DIY Scalloped Shelf With Hooks

Supplies

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• 1×8 pine board
• 1×4 pine board
• circular object (I used a 6″ round wood cutout)
• jigsaw
• circular saw
• large clamps
• brad nailer
• 1″ brad nails
• drill
• electric sander
• 80-grit sandpaper
• wood glue
• wall hooks & screws (these gold flower wall hooks are the ones shown in this post)
• wood stain in color of your choice
• tape measure
• pencil
• Optional: hanging hardware like d-ring hangers

How to Make a DIY Scalloped Shelf

You can put together this scalloped wall shelf with hooks in an afternoon! It’s a quick project that goes together easily.

Cut Boards to Size

I wanted this shelf to be 30″ long, so I cut a 1×8 scrap pine board to size with my circular saw.

Then, I cut down the 1x4 board to the same length with the circular saw.

Create the Scallop Edge Detail

On the 1×8 pine board, I used a 6″ round wood cutout to trace semi-circles at the bottom of the board.

I found the center of the board (in this case, 15″) and aligned the left edge of the circle at that 15″ mark. Doing this meant that the center of the board had the upper edge of a scallop.

I then traced to the right of that semi-circle. That gave me another full scallop. And then one more time, which gave me a partial scallop at the end of the board.

I repeated this to the left of center, too.

Once I had the scallops drawn on the board, I set the jigsaw to the maximum depth and cut along that edge to create the scallops on the shelf board.

This looked totally awesome (go me!), but to smooth out the scallops a bit, I used my small electric sander with 80-grit sandpaper to make them even more rounded.

Attach Hanging Hardware (if Using)

I decided to attach d-ring hangers to the back of the wall hook board so that I could hang this on the wall without removing any of the wall hooks.

Attach the Shelf to the Wall Hooks Board

Next up, attaching the shelf to that hook backer board was easy!

I ran a line of wood glue along the top edge of the hook backer board and I put the 1×4 onto that.

I clamped the pieces together to get that glue to bond well, and then I put about six 1″ brad nails in for extra hold.

Put the Hooks Onto the Backer Board

Finally, I measured where I wanted each of the hooks and drilled pilot holes into the wood.

The adorable gold flower coat hooks I used did not come with mounting hardware, so I found screws that fit their openings and screwed those into the pilot holes.

Then I attached the hooks (kind of like how you attach curtain rod hardware to the wall) and finished this project!

The Finished Scalloped Wall Hooks Shelf

I hung up this shelf in one of the cottage bedrooms and I am in love!

The shelf is the perfect spot to display some decor, and the hooks are a wonderful extra bit of storage for this small room!

Even though it has a lot of femininity to it, I think the stained wood finish helps give it a tiny bit of masculinity, too. (Maybe. Maybe not.)

Let me know what you think of my shelf! And don't forget to visit me on my blog and social media channels!

Here's my YouTube Short showing how I made this shelf!