home…
I found this great tutorial here to help sail our ship…
Supplies:
Plumbing
- three: 1/2″ x 16″ 1/2″ black iron pipes
- twelve: 1/2″ x 12″ 1/2″ black iron pipes
- three: 1/2″ x 8″ 1/2″ black iron pipes
- fifteen: 1/2″ flanges
- six: 1/2″ threaded tees
- three: 1/2″ threaded 90’s
Lumber
- three 1″x10″ boards (you can stain them)
Fasteners
- 1 box of 1 5/8″ counter sunk screws
Paint
- 1 can Rustoleum charcoal hammered spray paint
Stain
- Some boards I did with vinegar and steel wool technique, other boards I used “ash” stain
First things first, here is where our TV started out, but it just wasn’t working with the placement of the couch so we rewired the tv for a nearby wall….(see below)
Better wall placement for the TV- but not a better look. I kept searching for the perfect TV console and every one I found that I loved was wayyyyyy too pricy. SO I went on a mission to build one!
Start with staining your lumber, either with stain or you can make your own by soaking steel wool in a bowl of white vinegar for 10 minutes and then just use the steel wool as your brush, painting on the vinegar. This will take a few coats but get that awesome greyed out look you desire.
All stained!
Now before we dive into how to build the shelf checkout the backdrop for the TV we made….just a few staples guns into the wall and voila
We will be mounting the TV up and it will serve as a great “frame” that allows the size of our tv to change and not make us go crazy. Now onto the shelf!
Spray your flanges if they don’t match like mine. Just a simple Rustoleum spray paint will do, if there are a lot of oils on the piece simply clean with vinegar and then spray. Got all your supplies??
Now time to scrub off all the stickers, this took us an entire hour! We learned our lesson, Ace Hardware packages their pipes in bags and Home Depot does these annoying stickers that you have to peel and then scrub the residue off- no fun. Hit up Ace!
Time to make the “bones” of your shelf. Remember you are making three of them!
Once you make the bones, attach them to the wall with screws.
My shelves are sitting on top on the "bones" we made!
I don't like the look of all the crazy wires so we hid them!
I Love my new shelves and can’t wait to decorate them more! In fact we just made another set for this wall….
No more table...
I love how the whole room is tied in now! Just wait until you see the wood wall we have been scheming up too :) If you have any trouble, look at the tutorial link in the description!
Hopefully this inspires some weekend warrior in ya and you can get your house projects done too!
~Sam
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Nice. Several years ago I made some shelves with copper pipe for my rubber stamps. Three ladders attached to the wall with copper pipe holders and boards put through them. That was before copper got so expensive.
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I just wanted to add a few tips (and an outrageous plug). I'd use more than vinegar to degrease. Something like acetone will cut the grease faster and more thoroughly. And if you are going to paint you want to be sure to get even grease from your fingers off or the paint will peel and scratch off easily. Also, galvanized parts are typically less greasy but clean them anyway. Personally I'd up the gauge to 3/4". 1/2" is perfectly strong enough, but 3/4" looks just a bit beefier. And lastly, if you want all that nasty pipe prep done for you and still cost less than Home Depot or Ace, try my little backwater www.blackfriarsironworks.com.
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