My husband installed our cool new bookshelf last week. Can you guess what it is made from? Plastic rain gutters! To make the shelf he bought a piece of guttering, 2 end caps that have rubber seals that hold them in place, and some brackets. He used some tin snips to cut the gutter to size, popped on the caps, and then screwed in the brackets to the studs in the wall. The whole project took probably 20 minutes max.
Now, I am excited about this for a few reasons. Usually our books are everywhere. I have tried many methods for storing books only to have kids just pull them off the shelves and then walk away. This way I am going to have a limited number of books out at a time and store the rest. Every week or two I will change the books that are on display. I think this could be a real sanity saver.
So, if you are looking for a unique way to store and organize your children’s books then maybe this idea will work for you. I would think that you could make a few smaller shelves instead of the one long shelf we made. I really wanted a long shelf to go under my fake windows in our basement toy room. (Cloud wallpaper and some wood trim pieces were used for these “windows”.)
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