Do you love the smell of new lumber??????? I do _ I love to go to Lowes and walk in the Lumber entrance and breath deep! Its smells soooooo good! I maybe have a slight problem- according to my husband!
I love making things out of wood and my friend found this awesome blog/ website and shared it with me! Thanks to her my "housework" is never going to get done now! The website is anawhite.com. Her name is Ana and she is a "stay at home" mom who lives in Alaska and loves to make things. She has some neat ideas_ and some of them are super easy AND affordable. The best part is: she explains it very simply and includes a complete list of materials, approx. price, and very detailed drawings. She also uses the really easy software google sketch_ AND ITS ALL FREE!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved her "$10 floating shelves". So I went out yesterday to Lowes and purchased 1- 1x4x8, and 1- 1x2x4 for a whopping total of $4.18 (mine were cheaper because i only wanted a 4 ft shelf and I think lumber is cheaper here!). Next stop was the shop, one cut on the chop saw (only because they didnt have any straight 1x4x4- then i wouldnt have needed to cut anything!) I cut 1x4 in half, butted up the two boards to make a 90 degree angle and air nailed it together, then placed 1x2 across bottom and nailed that in place- and FINISHED! The whole "shop" time totalled about 10 minutes, give or take 5 minutes for a quick talk with my brother. I will be painting black and then hanging- Can't wait!
I will post pictures soon! otherwise - check out Ana White.com
Happy Sawing, Nailing, Painting, and just down right Creating :)
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