I have a minor obsession with vintage Pyrex and have slowly been acquiring random pieces over the years. I definitely use some of them, especially at the holidays or when going to potlucks, but quite a few have been tucked away in cupboards, unused and unseen. I love the patterns and have been debating adding a shelf to the kitchen/dinning area to display the pieces.
Earlier this summer I grabbed a board from the collection of wood left in my dad's barn. It's a 1 x 8, about 6 1/2 ft long. The brackets are 6 inches on the short side, 8 on the long side. The board was primed already, and I wanted it to match the rest of the space so I added a few coats of the cupboard and trim paint. The board was sitting in the garage for a few weeks until I finally got motivated Friday night and Saturday morning. On Friday night I initially hung the brackets too high, so Saturday morning I started over. A little measuring, leveling, and drilling, and the shelf is up!
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hammer, screwdriver, brackets, drill, tape measure, level, studfinder.
what more do you need? |
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| one level bracket |
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| two level brackets |
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| level shelf = success! |
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new shelf with the pyrex collection (a couple are in use on the table)
the art work was rehung about 4 inches higher on the wall |
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| shelf from the living room |
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| the collection up close |
I'm also slowly making progress on the front door I got. I thought the project would be a bit easier than it is turning out to be. A friend was going to help troubleshoot, but now that I've taken off the existing hardware and started measuring things, it might be a bit out of my realm of (novice) expertise. I might just find a local carpenter/general contractor to do the work, and it turns out one of my neighbors does just such work - time to give him a call! In the meantime, I painted both sides gray; not that the red wasn't bright and cheery, it just doesn't go with my current color scheme!
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