Hi Everyone, my name is Deanna and I blog over at Gloriously Made about cooking and Do It Yourself type projects. I am a monthly contributor here at Satisfaction by Christ and am sharing with you some shelving that I made recently for my husband.
In our new house my husband has an office!! Yea!! At our last house our bedroom was his office as well. That worked out fine for a while, but he started working late hours and would need lights on which resulted in me having to sleeping with a pillow over my head and dreaming of the clicking sounds of a keyboard… not fun!
But, now he’s down the hall and has his own space which makes both of us happy. 🙂 The office is the first room in our home when you walk in the front door so we wanted it to look nice and fairly organized most of the time.
One of the ways to help him with organization was to build him some bookshelves. I’m trying very hard to keep his office looking masculine and in no way feminine! I keep having to remind myself that this is his space. If I dare put a flower in a vase he quickly calls my name to remove it!! But, if I don’t help him with decorating he would just as well have a box for a table with 3M plastic hooks all over the walls hanging his pictures and stuff! 🙂
As I’ve flipped through magazines and pins on Pinterest I have run across Industrial Bookshelves using metal piping from hardware stores. I really like the look and feel like it leans on the masculine side of decorating. So I drew up a plan, went to the hardware store, and put it together! It’s super easy for any of you ladies that would like to make one.
4 elbows, 6 falanges, 2 T’s
10 1/2″ x 12″ nipples metal pipes
{3} 3 foot boards – sanded and stained
Dark Walnut Varathane wood stain
You can see in the above picture how I assembled them together. The ends of the pipes have grooves so they thread easily into each other. There are all kinds of ways that you could put these shelves together. They give you the opportunity to be creative and create the style that you are looking for.
These pipes are relatively heavy so we had to make sure that when we placed them on the wall they wouldn’t sag and could hold some weight as well. That is why we placed them vertically versus horizontally on the wall.
What do you think of the shelving? Have you seen these made before? If you have made a set yourself I’d love to hear about your experience and see some pictures as well. I’m thinking of making some more for my boys room.
Have a blessed week everyone and I’d love for you to stop by Gloriously Made sometime and say hello. Or you can follow me on Twitter, Facebook, or Google +.
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that looks great!
Thank you so much!
Looks nice! Thanks for sharing how you made the shelving 🙂
I’m so glad you liked it Betsy! 🙂
Love, Love, Love this Deanna! What a great job. I really like a rustic look and I’d adore these in my kitchen.
Thank you so much for sharing over at DIY Showcase this week!
~ Megin of VMG206
We love the rustic look too. 🙂 They would look great in a kitchen!
What a fabulous idea Deanna! This would also go great in a boy’s room!
Thanks for sharing at Wow Me Wednesday!
I want to put them in our boys bedroom as well. Very masculine! 🙂
Love this! The rustic/industrial look is great and I love the way these turned out! Will have to try making these 🙂
Thanks so much! They were so easy to make! You should definitely give it a shot. 🙂
This is so cool! Pinning! I’d love for you to link up to the Be. YOU. Tiful Link Party 🙂 http://wp.me/p2LtB9-sc
Thanks! I’d love to link up, thanks. 🙂
Those look great! I bet my crafty hubby would love to make something like this for me. 😉 Thanks for sharing this post at Savoring Saturdays, I hope you’ll come link up again this weekend!
Thank you so much for sharing at our Cook it! Craft it! Share it! Link Party. I hope you can join us this Wednesday night at 8:30 PM EST -Doree
Umm, I love this idea! So creative! 🙂 This is one of my favorites at Sweet & Savoury Sundays! Thanks for linking up with us! <3
I love the look of these shelves!!!! Thanks for sharing at The Wednesday Roundup! Angela, LeMoine Family Kitchen, http://lemoinefamilykitchen.com
I really love the look of this! Great job and thank you for linking it w/ us on The Wednesday Roundup last week. We’ve chosen it as one of our features for this week – congrats! I do hope you will return this week http://foodyschmoodyblog.com/wednesday-roundup-28/
Love the look of this! I love the fact that even a novice like me could make this work 🙂 Found you through the link party from Sweet & Savory. What a great shelf, I have my shoes on shelves but nothing as fun looking as this.