yardstick embellished shelves
By way of confession, my crafting room is not exactly tidy. I have a bad habit of keeping supplies on my desk rather than storing them in a drawer or in the closet.
Most of the solution was already at my fingertips — I had five finished shelves salvaged from a discarded CD cabinet. Ready to hang.
Still…I waited.
Then one day, a friend appeared as if by magic bearing a gift: two vintage yardsticks from her personal collection. The puzzle pieces neatly clicked into place.
I scoured the town to find a few extra (new) yardsticks from hardware/lumber purveyors. Not as easy a task as I’d first imagined.
Seems that old fashioned wooden yardsticks are not as common as they were years ago.
But I happily have enough to tackle the task at hand: adding functional storage to my crafting room embellished with nostalgically pretty yardsticks.
I selected heavy corner braces for the shelf brackets, because of their industrial look.
Cut the yardsticks to size with a small hand saw and glued them to the front shelf edges.
Then I removed (most) of the clutter from my desk surface. I absolutely love them!
Two more will hang on the adjacent wall along with a pinboard…but I still need a tiny dose of extra inspiration for that.
Thank you to my lovely friend for the yardsticks, they are absolute treasures!
I’m so grateful you stopped by today 🙂
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Oh they’re just too dang cute! Seriously so!
AND you were smart enough to put them on in a way that made a lip on the shelf so you don’t have to fret about stuff rolling from the darn shelf…..cuz you’re that darn good! 😉
Mel took the words right outta my mouth…..”Oh, they’re just so dang cute! Seriously so!”
And I was also going to mention about the yards sticks giving the shelves a lip, as not to have things fall off.
Diane, honestly, these are beyond wonderful. Clever and oh so practical!
And paaaaaaleeeese…..your craft room looks immaculate. In fact, your whole house does.
Btw, I love the desk!
Hope you had a faaaaaaaabulous day, dear friend.
X to you and Cristybella!
Wow!! That is a fabulous idea, Diane! I love the new shelves, love the desk, love it all!! 🙂
Just shared it to my Facebook and hope you’ll link it up on Sunday! I see a feature coming. hehe
I hope you’re having a wonderful week!
Hugs,
Vanessa
These are sooo stinkin’ cute, girlfriend. Just precious.
So cute! Love the yardsticks!!
I love this idea!
perfect looking shelves for a craft area.
Well, you know I LOVE that! Very cool, Diane!
Cute!
I really like that look! Gotta go find me some yardsticks now!
Your shelves look fabulous.
Yardsticks are hard to find- I have one that I snatched from the math dept. when I was still teaching (as an Eng. teacher!).
Have a great week,
Laura
White Spray Paint
LOVE this! I agree, wooden yardsticks are hard to find these days and they’re not free anymore. I used them to make ledges on a shelf in my classroom to hold my baskets of paints in place. They give my space, and yours, a nice zing!
I LOVE this!! I looked into getting some vintage metre sticks i a while ago…but they’re SOOOO expensive in the UK.
Grrrr!
Very cute. Thanks for linking up to Share the Love Wednesday!
Mary
Such cool shelving !
Love your desk, Diane. And the yardstick shelves complement it so good!
Cheers
ooh l really like the look, who would have thought!!
Really cute! Great idea!
Hi Diane,
Your DIY is absolutely stunning.
I have same as your DIY in the garage. I will post that next week. I really love doing it §;-)
I didn’t realized that this is very popular in decolandia. Me & hubby built his shelves in his garage a year ago with old yardstick. He was an old interior carpenter. But shifted his branch to financial branch.
TY for sharing this. Hubby give me a wink…
Happy Tuesday,
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