This weekend I tackled a big project that has been on my list for awhile now. A rolling industrial looking shelf for my new living room design. We got rid of our Entertainment center and television in our living room since we don’t watch tv in there. So I needed something to hold knick knacks, toys, and give height to the room, but not be a giant visual block.

(from Restoration Hardware)

I found this shelf awhile back and then saw it in country living magazine and fell in love all over again. I searched and searched for something similar I could afford with no luck .

So this weekend I decided to tackle it.

1.in my garage testing it 2. in the living room with wheels but no shelves

And the finished product below. well… I still have to touch up the screws on the brackets but other than that it’s good to go!

It measures 3’w x 6.5’t x1.5’d – I used 2×4’s and furring strips for the frame construction so they would have that grainy aged appearance after I stained it. I used plain old pine for the shelves!

The L-brackets and the wheels are stock from Home Depot and where all silver when purchased. I bought some ORB spray paint after reading about how much Sherry from Young House Love loves it and all her projects look great with it. It sprayed on like a dream and covered super well. I didn’t spray the screws and that’s why they are glaring at us right now, but I have one of those trusty paint pens in ORB so I will use that. :)  I debated awhile on what to use for the rods across the back. I almost went with actual pipe but decided that it would be too heavy along with the fact that I would have to get them cut and degrease them. Yuck! So I bought 1/2″ PVC pipe and sprayed them with ORB. I cut through them with my chop saw and put them in the holes I drilled as I was constructing it.

It turned out just as I imagined it, which I am very thankful for since I wasn’t sure how it would hold together to be honest. ;) I have filled it a bit but want to tweak things before I show pictures of it staged. I will probably save that for the full living room tour when I am done.

But here are a few teasers of Luke with the new Shelf.

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1. Trying to climb on the bottom shelf to get the rod in the back, he finally succeeded 2. I quickly got his toy basket on that shelf to deter anymore climbing

So this goes to show that just because something is out of your budget doesn’t mean you can’t diy something to be pretty dang close. ;) Leave me a link if you have diy’d anything in your home lately. I would love to check it out.

Thanks for stopping by!