We built this!

For the past year, Jared has been hassling me to get a projector. He has pleaded, begged, bargained, and in the end he got his wish. He wanted to put the projector downstairs against our brick wall. To me, having it against the brick wall was fine because we have stinkin' baseboard heater along that wall so we can't put couches or anything else up against it. But then, the ideas began to percolate.

I have been wanting to buy bookshelves for a while because all my pictures and books are still shut away in boxes or stacked out of sight. I started staring at this blank canvas and came up with a idea to do built in bookshelves. I drew it all out, complete with books and decorative items on the shelves and decided that it had to be done. The shelves would compliment the projector screen amazingly! I showed Jared the picture of my plan and yes, I even had dimensions on it as well, and without any pleading, begging, or bargaining, he said yes to my bookshelves. (Hey, when yo got it, you got it!)

So we began our building journey...with chalk drawings.

We went to Home Depot to get all our materials. Then we started our wondrous journey.
We measured, marked, remeasured, marked, taped, cut, and assembled.

We searched the Internet for directions on how to properly build a book shelf and learned that you obviously need to secure the top and bottom of the shelf but for more stability, the center shelf should be secured as well.

( Master Jared working with a nice shot of the saggy work pants that he wears when we do any kind of house project.)

The bookshelves are done...for now. We are going to put molding around them to make them look built-in later. I love the brick behind it because it gives it dimension and texture.


I had to decorate my shelves immediately!
Jared had to get his projector up immediately!

It looks so good, even better in person if you feel the need to come and see our amazing shelves!



We thought this would take at least one whole weekend, but we did it in one day. I love it!