There are so many creative and inexpensive ways to make decorative shelving. Before this project my room had four very empty white walls and something needed to be done. First came the idea from Pinterest to hang a shallow create on the wall for shelves. I was able to find my very dark and graying crate at one of our favorite antique stores for $12. The color and size were perfect. Still, something to accompany it on the wall was needed. During one of our many Goodwill hauls I came across a perfect desk chair, more on this later, however in order to transport this in one of our small compact cars two of us needed to stay behind at the store. While me and one of our personal contractors Caleb were waiting we walked around the side of the store. Our Goodwill has an old railroad yard running right up to the side of the building. This is where we found the huge, thick pieces of railroad wood and the idea to create shelves with them happened. After that it was just purchasing some large 60 cent screws that were long enough to go through the entire shelf and then adding the décor.
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| The finished under $20 unique décor wall. |
All of the glass vases on the shelves were from the Salvation Army or Goodwill for a dollar and filled with free stuff collected on the beach. The total cost rundown for this wall, $12 for the crate, The wood was free, four long screws to hold the large shelves $2.40, and roughly $3 in décor items. Complete cost $17.40 and I couldn't be happier with my under $20 wall. It fits in perfectly with the rest of the room and really adds a wonderful uniqueness to it. Much more personality than just adding normal book shelves.
