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Hello crafty family and welcome to another tutorial from her crafty for today's DIY projects. I have selected my 10 most popular creations that are made from cheap

wood

cuts. Now all of these projects include step-by-step instructions and styling ideas that I have used for my space Now, as always, all of the projects I create have complete supply lists included in the description box so you can easily use them as a reference while gathering your supplies. supplies. Now just a side note, these videos were culled from creations over the past few months, so some of the prices mentioned in the videos may have changed, but rest assured that none of these projects will

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more than 15 today if you use the items listed, just be sure to check what the price will be in your region now before To start off, I have to say hello to all my subscribers and if you are a new visitor to my channel today, I hope you will consider subscribing too and stick around to enjoy of these crafts in all the different ways that I will show you. to design them in your space, so now let's get straight to the projects.

This project will need one of the 1 by 2 by 8 foot pieces of lumber from Home Depot for $18 and I'm showing you the final piece for reference. We will also need four packages of one gallon paint sticks from Lowe's for 98 cents and we will also need a 7 16 inch dowel which was 97 cents from Walmart. Now the first thing we are going to do is cut the

wood

to size, we are going to need four pieces that will be cut to 17 inches and four pieces cut to seven inches now, if you don't have a means to cut the wood, Home Depot should be able to do it for you at free now, I just replaced the tablecloth on my table, so I'm going to protect it from hot glue with this silicone mat that the company sure Binder sent me.

This mat is perfect to use when you are heat gluing your projects and it also has a ruler grid on the side which is very useful and I love that the glue doesn't stick to the mat and comes off right away so I will use my Shure Bonder Dual Temp glue gun with my wood glue sticks for this project. What we're going to do is start by taking two of the longer pieces of wood and we're going to take two of the shorter ones and we're going to form a frame by sandwiching the shorter pieces between the longer ones just start by applying hot glue, you know, to the end of one of the shorter pieces and adhere it to the longer piece as shown here and you want to do this on both sides and then finally you want to apply the other. long piece to the other end now once everything cools down we have one of our frames and now we are going to repeat this for our other frame and here they are both all assembled now to reinforce our frames.

I'm going to drill. some pilot holes for screws and I'm going to use a 7 64 inch drill bit. I'm just going to drill a hole in each outside corner of both frames and now that our pilot holes are ready, we're going to need eight of the six one and a half inch wood screws for the frames and then I'm going to carefully apply one screw in. each of those pallet holes we drilled and now our two frames are nice and sturdy, so now Let's go ahead and grab our paint sticks. I'm going to place them on top of one of the frames.

Now we want to mark a measurement where the bars will fit inside the frame nice and snug. Now what I suggest is to tape it. Putting them all together and cutting them little by little until you get the nice, perfect fit. Here's the fit we're going to achieve inside the frame, so now we can start adding our slats from the back. side now you want to make sure you add them in the right direction and that the printed side is facing you since it's the back and all we're going to do is use a marker to space it out and I'm just going to put a dot of hot glue on top of that piece, check the fit and then if everything fits well, go ahead and secure it with a line of hot glue, then I'll take that marker again for the next slat and then I just want to place that piece and angle it at the same angle as the first one and then just apply some hot glue to the side seams of that slab again, check the front and make adjustments to make sure everything is ready once we add that third one. slot, this should establish a nice spacing pattern that will be easy to follow from now on, then you just want to repeat this for the rest of the shutter.

Another

great

tip is to use a mesh mat and this will ensure that your slats are nice and straight and here is the shutter all complete now you just want to repeat the process for that second shutter so now that they are both complete I'm going to paint these white but you can stain them or paint them whatever color you want and what I'm going to do is apply a coat of this thicker primer, it's nice and thick, and we're going to get into all those folds of the shutters and now that the primer is dry, I really love how they remain.

I'm looking, but I decided to put in a center rod which is common on these types of shutters, so I'm just going to take that rod and I'm going to mark the rod to fit between the top, inside, bottom and top. of the frame now, once you make these marks, you will simply cut it into two pieces and place them in the centers of the frames now to make sure they are perfectly centered. Go ahead and grab your tape measure and you want to mark the center of the top and bottom of the frame and then before you adhere it just place the ruler as a guide and then you can apply a dot of hot glue to the top of each of the slats to the center.

You want to do this pretty quickly so the glue doesn't dry and then just place the dowel right on top of that glue line and once you've done that, repeat it for the other shutter. Now when both shutters are finished you will just quickly paint. that rod with a little bit of acrylic paint and you just want to make sure you apply a light coat. I could have spray painted it with my sensor again, but I didn't want to coat my shutters, so I'm going to brush this on real quick. Now you could have done this before painting anything, but I wasn't sure if I was going to use it, but once I decided, I just wanted to go ahead and paint it and then you're going to add a final coat of this krylon. satin finish spray paint and now we're ready to embellish so now what I'm going to do is use this elephant gray spray paint and what I'm going to do is add a little bit of distressing so I'm going to take a tip brush thin and I'm going to start lightly applying the paint to the edges of the slats that you want to add to the frame and the center rod as well and now I'm going to continue. using my chip brush and I'm just going to dry brush on the smaller paint and I'm just going to place it around the shutter just to slightly enhance that worn look.

Now this will dry quickly and you can add your seasonal

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ations. to your shutters if you want now for the fall I'll use a couple of these cotton pine cones, a bundle of wheat I went ahead and divided it in half and I'll also use some buffalo plaid ribbon all from the dollar tree now. You want to start bundling your wheat selection with your cotton selection now to secure them together, you can use some floral tape, you can use wire or whatever you have on hand to make sure they are nice and secure together and then when you have everything. wrapped, simply go ahead and cut off the excess stem now to secure them to the shutter.

We're just going to use some jute twine and I'm going to tie the bundle to the frame by just looping it through one of the slats and securing it. around that center rod and now you can go ahead and cut those tails off now, if you want to cover the tie, you want to add a little bit more flare, just cut a piece of that buffalo plaid ribbon and all I'm going to do is wrap it around this around the entire shutter and I'm going to tie a bow over the center making sure to cover that jute rope then all you have to do is trim the tails of your bow and then adjust the bow to the fullness you like and now you can repeat this on your other shutter and here they are both completed and now they will look

great

without any embellishments but the

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ation is up to you and here is our project all hanging on display.

Now I think these shutters have become They look amazing now, this eye blind is perfect for a bathroom or other small wall space but can be made even larger for a bolder statement and I love how you can customize and change the trim to any season you like. Now here is my inspiration. piece for this project today, now this cute bench kept popping up in my feed so I knew there had to be a reason so of course I just had to recreate it and since the $129 price tag was definitely out of the question I I was. to the drawing board and designed my own version.

Now I will show you all the measuring cuts and step by step assembly of this project. For this project we will need three packages of five gallon paint stirrer sticks from Home Depot for 98 cents and we will need three of the 1x2 pieces of wood and they now come in eight foot lengths and are very inexpensive at only $1.54 each at Home Depot. Now the first thing we're going to do is work with Those paint stir sticks and I'm going to cut them into different lengths so we're going to take three sticks and we're going to leave them at the length of the package and they're packed at 21 inches and then I'm going to take two stir sticks. and cut them to 20 inches, two stir sticks are going to be cut to 19 inches and the last two are going to be cut to 18 inches, so I'm going to lay out my mesh mat as a guide and I'm going to grab One of those paint stir sticks is now about 21 inches long, so I'm going to mark that 21 inch mark with a piece of painter's tape on my mat, so once we have that, I'm going to grab two of those 18 inch sticks. and I want to place one at the end at the 21 inches and the beginning at the one inch mark now to keep them in place I'm just going to roll up a piece of painter's tape and place it on the back of each stick just to keep it there in its place and now I want to grab one of those 21 inch sticks and we want to put this right in the center between those two 18 inch sticks and this will end up being around the 10 inch mark, so now I'm going to grab two more sticks and these are the 19 and 20 inch sticks and I want to center them between that 21 and 18 inch stick and then tape them in place and then grab the last one. two and I do the same thing so now all my pieces are nice and secure and in place, so I'm going to take those last two paint sticks that are 21 inches and I'm going to place one near the top and I'm going to place one around it. two inches above the bottom now, once they're in the desired location, I'm going to go ahead and mark the bottom of the stick on all of the sticks because I'm going to lift it up to add a little bit of glue now what you want to do. this on the top and bottom and I'm going to use my Surebinder wood hot glue stick and I'm just going to put a little bit of hot glue right on those paint sticks above the mark that we made and then I'm going to place that paint stick. right on top of that and press it firmly into place now we're going to repeat the same thing on the bottom as well now once the glue dries you can grab your paint sticks and you'll see that everything is assembled and ready to go now go secure it .

I'm going to add a staple to the back of each of those paint sticks, going through the other stick at the top and bottom, and this will make sure everything stays nice and secure, so now I'm going to start working on our wooden box, so I'm going to take my one for two. I'm going to cut seven pieces to 19 and a half inches. I'm going to cut four pieces to ten and a half inches. I'm going to cut four seven and a half inch pieces, I'm going to cut two five and a half inch pieces and four three inch pieces.

Now we're going to go ahead and stain our wood and I'm going to put four sticks here, but we're going to need five 19 and a half inch sticks and four seven and a half inch sticks. Now I'm going to use my minwax Jacobian stain to stain these, so when we stain them we want to stain all sides. the front sides, the back sides and even the two ends because they will all be shown in our project and once the first one is dyed go ahead and dye the rest and then leave them out for two and a half to three hours to dry completely and Here there's the last one that I didn't forget, so now, while they're dry, we're going to grab the last two 19 and a half inch sticks and two of the five and a half inch sticks.

Now these will be for our box. We're holding our seat, so we're going to lay out the two long sticks first and then we're going to sandwich those five and a half inch pieces between them to make the box. Now again I'm going to take my Sherbonder Woodstick hot glue and we're going to put it on the end of each of those short sticks and attach them to the top of that long stick. Now this will be a temporary join for the box because theWe will screw in place to make sure it stays well. just add two more dabs of that hot glue right on those ends and press them into place so once they're nice and secure and the glue has set we're going to screw them in so I'm going to grab four one and one wood screws quarter inch of my box.

Now I have a lot of questions about my box and I actually put it together myself. It's like one of those clear sword tackle boxes from the fishing section, like at Walmart, and I just took individual packages of screws that I use frequently and placed them here and then put little stickers here labeling each of the sizes and I found it very useful and I just wanted to share it with you since I had a lot of questions, so now we're going to take our drill and I want to drill pilot holes for these screws. Now we want to drill these holes closer to the bottom edge of the box, about a quarter of an inch, maybe a little bit more, maybe a little more. half an inch right near the bottom and we're going to put one of those screws in and screw it into place and we want to do this around that box and now you see all the screws are in place near the bottom edge. from the box, so now we're going to take four of those ten and a half inch pieces and these are going to be the legs of our bench, so I'm going to stack them all nice and even making sure the edge is even and Take my ruler now what What we want to do is measure from the bottom to the six inch mark and we want to draw a six inch line along the side of each of those pieces.

Now this line will be a guide on how we place. on our box, so we want the line that we draw to line up with the bottom edge of the box and this will go around the four corners of those boxes in this box, so now we're going to add a generous amount of hot glue stick and again we're going to put this in place making sure to line it up with the line we drew and this one is near the back so we're going to repeat this for the other side. and we're going to glue it into place as well now, once the back two have been applied, just flip it over and you want to do the front two as well and make sure they line up on that line and here are the four.

They're hot glued into place, so now I'm going to apply two screws to each leg on the side, so I'm going to drill a hole near the top and bottom and near the bottom at an angle and we just want to avoid screwing through the The same area that we screwed for the first screw, we just want to screw right on top of it and you can see how the angle shows up here. Now we're going to repeat this every way and then we're going to take our screws and we're going to put. those screws on the side of those legs and this is what the screws are going to look like and we're going to continue this all the way around and here are all those screws in place so now we're going to take our four three inch pieces and these These are going to be armrest supports for our bench and you can see we're going to place them right above our legs on the top of the bench, I'm just going to add a little bit more of that hot wood glue and I'm going to attach that piece of wood support right on top making sure the inside edge is nice and flush.

Now you want to make sure that they're as even as possible and the hot glue should grab it and hold it in place temporarily now, once we do the other side, all four sides have those armrest supports on there and we're ready to go so now I'm going to grab the back fence area for the bench and our front and we're going to prime both with some zenser 123 primer or you can use chalk paint if you choose to hand paint and then once it's all primed and dry , we can continue with our final coat and I'm using a little bit of this satin white krylon or you can use another coat of chalk paint so now our wood pieces are nice and dry and what we're going to do is lay down the five of those 19 inches. and a half. pieces all together as shown here.

I'm going to use my carpenter's square that I picked up from the dollar tree to keep them nice and square. Now what I'm going to do is on the side of the piece. you're going to put several small dots of that hot glue along the side and press it against the next one. You don't want to put on a very thick bead because you don't want it to ooze through the seam. You just want to create that initial link between the pieces and then complete this for all five pieces and here is the solid piece after gluing it into the seam, so we're going to repeat this for the armrest pieces as well, we're just going to put two of them together and then put a few drops of hot glue between them and press them together as well and now we have our two armrest pieces so go ahead and set them aside and now our bench frame is nice and dry with that final coat so I first What we want to do is just make sure that our bench platform fits between them and if we cut everything correctly it should be nice and even and when we fit it we'll make sure that the back of that bench platform is level . the back of the frame, so to initially adhere it, I'm going to run a nice, generous bead of that hot wood glue along the top of that frame and place the bench piece right on top of it, now you want the back is flush with the back.

The panel and the front will have about a half inch overlapping edge so as you can see here the front overlaps a little bit and all the sides are nice and even now once it's secure in place we're going to work on those. armrest and all we're going to do is take our armrest piece and we're going to line it up with the back and the sides of that armrest, so go ahead and apply a generous amount of that hot glue on top of that armrest piece and Place gently smooth that armrest piece right on top and that will overlap the front about half an inch as well, but it will be flush and level with the back and then repeat this for the other side and here it is all attached and ready. to be permanently secured, so now what we want to do is add two screws into the armrest because as you remember, we just hot glued those armrest brackets, so I'm just going to drill down into that part of the leg and through from the armrest bracket all the way to the wood we're going to make two screw holes and then we're going to take some two inch wood screws and secure them together and I choose longer screws because they have to go through the armrest through the bracket and into the leg and that will ensure that these armrests don't move and now you want to repeat this for the other side even though the seat sits on a frame and it shouldn't move that front piece overlaps so just to secure it in place I'm also going to I'll drill a pilot hole in the top corner of the front piece on each side and then I'll drive some one inch wood screws into each. side just to hold it in place now you could certainly put a wood screw into each of the planks but I think for displaying and decorating items there really isn't a need and the hot glue should hold it perfectly so now I'm going to turn it over and just to make sure, I'm going to take that hot wood glue stick and run a bead along the bottom inside of the frame, around the bottom bench and also under the armrests, so this should lock.

When putting it in place, the hot wood glue stick is much stronger than regular hot glue, so now those screws are showing, so I like to cover them with a little bit of acrylic, so I'm mixing in a little bit of brown nutmeg and some black and I'm just going to rub it on the inside and around the head of the screw in a color that matches the stain. I like to let it dry and then apply a second coat on top when it dries and it should hold up pretty well for the life of the project, so now that the back of the bench is nice and dry we can start working with that and pinning it down, so so now that our bench is ready, we can sit it with the back side down against it and just make sure that everything lines up and if your measurements were cut right, everything should be even, so you want to turn it face down, good side down and have the back facing you for the bench and we're going to run a bead of hot glue along the back of each leg so that I'm going to take that hot wood glue and I'm going to run a bead through both legs making sure to use a generous amount and then I will place the fence piece right on top of it, now both sides should be even width wise. of the bench and you want to make sure that the bottom is also level with the bottom of that leg and just press it firmly into place and now it will be secured to the bench and to make it permanent we are going to put two screws in the back along on the side, so I'm going to take my drill and I'm going to drill two pilot holes, one near the top near the armrest and one near the bottom and then I'm going to take some three-quarter inch wood screws. and I'm going to put a wood screw into each of those pilot holes.

These don't have to be as long since you're just going through a stick of wood on that 1 by 2 piece of wood, so here are the two screws in place and you want to repeat this on the other side now, once that the screws are in place, everything is assembled on your bench, just turn it over, you want to check for glue nets and any kind of sawdust, clean it and now you are ready to place. is on display now here is the bench fully assembled finished oh my goodness how amazing it

looks

now these inexpensive wood cuts always stain beautifully and it turned out great and the thicker five gallon paint stirrer bars with a shape perfect for backup now. the armrests were a perfect accent and match the bench perfectly and now I added some of my favorite spring decor items and it brings the whole look together.

Now we're going to start with three of these metal dollar tree planters. Now what I'm going to do with these pots is punch a hole on each side to hold a piece of jute twine, so we're going to line up that hole on each side making sure the center seam is facing down. the back, so here I'm just taking a marker and I'm going to mark where I want to drill my side holes. Now you just want to choose a drill bit that is large enough to pass the jute twine through. Now I'm just going to go about a half to three quarters of an inch below my mark to drill the hole through the metal.

Now once you've drilled the first hole, you're going to want to repeat this on the other side and now we're going to repeat this process for your other two containers until all three of them have the two holes to hang the pots on, so now I'm going to use some this craftsman square jute twine on the dollar tree and I'm just going to cut three long pieces. Now I'm going to take one of those pieces and I'm going to thread it from the outside in and what I'm going to do is hang them and I need to adjust the string when my frame is made, but for now I'm just going to put a very, very loose knot in the inside just to keep the rope in place and I'm going to repeat this for the other two pots and once they're done set them aside so now let's get to work. on the frame and I'm going to use some one by fours from Home Depot.

Now these one by fours are furring strips from Home Depot and they are really reasonably priced at 298 for an eight foot long piece. What we're going to do is cut that piece into four pieces that measure 23 inches each and Home Depot should be able to cut this for you. Now we are going to take those four pieces and we are going to place them. into a square and we just want to make sure that the edge that we want to expose on the front of our shelf is facing up now to join them together. I'm going to use my Sherbonder glue gun with these hot glue sticks.

Now I'm just holding this up for temporary purposes because I'm going to use screws to permanently secure these in place, so I'm just going to apply a little bit of that safe binder hot wood glue on the edge and then I'm going to press them together and I'm going to go ahead and repeat this on all the way around the frame, making sure to use a generous amount of that wood glue to hold it in place and here are the four corners secured in place. I mentioned I'll screw this down. to make sure it's sturdy and I'm going to use some of these number six, one and three quarter wood screws now to secure my screws.

First I'm going to go ahead and drill one pilot hole and I'm going to drill two. pilot holes in each corner now once all my pilot holes are drilled in each corner I can apply my screws so I'm just going to take one screw and start threading it in by hand and then taking my drill. and screw it all the way into the piece of wood until it is flush and here are my two wood screwssecured in place now you want to repeat this around the frame until it's all done, so now what we're going to do is paint our frame and I'm going to start by using this elephant gray acrylic paint and what I'm going to do is apply it as a wash, so what I'm going to do is I'm going to take my brush and I'm going to really saturate it in water and then I'm just going to apply a little bit of that elephant gray acrylic paint and I just want to wash it onto the wood.

Now it doesn't have to be clean because that's how it will stay. a subfloor color now you want to repeat this process around the frame on the outside of the trim and the inside of the frame and this is what it will look like once it's all covered now that the frame is nice and dry you can move on to the next step which is Use some candles to rub it all over the surface. Now these are just some dollar tree taper candles and you just want to rub them all over the painted surfaces and now that the wax is all over the surfaces and this.

It will provide the perfect base to do some of our distressing now to cover that waxy coating. I'm going to use a little bit of this white acrylic paint to cover it and just put a good coat on top of it. You can also use chalk paint, but acrylic paint is so cheap that I thought I would use it and it will achieve the same look. Here's my frame, all coated in white and completely dry, so now what we're going to do is figure out how to do it. we want to hang our pots and there are a couple different ways to do it so another easy way is to just take that juice string from your pots and just wrap it around the top and let it hang that way and that would be a very super way Easy to do now you can also take use your drill and you can drill three holes in the top of your frame to tie the jute rope and that is another alternative.

Now the method I am going to choose are these screw hooks and I only have them on hand, but they are available at any hardware store or even at Walmart and they are really cheap, they have a screw and the good thing is that you don't have to use pilot holes to attach them , so to install them, I'm just going to figure it out. the center of the top of my frame and make a mark there, then I'll take one of those screw hooks in the middle of the top of the frame on the inside and just screw it into place and then for the next hook.

I'm just going to watch it near the edge, uh, the other end, and then I'm going to screw it into place now as well to make sure that the last hook you put in is the same distance from the edge as the other one. one on the end, I'm just transferring that measurement to the other side and I'm going to screw in that third hook. Now the screws on these are short enough that they don't go through the top side, but you always want to. look now what you need to do is go ahead and grab your pots and you can use that rope now to adjust the length of the pots that you want them to hang and this is one of the reasons why I didn't tie them up right away. it's very loose so you can make any type of adjustment you want now once they're adjusted to the length you want I'm just going to take that rope on the inside and just tie a knot in the middle.

I can cut it and tie knots on each side, but I found this to be easier in case I wanted to make any adjustments in the future. Now I didn't like the color of my hooks. I wanted them to blend together, so I'm just going to dab them with a little bit of this white acrylic paint and let them dry. Now I wanted to add shelves to my unit so I have a second 1x4 and that was cut into two pieces and I wanted to cut them to 22 and three quarter inches. so that they fit perfectly inside the frame, so I'm going to go ahead and paint them and distress them the same way I did with my original frame, so now I'm going to take my tape measure and I'm going to measure. and I divide the space at about seven inches since it has an opening of just over 21 inches, so I'm making one mark at seven inches and another at 14 inches, so I'm going to go ahead and draw a line. where those marks were so I'll know where my shelves are going to be located now just to make sure they fit my taste and look how I wanted I'm just going to stick my shelves in there take a look and everything

looks

good now you can place your shelves in various ways, you can use these commercial style shelf brackets.

Here you can actually use some dowels cut from the dollar tree and you can cut them to support those shelves as well. Now what I do. I'm going to use shelf pins. I have a bunch of these on hand so I'm just going to use these shelf pins to hold up my shelves in this project and I'll link them in the description box too, so what? What we're going to do is take a drill bit the size of the base of the shelf pens and carefully drill holes just below the line you drew. You want to make sure you go in about halfway. inches and do this slowly, make sure you don't go through the other side and here are my two holes for the shelf pins.

Now I'm just pasting them in now just to test them before we continue. drill the rest of my shelf pins and make sure everything is good, so now that everything is drilled and ready to go we can start distressing our frame. I like to save this for last because it's a lot of fun, so I'm just taking a dollar tree putty knife and I'm just scraping off that painted surface and you'll see that beautiful gray color come out when you scrape it off. I love the way it looks, it looks like a natural distressing a bit of a worn and aged look and here are both shelves completely weathered now, once this is done we can go ahead and distress our frame as well again, just scrape it lightly with your putty knife and You can do as little or as much angst as you want. continue until you're happy, so here's my frame, all worn inside and out, just scraping off that paint, so now I'm going to pin my shelves and I'm going to try out my shelves and see how everything looks and Everything looks good, so to hang our shelf, all we're going to use are these sawtooth hangers.

I think I bought them in a dollar tree kit and they hold on with two nails, so I'm just going to put one of the sawtooth hangers on a fence in one of the corners and I'm going to use these little nails to unnail them and They're about an inch long and I like to use needle nose pliers to hold them so I don't bump my fingers so I'm just going to stick them in and put a nail on each end and that's what the hanger will look like so Now you're going to repeat the process on the other end until both of those sawtooth hangers are in place, so now all you have to do is assemble everything and choose how you want to display them.

I chose to use some of this boxwood and some of this dollar tree wildflower for my pots, but you can use whatever you want. I like it and here is that rustic frame with the metal pots on display. Oh my gosh, I think this is so adorable. I love the way the tiered pots look on the frame and how you can adjust them if needed. and I think the weathered wood look of the wood is great. Now I also added a little buffalo plaid ribbon to the pots and you can personalize them however you want and y'all know I couldn't stop there, I added some. shelves to the piece and changed the look so you can now style them with all your favorite trinkets to match your

home

's decor and style.

Here is my inspiration for this project today. I thought this article was absolutely beautiful, but I did it. I want to pay 69 for it so I decided to create my own version and grabbed some dollar tree supplies and cheap wood for the frame to make it come to life. Now for this project we will need a 1x2 piece of wood and these. They come in 8 foot lengths and are very affordable at only $54 each at Home Depot. We will also need some of these 32 inch skewers that I bought at Dollar Tree and just know that they are also available at Walmart for 88 cents under the Ozark Trail brand and we will also need a piece of black dollar tree cardstock.

Now the first thing we want to do is cut the wood to size and we are going to cut two long pieces at 33. inches we are also going to cut two short pieces and these will be cut to six inches and now that all our wood pieces are cut we will stain them and this time I will use an old American dye to dye my pieces now. I normally use my Jacobian dye, which I love, but to match my inspiration project, I'm using this early American dye, so I'm going to dye the sides and front of both small pieces making sure they don't stain. the back or in pieces now for the two longer pieces we want to dye the ends of these and also the front and the sides and then let them dry completely, so while they dry we are going to work on our skewer. so I took a handful from the package and I'm going to use this black acrylic paint to paint my skewers.

Now you can use whatever method you want to paint the skewers. I'm just using one of these dollar tree brushes and I want to make sure I cover the entire skewer with the paint except the pointy end and what you hold while you paint them and here is one of the skewers completely painted and just repeat this process for the rest of the skewers and here they are. They sit out and let them dry completely and now that they're dry here they are, we're only going to end up using about three or four of these, but I like to paint a bunch of them for future projects and do that. all at the same time, so now we're going to work on our cardstock and what we're going to do is cut it into one inch strips to keep our cardstock from moving.

I'm going to go ahead and tape it in place with painter's tape. Now I have one of these criteria from Lowe's that I'm going to use to keep my lines nice and even and I'm going to use my x-acto knife to cut. My one inch strips just be careful when cutting with this, the x-acto knife is very sharp and try to keep it as vertical as possible so your lines are nice and crisp. Now what you want to do is cut 20 of these. one inch strips along the short side of your cardstock and here are all of mine ready to go.

Now what we are going to do with each of our strips is mark them at four and a half inches with a relief. tool and what this does is it creates a fold line so everything looks nice and I'm still just going to take my ruler, I'm going to mark, I'm going to go to the four and a half inch line and I'm going to make a relief. align at four and a half inches until you have four four and a half inch sections on that strip. Now, once you have your four four and a half inch sections there, you're going to create fold lines so you can see that it's easy to fold now, now we're going to fold it until we have four layers and then for that extra piece that's left over, the we're going to cut it down to about a quarter inch and that's going to be the end where we're going to seal it so we're going to fold it over once and then we're going to take our hot glue and we're going to run a strip of hot glue on that piece and then we're going to fold it down on the third section to make sure it's nice and uniform. add a little more hot glue on that section and then fold the fourth layer right on top and now all you have to do is secure that little tab in place at the bottom and hot glue now you can use hot glue or glue stick, use whatever you want comfortable and as you see, it creates this kind of double layer flower petal situation here and we want to repeat this for the rest of our strips until they're all complete, so now what I'm going to do do is take my black acrylic paint and I'm going to paint the edges of my board because as you see when you cut them it exposes the white underneath the black layer so I'm just going to apply a little bit of that black acrylic paint on each one. from the ends where I cut the petals of my flowers and then I let them sit to dry completely and here are all my petals, all pretty, painted, dried and ready to use, so by now the wood should be very dry and we're We're going to take all of our pieces, so we're going to start by using a long piece and a short piece and we're going to start assembling our frame.

I'm going to place one of the shorter pieces along the top edge of that. longer piece and I'm going to use my Sheer Bonder wood stick hot glue just to temporarily hold it in place because I'm screwing my frame, so I'm going to apply one of those pieces to the side and then I'm going to take another one of those shorter pieces and Also apply it to the other side. Now, once those two pieces are dry, we're going to take the last longer piece and place it right on top of those two short pieces so that this is Form our long frame now just apply the Sherbonder wood hot glue stick on both ends as well and then place that short and long piece on top of the shorter piece.

Now here's our frame, all held together with that hot wood glue stick. I mentioned earlier that I was going to secure them with screws, so I'm going to use some one and a half inch number eight wood screws to secure the frame now, before I add my screws. Always meI love drilling pilot holes and what this does is prevent the wood from splitting or weakening in those spots so I'm just going to take my drill and drill a pilot hole in the top of the frame making sure you go through both layers and if you want to do this on the four corners of the frame once that's done place the drill bit to attach the screws and I'm starting to screw it in by hand and then secure the rest in place with my drill and you want to repeat this on the four corners as well so you can see the color of my screw shows up on my frame and I like to mix them up so I'm using a combination of this nutmeg brown and this gold. yellow and I will mix them until I get a color similar to the color of my dye in my frame.

Now, once you get that color that you feel comfortable with, go ahead and apply it to the top and inside of each screw with a fine tip. tipped brush and just make sure it blends well, so now what we're going to do is we're going to flip our frame over to the back and we're going to mark the center of the top of the frame and along the sides we're going to mark sections. three inches all the way and if your measurements are correct and you cut the wood correctly to size, these should be equally three inches apart and I'm just going over my marks with my marker just to make sure I can see them a little better, so now What we're going to do with each of our marks is place one of our skewers on each of those marks, so I'm going to take one. of my skewers, I'm going to place them over the marks and then I'm going to cut them where they overlap by at least a half inch on each side and I'm going to use my wire cutters to cut them now, once they fit together nicely.

Okay, I'm going to take that wood glue gun and I'm going to apply a little bit of glue to each of those marks that I made and I'm going to place my skewer right on top of it. Now you want to cut and repeat this process until the end. lower your frame until you have all the skewers in place and this is what all the skewers will look like secured in place, so now what we're going to do is take a long, full skewer and we're going to turn it around to the front. We're going to place the top edge and the bottom edge under the bottom of the frames, making sure the top of the skewer is on top of the ones you placed before and then we're going to put a little bit of hot glue on each end just to make sure let it be good. and secure it in place and then you'll add a little bit of hot glue on each pair of skewers in the middle and I like to use these dollar tree clips to hold it in place and this will just hold the center of the skewer. from moving out of place, so now we can grab our flower petals and start putting them in place, since they are larger than that three inch gap, all you have to do is squeeze them until they open as shown here and fit.

Lay them out and place them in each of the squares. Now I'm forming a flower where four petals will meet in the middle and this is what the four petals will look like when you put one in place and as you can see they hold firm. place as you work, so you want to continue this along the frame until you have five sets of petals and this is what the frame will look like with all of those petals staying in place now to secure them permanently. Instead, I'm going to use my hot glue and I'm going to place a generous amount between the center of each of those flower petals, just making sure that the glue touches the outside of each of those petals and then the outside. edges, I'm running a bead of hot glue along the cardstock and frame.

Now the cardstock is going to stick out further than the frame so there should be a line where you can put a dot of glue to keep everything securely in place and then finally I'm just taking my dollar tree broom and I'm removing all of those nets of hot glue around my frame. You want to make sure you do this on the front and the back now to hang our piece. I'm just taking a piece of jute twine and I tied knots on each end and I'm just going to secure them in place on each end with a couple of staples with my staple gun and now this is ready to hang and here's the final project on display now I am so impressed by how easy this was to create.

Now I think these petals and skewers really look like iron or metal and they looked absolutely amazing now combined with the rich color of the wood. I think they are perfect and you can make one. pairs or even multiples to connect and display with hinges for a divider design, you should let me know how you would display them in your space. Now here is my inspiration for this project today. This bookshelf caught my eye with the beautiful wood. set of slats and that warm and cozy look. Now I have been looking for a shelf for my bathroom so I decided to recreate it as I didn't want to pay that

high

price of 124.

Now I designed my own version to fit the items I wanted. to show and I will show you all the measurements and step by step assembly for this project. Now we're going to need five of these, one by two, from Home Depot and they're really cheap, just a dollar 54. each and we're also going to need a dollar tree plunger now we're going to cut our wood and we're going to need eight pieces and we're going to cut to 23 and a half inches we are also going to cut 12 pieces and these are going to be cut to 15 inches and we are going to cut four pieces to six inches now as an alternative you can use a 1x6 and you can cut two pieces to 23 and a half inches and you can cut three 15-inch pieces and you will also need to cut four six-inch 1-by-2 pieces.

Now this version

cost

s about three dollars more and has slightly smaller shelves than the first version, but it has fewer cutouts, so now let's move on. To stain, I'm going to stain with my Jacobian Men white stain and you can paint too, but I wouldn't paint until the shelf is fully assembled, so I'm going to start staining my pieces and you want to stain everything. piece of wood, including the front and back sides and also both ends, and then you want to check each piece, make sure it's completely stained and ready to go and continue staining the rest of those six inch pieces, so now we're going to move on forward. to the next pieces and we're going to dye them all too now these are all my 15 inch pieces and they're all dyed and ready to go and finally we're going to dye our 23 and a half inch pieces like Okay now don't forget we're going to dye the plunger handle, so take that off and the label and stain that too.

Now you want to let them dry completely. Now once they're dry, we're going to start working with those 23 and half inch pieces of wood, we're going to separate four of these and each of these four piece sections is going to be the side of our cabinet, so we want to stack them one on top of each other and we'll make sure that I'm even using this carpenter's square that I got from the dollar tree now that they're good and I'm even going to take my hot glue gun and I'm going to use my Sherbonder wood glue sticks.

To attach each of these to each other, simply place a dot every two to three inches along the side and press the pieces together. Now this will be my temporary link. I hold them together as I work and you can use wood glue, but it takes a little longer, but it's completely up to you, so you'll continue to add the dots of that hot wood glue stick between the pieces, pressing them together as you go. move forward, making sure those ends are nice and even. You don't want to use a lot of wood glue here because you don't want it to seep through the joints, so once the glue is attached in about 10 seconds, you'll see that you'll have this solid wood board and this will be one of your size and You want to repeat this for the other four pieces, so now you have all four pieces together for both sides of your shelf, so now we're going to take those six inch pieces and these will be glued to the inside edge of the shelf and we'll place one on each end as an accent, so again I'm going to take my hot glue stick wood, I'm going to place a dot of that hot glue along the edge and then line up that six inch piece along each of the ends and this is what one piece looks like with both pieces attached and we're going to repeat this for the second piece and now our two side pieces are finished with all those extra pieces so now we're going to start working on our 15 inch pieces.

These pieces will be used for our shelves. Now each of our shelves will have four pieces of wood, so go ahead and separate them into groups of four. Now we're going to take our first group of four and we're going to line them up just like we did with the sides of our shelves, we're going to use our cartridge square to make sure they're even and we're going to glue them in the middle just like we did before and after gluing them together, this is what one of the shelves looks like and just repeat this for the other two shelves and now we have all three shelves ready to go, so now let's take our sides of our shelves and we're going to determine the location of each of our shelves, so I'm going to take my tape measure and I'm going to measure 3 inches from the bottom edge and I'm going to place a mark there now from that 3 inch mark, I'm going to measure another 10 inches and I'm going to place a mark on the 10 inch mark and then on the opposite end of the shelf I'm going to again measure 3 inches and I'm going to make a mark there, so now we have all three marks in place.

Now I'm going to take my second piece and I'm going to place it against it and I'm just going to transfer those marks exactly where I made them and this is going to make sure that everything stays nice and yet now we're going to mark our line on the side of our shelves for the placement of our shelves so I'm going to be using this painter's tape now I'm just going to run the painter's tape between those marks and I just want to make sure that it's nice and even if you want to repeat this for the first three inches, mark your 10 mark inch and also the three inch mark on the other side, so once all the tape is in place, I double check those measurements, so I make sure it's three inches from the bottom to the edge of the ribbon at the bottom, in the middle of each end of the ribbon. to each end there is ten inches and then at the end from the end to the top of the ribbon there is also three inches, measure double that, so now you want to take your second piece and do the same thing and you want to make sure that they are all lined up and They're nice and yet now we're going to start screwing them in, so I'm going to use quarter inch wood screws to secure the shelves on this unit, so what am I going to do? is to turn it around to the inside of the shelf taking note of where those tape marks are.

Now I just want to take the edge of my shelf and I want to line it up where the tape marks line up with the edge of the shelf and To temporarily adhere it, I'm going to add a drop of that hot wood glue stick to the edge and then I'm going to place it on the inside of the shelf making sure each end lines up with the tape on the opposite side. then you need to take the two remaining shelves and line them up with the middle one and the last shelf, so now that they are temporarily nice and together we can start securing them in place.

Now what I'm going to do is I'm going to use this tape as a guide to add the holes for the screws, so I'm going to take my drill and I want to look at it and make sure that my drill goes directly into the board of wood that I'm going to do. drill a hole. each of those planks goes onto my shelf now once you've drilled the holes go ahead and remove that tape because you don't need it anymore and we can start driving our quarter inch wood screws into the side and here's my shelf with all four of those wood screws in place and now you just want to repeat this for the top and bottom shelves as well and now all of our wood screws on one side are fully inserted into the housing and now that side is nice and secure , move on. and flip it over and we're going to add the other side of the shelf the same way, first gluing it in place, adding those pilot holes and drawing, drilling those screws into place and now both sides have those wood screws in place and their The shelf needs to be nice and secure, so now what we're going to do is go to the bottom of the shelf and we're going to add our towel bar, so I'm going to take my dowel and I want to measure the distance between them. inside six inch planks of wood to place it now when you get that exact measurement you cut a little bit larger than that because you want it to fit nice and snuggly between them so I'm going to place this bar even with that second board towards down and it should fit perfectly into place now once it's snug you can go ahead and start securing it permanently so I'm going to drill a hole in the side of the shelf and make sure it goes all the way into the peg. and then just take a two inch wood screw and we'll drive it into the side and insert them.

We're going to use a longer one here becauseyou have to go through a couple layers of wood to get to that peg and then repeat this on the other side now our peg is nice and secure in place and we can use this for our towels now to hang this you can use some of the hangers of sawtooth or you can use some of these D-ring hangers. I actually prefer the D-ring hangers. I think they are more for a heavy duty application and I think they have a weight capacity of about 25 to 30 pounds , but you can choose whichever method you prefer and they just screw into place and I'm screwing them right above the top shelf now so if you want to hide the screws I'm just going to take a little bit of this chocolate brown acrylic paint and a little bit of this black acrylic paint and I will mix and blur them.

Blend them together until I get a color close to my Jacobian tint and then once my paint is completely mixed, I'm just going to take a fine tip brush. I want to apply this on top of the screw hole and inside those slots to make sure it fits properly. nice and covered now I want to put two coats making sure it dries between both coats and once they are completely dry you want to make sure you do this on both sides and now you can decorate your shelf when it's all dry and here is my shelf all hung and decorated for my bathroom space.

Now I love how amazing it turned out. By adding a few accessories, this unit becomes a large masterpiece and now there is plenty of space for all your top shelf needs. I placed my tissue paper in vases and the shorter one I used for my battery operated candle cloths and more decor and this top shelf was perfect for my jar labels. Now I think this white with the wood looks spa-like to me and I really love it and even though this wood was very inexpensive, the stain really brings out the beautiful texture. Now I think it would be a perfect shelf for guests or even the master bathroom, but you don't have to limit its use to just the bathroom.

How are you? Now I also love this idea for this shelf, now all you have to do is place all your coffee or coconut favorites on these shelves for a great whole coffee bar. Now I added some hanging baskets for My K-cups to the towel rack, placed some cups that are ready to use, and added my condiments. You can't forget to-go cups when you're on the go. This is a great all-round station to get your coffee or cocoa fix now you can also use it as a kitchen shelf and to display a variety of ready to use items now I simply placed a couple of hand towels along with some dry goods in glass jars and also I have a rack with lots of seasonings and spices ready to grab now for the top.

I just put in some molds and some plant decoration to top it off, I think this is great. It's also an idea now, if you need more space, you can also add another shelf on top. All you have to do is cut four 1 by 2 pieces to 18 and a half inches and all you have to do after is just stain and glue like we did before and now you have this solid top piece, now you can place it right on the top of the unit or you can screw it on. It is your choice for this project.

We'll start with a package of these long dollar tree skewers and we'll also need a 10-pack of these one-gallon paint stir sticks from Lowe's for 98 cents. We will also need a piece of 1 by 4 by 8 lumber from Home Depot and this one was a dollar ninety eight and We will also need a piece of 1 by 2 by 8 lumber from Home Depot for a dollar eighteen and I'm just showing the final pieces sample of these because they actually measure two and a half meters long, the first thing we are going to do. is to cut the pieces of wood to size and we will need two pieces cut to 30 inches, we will need three pieces cut to 10 inches and we will also need one piece of the largest cut to 12 and three quarter inches now if I don't have a means to cut the wood most Home Depot and low cost stores will do this for you at no cost now so for one version we will stain the wood so gather your pieces including paint sticks now we will use my favorite jacobian stain from mimwax for this project so when applying the stain you want to stain the front and both sides of the wood, now staining the back of these shorter pieces is actually optional and you also want to make sure you stain both ends like Well, since they are both will show in the project, now these cheap cuts really stain well and have great wood grain, so we'll continue staining the remaining wood cuts and then you'll want to also stain the front and back of the shelf piece and also those rods for stir paint, just make sure you stay on the side that doesn't have the measurements now, once everything is nice and stained set it aside to dry.

While it dries, we can start on our second painted version. of this shelf so put all your pieces together now we're going to go ahead and cut the paint stick handle right above that curve so I'm going to go ahead and lay down my grid mat so I can make sure the alignment of my pieces is good and still, go ahead and lay your two 30 inch pieces horizontally and you want to add those three 10 inch pieces between them now to get that middle piece right in place, it's only 10 inches from the bottom. of that 30 inch piece and make a mark and now just line up the bottom of that center piece with the mark that you made now here, I'm just doing a quick check to make sure those paint stir sticks fit now to join them together.

I will use this dollar tree wood glue now, this will allow you some work time to adjust the pieces if necessary. Just start by applying a little bit of wood glue to the end of those short pieces and just apply them in place and then for longer. side, simply apply wood glue as well and you want to join it to complete the frame now to help with the bonding and speed up the process. I will be using these tension clamps to hold the frame together, you just want to place one of the tension clamps on each end and make any adjustments now, once all the adjustments to your parts are made just go ahead and tighten that clamp as much as possible , so while this is holding in place, we're going to drill some pilot holes for the screws.

To make this super sturdy you now want to add a pilot hole to the outside edge where each of the short pieces intersect so that you have three pilot holes on each side and then we'll add our wood screws and I'll be using some two inch number eight screws and a half, I'll start adding them by hand, screwing them into place and then drilling them until it's nice and flush, and then repeat this for the rest of the pilot. Now once they are all added you can go ahead and remove the clamps and everything will be nice and secure.

Now you want to go ahead and grab the frame, turn it over and grab those paint sticks. Now let's place those paint sticks. that bottom section is nice and even, now 10 bars need to cover the entire section to adhere them. I'll use my hot glue gun and Secure Bonder wood glue sticks. Now you just want to apply some of that glue to the frame for the first time. stick and once applied you want to go ahead and place that stick well and you even want to make sure that this stick is nice and straight, then for each subsequent stick you just apply glue to the top and bottom of the stick and apply it snuggly.

Compared to the previous one, you want to make sure that there are no gaps between them when applying them and here are all the sticks secured in place, so now we can take that wider piece and we will apply it as a shelf so that I want to align this with the edge top of the bottom piece of the frame, so what I'm going to do is mark the top edge of the shelf on the sides of the frame and then I'm going to flip the frame over. and I want to draw a line with a ruler and I'm going to transfer that mark for the top edge that we just made to the back so we know where the top edge of our frame is on the back and we're going to use that as a guide, like this So now you can apply a generous amount of hot glue to the edge of the shelf and we want to carefully apply it to the front piece aligned with the top edge of the bottom of the frame.

Now you want to leave this completely. Dry now, once it is dry go ahead and turn the piece over. If you want to grab something to hold it up, since it will be a little

high

er than the other side, we will now apply three pilot holes on the back. from the shelf using the pencil mark as a guide then to secure our piece we will use three and six one and three quarter inch wood screws and here they are all in place so now that everything is done we can go ahead and paint . our piece and we'll use this white chalk paint, but you can use any type of paint you want.

Now you just want to apply a good coat of that chalk paint all over the frame and you want to make sure you get all the way to the inside. and the outside edges and cover those screws as well, now you want to make sure you get all the corner cracks of the shelf area as well as under that shelf, and then once your piece is completely painted we just let this nods. Dry now while this dries, we can go ahead and prepare our skewers. Now we'll only need four for each of the shelves, so I'm going to paint all eight at once and use this black acrylic paint to paint.

Now you just want to apply a generous coat of that acrylic paint to each of the skewers. Once those are dry, here are all of our skewers ready to go, so now that the wall is dry, we can go ahead and add. some aging on the frame. I'm going to use a dark brown acrylic paint and with a fine tip brush I'm just going to apply some random marks on the edges and corners to give it a little chipped touch and rustic look and here is our piece, after adding all the marks, you can add as many or as few as you like.

Once it's dry, we can start adding our accent design to the open center, so the first thing we're going to do. What we need to do is mark the center on each side of the frame, so after measuring it it ended up being eight and a half inches on my piece. Now go ahead and grab one of those skewers and we're going to cut a piece to fit. that opening with a pair of wire cutters and once it looks like it fits well, we're just going to glue that skewer in place along the center marks that we made now on the top half, we're going to cut two pieces forming an x ​​on that space and then we're just going to hot glue one cross at a time for that intersecting piece, you want to bend it slightly so it curves over the first piece.

Bamboo is very flexible so this shouldn't be a problem and then we're going to repeat this for the bottom opening so once those are both done we can start adding our smaller decorative pieces and for the top section each one will add a small piece to the right of each of the x pieces, now we just want to hot glue them in place and we want to make sure the edge of the stick is level with the other one in that center area, we don't want it overlap and stick together. we want them to be even now for the next one, we're just going to follow the same pattern and once they're in place, you're just going to want to make sure they're all applied an even distance apart. two inches apart and then we're going to repeat this process for the next two sides of the x.

Now once the first section is done, we're just going to mirror this pattern on the second section and then we're going to follow up with additional hot glue on all of those contact points, so now what we're going to do is add some of that paint black acrylic to all ends of the skewers that are exposed in the cut ends and also in the hot glue. to mix it all together now when you add the acrylic paint to the hot glue it actually looks like welding which looks really cool it looks really good on the piece and here is our completed design now all you need to do now is Add a picture hanger to the back.

Now the stained wood should be completely dry and you can assemble your second shelf, but the first thing we need to do is cut those paint sticks like we did before and now everything is ready to assemble. and through the magic of video here is the piece fully assembled in a stained version, I think it turned out beautiful and now all we have to do is hang and decorate and here are the two versions we created now, I think the left one has a modern and sophisticated bohemian style with natural wood and the other one on the right has a sweet farm

house

look that is super cute and has a bright and cozy appeal.

Now I love that you can use the same design to create two completely different looks. Everyone has to tell me what their favorite version is today. For this project, we will need two of the pieces of wood1 by 2 by 8 feet long from Home Depot for a dollar 18 each and here is a cut piece just to show you what it looks like we will also need two of these dollar tree trash cans from the dollar tree or you can use this gutter guard screen from Home Depot. We'll also need some of these long dollar tree bamboo skewers now.

The first thing we're going to do is cut the wood to the right size. We will need four pieces that will be 22 inches and four pieces that will be cut to eight inches now if you don't have one. means cutting the wood, Home Depot will do this for you free of charge, so I'll assemble the frame using two pieces of each size and we want to sandwich the shorter pieces between those two longer pieces. Now I will use this wood. dollar tree glue to initially secure them together you want to apply that wood glue to each end of those shorter pieces and then press them together now if you have some tension clamps just apply them snugly to each end and this will help with the joining and then repeat this for the other frame now after letting it dry for about half an hour we will add some screws to our frame to make it nice and sturdy and I will use a size 3 32 drill bit to drill a pilot hole in each corner now an alternative option is to use a staple gun into the back seams of the corners and if it's more convenient for you now I'm also going to use these one and three quarter wood screws to apply them to each of those corners of the frame now I'm going to start threading it in by hand and then screw it completely into place now here are the four corners completed on our frame now i will paint my frame with a coat of white acrylic paint but you can choose any color you want or even stain it if you want.

Now you want to apply the paint to the entire front and the inside and outside edges of that frame and then just paint the other frame as well and then the next one. We can go ahead and paint those skewers now. We will need four skewers for each frame. Now I'm going to use the same white acrylic paint and apply a coat to the skewers now. If you can't find the skewers, you can too. use thin skewers too and you can usually get two or three for a dollar now once those skewers are nice and dry we'll take two of them and put them together now we'll put them together into one. side with hot glue and we're just going to run hot glue down the seam.

We'll do this in two sets for each frame, so now that our frame is dry we can add those sets of skewers now to make sure they're good. placed even, I'm just going to go ahead and mark the centers of all the sides and then I'm going to measure the inside of the long side by taking that 19 inch measurement and dividing it by three and that measurement is about six and a third, so I'm marking this measurement on both ends and also on the bottom, so now we can take our skewer and I'm going to cut two pieces to fit the front of the frame and then I'm going to add a generous amount of that hot glue and we'll apply it to both pieces right on the marks that we made and then we'll take that second set of skewers and we'll cut it to fit in the center of our frames now once. it's nice and cut you want to hot glue it in place and add some clips to hold it until it's dry now just in case just add a little extra hot glue to the sides of the skewers to secure them in place and here that's all. all done and dry, so now all we do is take our other frame, we want to place it right on top of it and we can just transfer those marks onto the frame and then we just apply the other spikes the same way we did with the first one.

Now you can use this dollar tree trash can by cutting the bottom edge and stretching it and also cutting the top edge now. I've done this before with this pickup sign and it turned out great. I will link the walkthrough and tutorial for this DIY in the top right corner of this video and in the description box below. Now I'm going to use this. gutter guard screen for this project, this is a very thick plastic screen that is a lot of fun to create with, you just want to fit that screen in the middle of the frame and you want to cut a length to fit it now once it's good and cut it.

I want to check to make sure everything is covered and there are no gaps and we're going to end up cutting a total of four pieces, so now I'm going to measure and trim that screen to the right size so it meets in that center. sewing, you want to make sure it doesn't overlap the edges as well and then just cut out the remaining pieces. Now I'm going to paint one side of this screen with this shiny Krylon aluminum spray paint and I want to let it dry completely once now. it's dry, we can apply it to the frame, I just want to put the painted side down and I'm going to line it up along that center skewer and then I'm going to apply a little bit of hot glue to that center skewer just to hold it in place and then go ahead. and staple that screen around the frame, then repeat this on the other side and here is the screen in place.

Now I wanted to distress the frame a bit, so I'm sanding off some of that acrylic paint around the inside and outside. edges of the frame and also a little on the skewers. Now I wanted to age it a little, so I'm scratching it with a screwdriver a few times and also cutting it with the claw of a hammer to bring out that wood grain that we have. sanded, I'm just going to apply a little bit of this stain on those sanded areas. Now you can also use acrylic paint or old wax. Now you just want to do this for both frames.

Now, to hang the frames, you can use one. of these dollar tree picture hanging hooks, but I only have one on hand, so I'm just going to use this juu thread that I tied a knot on each end. I want to apply that jute twine to the top center and then I want to apply a staple right above each knot and now that we have that in place we can start with our wreath now for each wreath we will need four stems of lamb's ears we will need one wreath For eight inches of wire we'll need a three clip pumpkins, we'll need some bunches of berries and some small pinecones, so I'm going to cut that wire into pieces about 4 inches long to work with.

Now I want to start by applying that lamb's ear around the wreath shape and I'm just going to bend it to fit the wreath shape and then I just want to layer four of the stems and I want to connect them into place as I I advance. Now you can definitely use hot glue for this, but I plan to reuse it. These things, the wire makes it easy to separate them and reuse them again. Now, once the lamb's ear is ready, we can start adding our berry clusters, so I'm just going to add a little bit of wire around each of the berry clusters and twist it. and then I can add them to my wreath and now that all those berries are added we can add our pumpkins and I love that they have a little clip on the back so it's easy to attach and then for a finishing touch we can add them.

Some pine cones now I've already added wire to them so all I really have to do is attach them to the wreath and here is our wreath ready to go and all we need is a second one for the second frame now to attach them all together. What I'm going to do is grab some tape. I have this buffalo plaid ribbon and what I want to do is thread it through the outer ring of the wreath. I want to pass it over there and then I just want to take that one. crown and I want to center it on the frame now once it's nice and centered or where you want it to go all I'm going to do to secure it is just take my staple gun and apply a staple and that's it You can finish the other crown and you will be ready to display them and now just hang them however you want and enjoy these beautiful windows oh my gosh I really love how they turned out.

I really think they turned out amazing and I love the accent. display on these and you know how distressing it's not over the top but it's enough to give it that mood and I really love that now I love neutral wreaths but you can choose any color combination you want you can keep these frames all year round. round out and add decorations for each holiday, you guys should let me know how you would decorate these windows in the comments. Now for a shelf we will need a piece of 1x2 lumber and you can buy this at Home Depot in eight feet long for about a dollar fifty four but be sure to check the price in your local area now.

We will also need a four by four and this one is also sold in eight foot lengths at Home Depot and costs about 298 each and for each shelf we only need half as much. of this board now for each shelf we will need two packages of these one gallon paint stir sticks and they cost 98 cents each. Now I have four here since I'm going to make two shelves. Now there are a couple of ways you can assemble the corners of your shelf now you can join them at a 90 degree angle with straight edges here and that's the easiest way but you can also choose to miter cut corners at a 45 angle degrees and I think this gives it a higher finished look and you can also Do this also now to manually cut the miter corners.

You can use a miter box. They are now easy to find at most

home

improvement stores and cut straight and angled corners. Now at your home improvement store they are quite expensive. get your saw and you'll get your box and these will cost between ten and eleven dollars. Now I cut all my pieces with my electric miter saw. I have a very delicate miter saw that cuts straight, beveled and mitered corners. I've had this for about 10 years it's 99 and it's actually still 99 under the Metabo brand and I have it linked in the description box. Now you can also contact your handy wood cutting section at your home improvement store to make all your cuts straight.

Now for the straight cuts you will need two long 34 inch pieces and you will need two shorter eight inch pieces. Now if you are mitering the corners, you will need two pieces and they will also be 34 inches and then the shorter ones. The pieces will be 11 inches now for your four shelves. You will need to cut four of them from your 1x4 to 11 inches now for your paint sticks to prepare. We're just going to cut the handle part off the paint sticks and it ends up being nine inches long and that's perfect for the size of our shelf, so we're going to start with that mitered corner shelf and what we're going to do is put together our long pieces, the shelf pieces, 20 of our paint sticks and our small mitered end pieces and I'm going to stain them with my minwax jacobian stain now to stain them it's pretty simple you're just going to take a cloth and I'm going to cover the entire piece with the stain now this will include the top, bottom and sides.

You just want to apply a generous coat of that stain. Make sure you get those final pieces too because they will show up in your final project, so this is what one of your pieces will do. It looks completely dyed now, you're just going to repeat this for the other pieces on the shelf until they're completely dyed, so now we're going to move on to the longer pieces, now we're going to dye just the sides and fronts of these and you don't want to stain the back or the end pieces where they will be attached because we don't want that stain getting in the way, we're going to stain those in pieces the same way leaving those corners unstained and finally we're going to paint or stain our paint sticks also.

We're going to stain the side that doesn't have the number markings. Now we're just going to let these dry, so while they're drying, We're going to work on our second shelf and we're going to use all the straight cut pieces for this assembly, so I'm going to start by using my grid mat to lay out all of my pieces. Now to lay out all your pieces, it's pretty easy, we're just going to space them evenly and place the center piece in place. You will now use this same guide to assemble the dyed pieces when they are dry, so make a note of that now so you can j. attach the pieces I'm going to use my bonder for sure I would hot glue now I'm just using this wood stick hot glue to temporarily attach the pieces while I work now you can certainly use wood glue but keep in mind it takes a couple of hours to dry and we'll follow up with screws, so don't worry and this will be a very secure rack.

Now we are going to repeat both sides adding that sherbonder with hot glue stick on that short piece that joins it. on both sides as shown here. Once this is done, I mentioned that we will be using screws so we will start by drilling a pilot hole in the side of our frame and you definitely don't want to skip this step, drilling a pilot hole will ensure that the wood doesn't split when adding all the screws and just repeat this for all four corners. Now once you have drilled all the pilot holes you will use some screws to secure them in placeand for For this project I decided to use some two and a half inch number eight wood screws.

Now I'm just going to start by hand-drilling that screw in a couple times and then I'm going to use my drill to go ahead and screw it all in. the way into place and once that corner is done, simply repeat this for all four corners and now all the corners have their screws in place and we have a nice, solid, sturdy frame, so now what we're going to do is add our paint stick pieces, so we want to flip the frame until we have the good side down and the back facing you and we'll end up putting these paint sticks on the back overlapping now that the opening is eight inches. so nine inches is enough now to space them out.

I'm using one of those dollar tree craft sticks to space them out and now I'm going to apply those paint sticks along the back using that craft stick as a spacer. that spacer is about a half inch so you just want to make sure you use it and make sure all of your slats are even as you add each of your slats with hot glue on each end. You also want to make sure you move the spacer down just to make sure everything is nice and neat. Now you are simply going to repeat this process until the frame has all the slats in place and you can see how clean they are. and even this looks like now what we're going to do is work on applying our shelves to our frame.

Now we are going to determine the location, so I am taking my tape measure and what I decided to use is 8 inches, so I am going to mark the first mark at 8 inches, the next at 16 inches, the third at 24 inches and the last one at 32 inches. Now you want to do this on each side of the front of your frame, so here are our All the markings are on the front of the frame and this is where the bottom of the shelf will be located. It's going to be located right above this mark, so what I want to do now is drill pilot holes.

I'm going to draw a pilot hole on the right. above that line in the center where the board will sit and this will just help as a guide when we start placing them on our shelf and once all the pilot holes are drilled I'm just testing the placement and it looks good so I'm adding a little more of that secure joint hot wood glue stick on the top of the frame, just above the pilot hole, placing it evenly making sure it's lined up with the lines you just want to press and hold it until it locks into place and repeat this all the way for all four shelves, so now that four of your shelves are secured with hot glue, we will add screws to the back to make sure they are nice and secure, so continue. go ahead and turn it down and I'm taking my drill and I'm just drilling again through that pilot hole that we drilled just to make sure that we have a pilot hole in the shelf this time to secure the shelves in place.

I'll be using some two-inch number eight wood screws, so I'll add a one-inch wood screw into each of those pilot holes and just keep an eye on them to make sure the screw goes directly into the piece of wood on the shelf. and now all of our shelves are nice and secure in place to secure those slots a little better. I went back and added a staple to each of those paint strips on the back. It's not really necessary, but I really love my pieces. to be super safe, so now I'm going to paint my piece, it looks incredibly natural, but I'm going to paint this with some white chalk paint, now all I'm going to do is add a nice coat or two of this. chalk paint, it's up to you.

I really wanted my shelf to have a weather-worn look, so it doesn't have to be absolutely perfect, but you are going to apply this to the entire shelf and when it is applied, you should leave it. completely dry, so now that it's dry to the touch we can continue working on our nerve-racking part of the project. Now I just wanted to do some distressing, so I'm taking some of this chocolate brown acrylic paint and what I'm going to do. What I need to do is take a fine brush and I'm just going to add some hand lines and chip looks around the edge.

I just wanted it to look like some of the bare wood was showing there, emphasizing it in the corners and some of those slats in the middle it's up to you how you want to apply them and that's the wonderful thing about this dressing because it's really random and it doesn't have to be perfect , just make it to your liking, so This is what my distressing light looks like on my shelf, so once that's done, we're going to go ahead and turn it around and add some hangers to it. I really love these style D hangers.

Here I have these. from Amazon I will link them in the description box. I think they do a great job of supporting heavier projects and are really inexpensive so I'll take one and add it to the top corner on the back and mark the holes with a pencil now the screws we used with this are very small , so you can drill the slightest pilot hole if you want, but you don't really even have to do that since the screws are small, but I was just taking some precautions and then I'm going to manually screw that screw in with a screwdriver and then repeat this on the other side until both hangers are in place, so now that's done, you can decorate, so here's the distressed white shelf. decorated for my space and I love how it turned out.

Now I think it would be perfect for a farm

house

style theme and I picked out some of my favorite decor pieces to add now, these shelves have plenty of room for your different types of decor. and I love how sturdy it is now. If you're more into arts and crafts, this shelf would also be great for displaying your supplies. I love that these shelves hold heavier containers without issue and now you can see all the labels easily. it's so easy to grab and go and it also adds a little bit of color to your space so now that we're done with that one we're ready to go to our stained shelf and all of our pieces are now dry we've got our long pieces.

The wood paint glues our final pieces and we have our shelves. Now we're going to assemble this the same way we did with the white shell and so, through the magic of the video, we have a complete shelf. Now I really love this Jacobian tint, it really does. Wonders with very cheap wood cuts and it turned out amazing. Now this is the shelf that we chose to make those mitered corners and this is what they look like and I think it really gives it a premium look and now we can decorate. this piece and here we have it and I decided to give a modern bohemian style to this shelf and I love it.

Now I am a big fan of all these natural textures and the beautiful shade of the wood stain really enhances this style you can now add all your own special touches that make it unique and the possibilities on how to decorate this shelf are limitless and of course, using it in the bathroom would also be a wonderful idea. Now I really love how clean it looks. with the black and white and the touches of greenery it really gives it a spa feel. Now it will be perfect for extra cloths or you can even add some folded towels.

Everyone needs those extra teepee rolls and the other little odds and ends and jars. Always useful too now, these are just a few ideas I wanted to share, but I'd love to know how you would use this shelf in your space. Let me know in the comments below. Here is my inspiration for this project today. I really love it. design and there are many ways you can customize and style it to fit your particular taste. Now the cost of 149 was a little daunting, but I knew with some wood cuts and some supplies from Dollar Tree I could recreate it. this look at a fraction of that retail cost now for this project we're going to need two of these 1 by 2 pieces of lumber from Home Depot.

They now come in 8 foot lengths and are very affordable, only $1.54 each. I will also need two packages of these 32 inch skewers and now they are from the dollar tree. If you can't find them at the dollar tree, they are also sold at Walmart under the Ozark Trail brand and are only 88 cents each. Pack up now we're going to start cutting our lumber and we're going to cut four pieces to 32 inches and we're also going to cut four pieces to nine inches. Now I cut my pieces with straight ends so they join together. as shown here now, if you prefer to have your pieces mitered at 45 degree corners as shown here, you can also do this if you have a miter saw or miter box.

Now, if you decide to use this method, still cut the long pieces. to 32 inches, but your short pieces should measure 12 inches. Now we're going to start dyeing our pieces and to match my inspiration I'm going to use an antique American dye. Now what you want to do is dye. the top side and you want to make sure you apply a good coat on both sides and the top of your pieces. Now you don't want to stain the ends of the shorter pieces because they would bind to the other pieces of wood. now once they are all dyed you want to go ahead and dye all the longer pieces again, dyeing the sides and the top, and you also want to dye the ends of these pieces because they will show up in this project if you decide to make the Square Corners and straight now, once they're all stained, let them dry for a few hours while they dry, we're going to work on our skewer pieces, so I opened both packages here.

Now what I'm going to do is what I like. To have a double skewer for thickness, to attach them I'm just going to take two and I'm going to run a little bit of glue along the seam of two of the skewers now to keep them in place while they're on. To glue, I'm just going to use some of these Dollar Tree clips that I bought at Crafter Square at Dollar Tree and apply a line of glue and trim it all the way down once it's all glued and in place. It only takes about 10 seconds to stick it on, so you can remove those clips and then move on to the next one.

Now what we're going to do is eight sets of these two packages of skewers. Now we want to have eight. sets of these now I'm going to paint them with some black acrylic paint, but go ahead and grab six individual skewers too because we're going to use them in our project, so you just want to apply that black acrylic paint along the unglued side of the skewer and along along the sides now once that nice single or double layer is done you just want to place it on a raised sheet of paper and then move on to the rest of the double skewers now once the double skewers are all painted. you want to paint your individual skewers on all sides as well, you also want to lay them out and let them sit to dry completely so at this point your wood should be nice and dry so we're going to separate two shorter pieces and two.

Longer pieces now we're just going to place the two longer pieces horizontally and we're going to place that shorter piece between each end now to temporarily bomb them. I'm going to use my hot wood glue for this now. You can also use wood glue if you want, but keep in mind that wood glue takes a few hours to stick, so I'm using my hot wood glue stick to glue the shorter pieces on each end because it's quick and easy and We'll screw them together later so there's no need to worry about the stability of the frame now, once both short pieces are attached to the end pieces just go ahead and twist it and now we can add that other long piece to the other. side of our short pieces and this will create our frame just add a little more of that hot wood glue stick all the way and just press it into place on both sides and remember to just wipe up the hot glue that's oozing out of the seams now I mentioned that I'm going to screw them in, so I'm going to use some two inch wood screws for this.

Now I assembled this box of screws myself in individual packages and bought the box at Walmart from the fishing section just in case. you wanted to know now before adding my screws. I always love drilling pilot holes and this will create a method of applying the screw so that the wood doesn't split and you want to apply a pilot hole in each of the four corners and once the pilot hole is drilled just go ahead and start drilling. hand screw the screw into place and then take your drill to drill it all the way through, now you want to repeat this for the four corners as well, once all the screws are in place you can go in and apply some acrylic paint on top of them to match the grain of the wood, if desired.

Now that your frame is sturdy and ready to go, what we're going to do is start adding. measurements, so we want to turn it around to the back, take your tape measure and you want to find the center of the back, which should measure approximatelyFourteen and a half inches and then take those fourteen and a half inches and divide them in half at seven. and a quarter inch and you want to do this on each side. This will identify where we will place the three double skewers which will be located in the center and then I will follow up with a marker to highlight my marks.

I'll know their location and then repeat this on the other side of the frame to make sure they are nice and even on each side. Now you can also measure the center of the top and bottom and you can use this. as a guide when adding your centerpiece now this is completely optional as you won't be adding an actual skewer to that mark but you can use it as a visual guide now once all your marks are made go ahead and grab one of your double skewers and all you want to do is place them over the first two marks on the top and you want to cut a piece where it overlaps the ends by about a quarter inch as shown here now once that piece is cut.

Go ahead and add a generous amount of that hot wood stick glue and press the skewer upside down with the good side down into place and then you just want to repeat cutting two more pieces to line up with the two remaining marks as shown here, now you want to make sure they're all glued in place well and then follow up with a staple gun and this is just for added security just add some staples to the end of each of those skewer pieces to make sure they're nice and safe. So now what you want to do is flip it over and take another one of those double skewers and cut a piece to cross the center where it overlaps the three skewers by about a quarter of an inch.

Each end now wants to place this skewer right in the center. Now it's a good idea to go ahead and double check to make sure it's nice and centered between the two skewers and then just add hot glue under the middle and end outer skewers. and while it's still hot go ahead and measure again in case you need to make some slight adjustments and now that the center skewer is in place what you need to do now is take your individual skewers and we're going to add them as the outline inside the frame now what we're going to do is cut a piece to size to fit along that long edge that you want to add a dot of hot glue to the top edge of each of those center skewers and place one of those individual skewers right at the top along the edge of the inside of the frame and then add a dot of hot glue to the corner of each end as well, don't worry we'll follow up with hot glue on the back to make sure. they are super secure but this is just to keep them in place while we work now once that side is done repeat that on the other side of the frame as well now once both long sides are done take that second skewer and then we're going to cut that one to fit the top edge of the bottom and we're just going to place it on top of the two side skewers that we attached by putting hot glue on each side and pressing it into place as well.

Once that's nice and secure, you'll want to repeat that for the bottom end as well, so now the whole inside of your frame is nice and outlined, so as I mentioned before, we're going to add some double security to that outline, like this that we all go. What you need to do is run a bead of glue between that skewer and the frame and press it firmly against the side of the frame for about 10 seconds until it's nice and secure. We're going to repeat this throughout the frame, so now that the inside outline is nice and firm and unsafe, so now we're going to work in our diamond shape on each of the open ends, so what we're going to do first is to mark our measurements. mark the center of each of the open squares, we're going to mark the top and bottom and then we're going to mark the center on the side.

Now you can transfer that mark from the back as well if you want, now that the centers of each side are marked we can start applying our squares, so take one of those double spikes and we want to line up the angle of the diamond with the top edge touching a mark and the bottom edge touching the center mark now that we have that. general piece, we're going to cut it about an inch, about a quarter of an inch longer than normal and then we'll make four pieces of that length that way we'll have room to play in case we need to make adjustments, now that we have our pieces. you just want to cut them to the right size, just trimming them as needed, apply hot glue to each of those spikes on the edge and in the middle and press them into place at that angle and for the next side we're going to repeat that. again cutting it down to size making sure that piece fits and applying hot glue right on top of our previous piece and on the side piece so now all we have to do is the bottom piece again making sure that piece fits nice and snug and put some hot glue in that corner and in the middle of the panel and then apply that last piece in place the same way and now one of our diamonds is totally complete and now we just repeat this on the other side, now here they are my two diamonds all in place so we're going to flip it back and add additional hot glue at that joint where those pieces come into contact because we want to make sure it's very secure and in place and now I'm just taking my broom of the dollar tree and you want to remove all those hot glue webs while we work, it's not unusual for the wood to show through some of those skewers in places we missed, so let's go over and touch up all the pieces of wood where the paint is actually not as thick as we would like and we cut those raw edges of the bamboo, so we want to cover the ends of those bamboo cuts as well so they don't show in our project and then we'll let this dry completely .

Now, once it's dry, simply take the other two sets of wood pieces and make a second window panel. now once our two window panels are finished we will add some jute twine to the top to hang it and all i have is some jute twine with knots tied on each end. I'm going to take my staple gun and apply two staples. on each end just before that knot and this will create a hanging loop and you can also put a hanging loop on the long side and see your finished window panels all hung and on display now.

I love how they turned out now. I think the wood turned out beautifully on these window panels and the skewers were the perfect dollar tree element to make these iron metal accents and this project was so easy and not to mention it saves you a ton of money now that these too They have a lot of versatility and you can display them in a variety of different ways now one of my favorite ways to display them is horizontally and I think this adds a great display for those big empty wall spaces now you could even add glass or even dollar tree mirrors to the back or paint them white for a farmhouse look and how about adding a plant hook on top to display your succulents and greenery.

There are so many possibilities with these window panels and everyone should tell me how they would decorate them in their space, so for this project we will need a package of these long bamboo dollar tree skewers or you can use small dowels. We'll need one of these one-by-two-by-eight pieces of wood from Home Depot for a dollar eighteen and we'll also need a piece of wood that's about four to five inches wide. Now the first thing we are going to do is cut the wood to the appropriate size. I cut my pieces with a mitered edge, but you can certainly cut them straight.

If desired, the first two pieces will now be cut to 25 inches. Now this scrap piece will also be cut to 25 inches. Now the two end pieces will be cut to 20 inches. Now I'm going to start by I'm laying down my Sherbonder silicone mat and I'm going to use these wood glue sticks for this project. Now just go ahead and grab one of the shorter and longer bars and we want to go ahead and match those corners up and then apply a little bit of that hot. glue to the cut end and we want to press them firmly until they are attached and then grab the second short stick and what we are going to do is attach it to the other end of the long stick and then finally we are going to add that last long stick to the open end and here are the four ends joined together.

Now I'll be adding screws to my frame, so now I'm going to drill pilot holes in each side corner of the frame. You want to drill about three-quarters of an inch down from each of the corners. Now for this project I will use four of the two inch number eight screws. Now I'm just going to start by threading the screw in by hand and then I'll finish installing it. With my drill now we're going to repeat this for the four corners and here they are all nice and secure and the screws should be flush with the wood.

Now in our frame we will add the other piece of wood as a shelf ledge. all the way to the bottom and we want that shelf piece to be level with the frame opening, so once you have its location in mind, we're going to go ahead and add a little bit of that wood glue to the edge of that board and then we're just going to press. set it in place until it sticks, now once it's stuck go ahead and flip the frame over and we're going to apply screws to secure the edge of the shelf in place.

Now once again we want to drill about four pilot holes along the edge and we want to make sure we're drilling the center of the shelf ledge and then we'll start driving those two inch screws into place so now that everything is Surely we can move on to painting our piece, now you can dye. too, but I suggest you do that before assembling your piece to avoid glue stains. Now I'm going to use this white chalk paint for this project. What you want to do is simply apply a good coat to the entire frame and include the edge of the shelf. and then just set it aside to dry completely, so now we can work on our skewers.

If you can't find them at the Dollar Tree, you can also find them in the camping section of Walmart for 88 cents or you can just use them. little dowels now what we want to do is attach two of the skewers by applying hot glue to the center and we're going to add clips as you go to hold it in place and then once you complete your first stick repeat this for Now I'm just done using four sets of main sticks and not six, so you won't have to make as many as I did here, so once all the spikes are attached we can paint them and I'll use this chalk paint again. now you just want to apply a coat on the unglued side and you want to let them dry completely and here are all of our skewers so now what we want to do is go ahead and grab your frame and what we're going to do. is to place the skewer upside down and we're going to start adhering the skewers to the back of the frame.

Now this first keyboard is going to sit diagonally from corner to corner and then we just want to trim off any overlapping excess and use a little bit of that hot glue to secure it at each corner and then we'll take that second skewer, trim that off as well and then cross it over the first one. skewer and we'll secure it at each corner with hot glue, now I know. This part is a little hard to see, but here I'm just marking the center of each side of the frame for the placement of the next skewers, so I'm going to go ahead and take the next skewer and I'm just going to cut it in half, now What we're going to do is line up this skewer with the center marks on the top and side of the frame we just made and once it's in place, go ahead and secure it. with hot glue and then we're going to repeat this process on the other three sides of the frame matching up those center marks and here are all of our spikes in place now for a little extra security.

Grab the staple gun and I want to add a staple over the end of each of those skewers and now your skewer design is completely assembled. To hang this piece you can add two of these sawtooth picture hangers to the back of the frame and these. can only be applied by hammering them now before doing so. I wanted to add a little bit of aged look to my frame, so I'm going to use some of this dark brown acrylic paint to give it an accent. I take a fine brush and I want to start making random marks on the edge of those skewers and I also want to make some on the edge of the frame.

Now I like to use the side of the brush to do this, add a little bit. a little more control and here is our frame with all our signs of deterioration and don't forget to add some to the shelf, you already knew I couldn't forget about the Christmas trucks. Now this shelf is the perfect size to display your entire farmhouse. truck

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and then when the holidays are over, change them to a neutral sleepfor a year round decorating display listen up, I hope you all enjoyed seeing these creations again or for some of you for the first time, I hope you are all inspired.

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