Archive for January, 2011

Wall of Windows Shelves

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Think an entire wall of shelves makes a room too dark? Think again! These Swedish shelves not only take up an entire wall, but allow the home owners to still see out through the windows! I wouldn’t store any collectibles that might fade in directly sunlight on them, but for glassware, books, and other household [...]

Garage Shelves for Rubbermaid Tubs

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Shortly after moving into our new home, I decided to build some shelves to hold all of my Rubbermaid Tubs. Rubbermaid storage tubs are great for storing stuff: they’re cheap, waterproof, and stack nicely. Unfortunately, they stack a little too nicely, which makes it difficult to retrieve things from the bottom of the stack! I [...]

Custom CD Shelves

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

From the moment I saw this half-height wall in my upstairs loft, I just knew it was the perfect location for a set of custom shelves. Here is a quick tutorial on how I built them, which includes one of the oldest tricks in the book when it comes to making custom shelves — building [...]

Welcome to LoveThyShelf.com!

Monday, January 24th, 2011

LoveThyShelf.com is a new website dedicated to the love of shelves. I know, it sounds a little weird — allow me to explain. As a collector of many things, storing and displaying those things has been an issue for much of my life. Back when I was in mid-high, my parents owned and ran a [...]