Diy key shelf2/13/2024 Once I had that calculated, I just had to figure out the top part of the shelves. That left me with 20 inches of open space to cover over with trim, so I knew we would need five 5″ boards on the ends and in between each shelf. I measured the space in between the walls, in our case it was almost exactly 12 feet, or 144 inches, then I subtracted out the width of the bookcases which are 31″ each, or a total of 124 inches. To figure out how to best use the space, the picture below shows how we did the math. How to Build Built-In Bookcases from IKEA Billy Bookshelves I had two shelves already from my former home office so I picked up two more tall Billy bookshelves from IKEA. What is nice about the space, which is open to our foyer, is that the walls already created the perfect “niche” to put shelves in. Sources are linked throughout and listed at the end of the post. This is the home’s formal living room just inside the front door, we use it more as a quiet reading/library space since formal entertaining isn’t high on our list these days. This picture is from our move-in day before we had the room painted pale gray. He basically showed up one day with the lumber and did the entire project for me himself I sure am one lucky girl! At one point last year, I showed my Dad a picture of some shelves that were similar and asked if he could help me with the harder parts of construction. Enjoy your weekend.Since I didn’t actually do most of the hands-on work, I suppose it is easy for me to say how simple this is, but this project is certainly simple compared to building a wall of shelves from scratch.Ī quick recap if you missed the first post: I’d been dreaming about building these shelves since we moved in our new home. Thanks for spending some time with me today. If you decide to make one of these for yourself, feel free to send me pics. It’s really going to help me by adding a little organization to my keys. Once the paint dried, the project was complete! Pretty simple right? Here are some pics of the finished DIY Key Holder. It worked okay, but a stencil brush would have been better. I tried using a Q-tip for this because the space that needed paint was pretty small. I placed the stencil on the top of the joined boards and painted with some black craft paint I already had on hand. If you don’t have a Silhouette, you could cut out your own stencil or buy a pack of letters and match them up. I designed the word KEYS in a font I wanted and cut it out. I decided to make a stencil on my Silhouette. When the cup hooks dried, I just screwed them in.Įven though its pretty obvious what this is when keys are hanging on it, I wanted to give it a little detail. I placed the holes in a pattern that worked for me, but you could place the holes anywhere you wanted to. While those dried outside, I drilled pilot holes into the 1×3 boards. I didn’t want them to be white on the key holder, so I just stuck them in a scrap piece of cardboard and spray painted them black. You can pick these up at any hardware store. I had a few cup hooks left over from my jewelry stand project, so I decided to use them for the key hooks. Now that the project is assembled, it’s time for the hardware. I can’t help the fact that Kona is the best stain color out there! One of these days I might actually branch out and use another color. Now that the boards are attached, I sanded them completely and stained. Just don’t be that creepy person who has a 50-pound keychain. This is plenty because there won’t be that much weight on the key holder. I attached the boards together with two pocket holes screws in each board. The backs of these boards are ugly and haven’t been sanded, but you will never see them. I needed an easy way to attach them together, so I decided to use pocket holes for this step. I started out with three 1×3 boards cut at 18″. I didn’t even have to cut off any length. Do you all remember my Arhaus inspired end table? I had some boards left over from that project that worked out perfect for the key holder. The best part of this project is what it is made of. I guess at some point in time I made copies like a mad woman for some reason (don’t ask me, I just live here). This problem calls for a DIY hanging key holder! Before starting this project, I went through and checked all of the keys I have to make sure they are still good. ![]() It’s like they just multiply in my house. Yay! I don’t know about all of you, but I have loads of keys for some reason. I hope everyone is having a good Friday so far. ![]() Hey guys and gals, to keep up with my latest projects come follow along with me on Pinterest an d Instagram!
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