Beadboard Wall Shelf

{Living Room Beadboard Shelf}

Cason and I have been wanting to finish this wall for a while, but have been lacking the funds!

But while I was at the hardware store a couple of days back, I noticed that they had this primed board on sale!!! It was exactly what I needed!

I have seen a couple of other people put up shelves on blogs and such lately... and they are always 3 inches deep.

Why?

What can you REALLY put on THREE measly inches? Not much.  I decided on 5 :)

(ya, I live on the wild side... (rolling my eyes))

ANYWAY... Once I bought all the wood

**for only $16 BUCKS! (and that includes the trim piece and triangles)

Here is the first piece in place. Literally... I just flipped the board over, so that the primed side was facing down, and Cason shot some nails into the wall, on an angle.

We noticed that the board WAS a little heavy and large, for the small ledge that it had to sit on... so we made the decision... since there will probably be some heavy things on there... that we should anchor it with some corbels, or something.

Buuuuut, since those are pricey...

Enter scrap wood that we had this in the garage....

Cason cut it into these little triagles.

Genius!!!... and FREE!

Get the idea?

I primed them, with some spray primer, and then up they went... with a little bit of liquid nails, and one shot of the nail gun!

Next, the trim piece.  Definitely needed this lip, to make sure that the objects on the shelf didn't slip, or fall off... very crucial piece.

Nails were not an option, because the board underneath wasn't thick enough, and the nails would have popped through...so we ran a bead of liquid nails on the underside, and placed it up.

This is what the top looks like.

Let's be totally honest... I'm not jumping off my computer chair to go paint this guy.

I cant see it, and either can Cason. Soooooooo... it maaaaaaaay not get painted. lol.

In other news:

We frosted some cookies today.

I always remember my Mom telling me to NEVER lick dinner knives.  And it always bugged me. It's not like they're THAT sharp........right?

Ya, well... to bad today, as my girls were licking the frosting off of their knives, I said...

"Ooo, honey, don't do that... that's sharp!"

yikes. I've become my mother.

Weirder part though... I didn't ACTUALLY care... it just... came out. LOL

Maybe that's part of Motherhood!? Anyone?