How to make and install your own wall shelf

I have been helping one of my best friends decorate her new place. She had some old wood scraps in her basement and asked me if I can make a wall shelf for her. Whaaaa? I have no woodworking skills whatsoever, but somehow I still agreed to do it.

{How to}

1. I may not know how to build stuff (yet), but I do know how to paint. So I found the nicest pieces of wood, cleaned it, primed it and the gave it two light coats of bright yellow Rustoleum spray paint (just spray paint I had already). So far the project is free. I'd take free any day.

I then got a set of brackets from Ikea for only $5.00. Gotta love Ikea for the prices of stuff like this.

2. This was my very FIRST time installing a shelf on the wall, and especially using anchors. I now feel like I can do anything.

These brackets are versatile. I chose to install them upside down.

3. Place the shelf on your brackets and you are seriously done. Now let's decorate it.

Total project cost = $5.00

That's it for now folks. Stay tuned for more inexpensive, thrifted and DIY projects.

Hugs,

P.S. The art on the wall was made by my friend. She wanted to display her own art in her new apartment. I gotta ask her to paint something for me.

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10 Bird Cage Decorating Ideas

I have a friend who has the most awesome antique (or antique looking), rustic and vintage decorations in her home....like lots of them. What's really cool, is that none of it looks dated and I am in love. One of these cool decor pieces are birdcages. I am still looking to find one at a flea market/antique store/ thrift store/garage sale. Yes...I attend these with the utmost regularity. Until that glorious moment arrives into my life, I am just drooling over some Piterest finds, that I want to share with you.

Beautifully White

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Aqua bird cage wall display

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A bird cage used for organizing stationary…Brilliant

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Turquoise bird cage

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Bird cage aquarium

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You could put anything in there. So pretty.

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Lots of people use them to make chandeliers

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Bird cage weddings

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That owl seems so happy the bird cage is only for decorating

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And if you feel like one is not enough, you can always go with...5. 

I see these as perfect ways to decorate the top of the kitchen cabinets.

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My current home decorating style (at least in my dreams) is antique reinvented,
and this sure fits that category.

What do you think of bird cages? Do you hate them? Do you love them? 

What projects have you done using birdcages?

Hugs,

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