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Simple DIY Ladder Shelf
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Reasons To Skip The Housework
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2 Hours
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I’ve been searching for a ladder shelf for my new master bathroom for a very long time. I’ve searched the stores and Craigslist, hoping to find one under $100. I’d finally given in to the fact that I was going to have to buy a fancy one or make one myself. Going to HAVEN a few months back, I got a ton of practice with power tools and came home ready to make an entire house full of furniture! After tons of searching and shopping, I finally decided I was going to have to make the ladder shelf I wanted. My goal was to make it for under the $80 that I’d seen on the cheapest shelf I’d seen.
To make our ladder shelf, we basically created two “A-frame” sides and secured planks to the two sides to make the “inner” part of the ladder. Here’s a peek at the work we did. We started with leftover planks from an IKEA bed.
To get the foot to be the right angle to sit on the floor flat, we had to use a non-traditional method. Dustin said, don’t take pics of this step because none will use this ancient non-mathematical way of doing it. But, it worked perfectly for us!
He created an “A” frame out of the wood and screwed a horizontal piece on the top and bottom of the “frame”.
We added a horizontal piece wherever we wanted a shelf. Once those horizontal pieces were set in place, the last step was just cutting the smaller planks to fit on as the “shelves” and attaching them to the shelf brackets {just the horizontal pieces of wood}. We used the air nailer for that step, which terrified me. When I was at HAVEN, we used these super light and easy to use RYOBI AirStrike nailers, and they were easy. This one my hubby has is hooked up to the biggest air compressor I’ve ever seen. I felt like I was on some giant DIY show with massive tools! Last step, paint – and voila – in just a few hours we made our own ladder shelf – and it cost ZERO dollars since we used planks we had sitting around from an old bed. It’s crazy what some things can turn into!
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Published March 23rd, 2015 2:27 PM
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