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Materials needed:

• 1″ x 2″ for support.
• 1″ x 10″ for the shelving.
• Wood Glue
• Small Nails
• Stain

Tools Required:

• Hammer
• Saw
• Measuring Tape

Our half bathroom is under the stairs and it has a random nook in it. The previous owners had placed simple wire shelves in there. While it was very functional it just didn’t look good.

We decided that we wanted to add in some wood shelves with a nice dark stain.

The first step was to rip out the old wire frame shelves and their wall anchors. This left holes in the wall which needed to be filled with spackle, sanded, and then painted.

We then pre-stained all of the wood used in the project. This allowed us to not worry about getting stain all over the walls.

We then installed the 1″ by 2″ wood on the walls in order to support the shelves. Be careful to make sure that it is level!

We also glued and tacked a 1″ by 2″ onto the front of our 1″ x 10″ shelf to give it a nice front edge and also hid the supports from view.

Lastly we simply placed the shelves on their supports and we were finished! We plan on gluing them down, but at this point it doesn’t seem like there is much of a point.