Open Picture Ledge Shelves


Today I am sharing picture ledge shelves 
I made for our living room.

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These are the easiest shelves in the entire world!

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Very inexpensive as well!


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I cut a 1 x 4 pine board into 36" lengths. 
Then I stained it.  
After it was dry, I sanded it very well to distress the wood.


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For the shelf support , I used L brackets.
These are not very strong and sturdy for anything heavy.  
But I knew my shelves were only going to hold light items, so it works perfectly for me.


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I spray painted the metal L brackets with rust spray paint.
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When everything was dry, I screwed the brackets to the wood,
then mounted the entire thing to the wall.


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I always get our family photo printed and mounted on mat board.
I love not having to frame them, then I can just set them on a shelf.

I used our family photos to hide the antennae for our tv.

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