Simple DIY ledge shelf tutorial

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We finished up our kitchen remodel almost a year ago now, but the wall over our kitchen table always bothered me. I hadn’t found anything that I loved over the table, and it stayed blank for a year.  Since it is a wall we can see well from most of our downstairs, I wanted to make something that I would love. 

I came up with these simple DIY shelves:

I posted this picture on my Instagram and you guys told me you’d love to have a tutorial written up!

Guys – these shelves are SO SIMPLE.  If you’ve never built anything before, this would be a really good first project. They took us about 30 minutes of “hands-on” time, and cost less than $20.

First, figure out how long you want your shelves to be.  We cut ours to be 4 feet long. If you don’t have a power saw (this is the one we have & love), you can have the people at Home Depot or Lowe’s cut them down for you.

My husband has informed me that that’s not a 2×4 on the bottom – sorry!  It’s 1.25 inches thick and can be found with the trim wood at your hardware store.  Hope that helps!

Here’s the dimensions we used – you could also use a 1×4 on the bottom if you’d like, but we had extra 2×4’s we wanted to use up.  If you wanted to make the shelf deeper, than use a 1×6 on the bottom.

Screw the pieces together (from the bottom board) and then stain with your desired color – I used Rustoleum Carrington.

Screw the back board directly into the wall (We plan on keeping these up for a loooong time)

I decorated the shelves with some fun colored dishes for spring & summer (floral plates found here & teal dishes found here) I’m really excited to decorate these shelves for different seasons!

Trust me when I say that you could easily make these shelves!  I plan on making more for other places in our home – they’d be perfect for picture frames or books!

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