Knock off wood

 

I have been wanting these shelves from Pottery Barn Baby for a looooong time.  But never could justify the $40-60 price tag! 

I’d been thinking I would try to make them myself but never had gotten around to trying.  Until I was inspired by Ana at Knock Off Wood.  She is amazing!   Tons of plans to build your own Pottery Barn furniture! 

So last week I went to Home Depot – all by myself – and purchased what I needed to build my shelves. And let me just add here that I had 2 different men try to “help” me since apparently women are not supposed to be in the lumber section of the store!  One even made me sketch out the plans for the shelf I was building because he was sure I was getting the wrong size wood!   Once I had sketched it out he admitted I had the right stuff! 

So here is the big reveal --- now I will admit Jamie actually made the shelves – cut the wood and nailed it together.  Although I was going to give it a shot, he was actually pretty proud of himself after completing them.  “The first thing he had ever built with his own hands” were his exact words.  But I did all the priming and painting and we got them hung up yesterday. Two in Hudson’s room and one in his play area downstairs.  Love them!  We put them up at Hudson’s level so he can pick out the books he wants to read.  He likes taking all the books out but isn’t so good about putting them back in yet!

  

Ordering these from Pottery Barn would have cost:  $130 plus shipping.  We made them for a grand total of…drum roll please….$25 – plus I have paint, glue, nails and some wood left over for my next project!  Which is going to be this.  Thanks Ana!