Cheap Removable Closet Shelving - Renter Friendly

No need for fasteners, just stack up the wood and it stays in place

In one of our first apartments (oh so many years ago), my father-in-law made shelving like this for my tiny pantry. It is SO EASY to do and is inexpensive, very durable, and easily removable making it great for renters/tenants! We are doing this in the main linen closet and the game closet.

If you have the plywood cut at the home improvement store, you won't need any tools, fasteners, nails, or glue! Brilliant!

All my pieces are uneven because we are repurposing the wood from a different closet set-up from the previous house. Otherwise, I would have them all nice and even!

Decide how many shelves you want. For each shelf, you'll need two "support legs". You want to put two pieces on the side walls and place the third piece on top (the shelf). The bottom pieces work like support legs when you press them against the walls snuggly. Then stack the next legs on top of that and add another shelf. Build as high as you want, these shouldn't fall over if you press them against the walls tightly.

The hallway is narrow, making it very difficult to get a photo of this closet. There are four shelves (and eight support legs for a total of 12 pieces). The two legs are the same dimensions, but the shelf will most likely be different.

See the game closet here:
http://oneyellowhouse.blogspot.com/2016/01/game-closet-shelving.html

Janniversary 2016

Light snow

Today is the one year anniversary of the first time we saw inside the house. I remember what we did that day and it's fun to remember.

A disturbing thought is how FAST one year goes by!

Game Closet Shelving

The bar provided the perfect spot to apply the Contact paper

We had some plywood from the previous house. We had put removable closet shelves in the kids' closets but we don't have the same dimensions here, so John planned to use the pieces for the game closet after shaving off a few inches with his circular saw. He really wanted the edges to be protected from the saw marks, so we decided to apply Contact paper (but I don't usually do this).

Each piece was covered with the lovely faux wood grain Contact paper

This closet will be full of games soon when there are shelves to hold all the boxes

These pieces go against the side walls and hold up the shelves,
there's no need to attach them in any way, the weight of the shelves
puts enough pressure on them that they don't fall over

Because these shelves are so long and will be holding a heavy load, we put in 2"x2" supports, but most often these "stacking shelves" don't need extra support. You can't see the side "legs" in this photo.

Once all the games (we have lots!) are tucked onto the shelves,
they will virtually become invisible

I LOVE that we did this for under $5 because we already had the wood-FREE closet shelving! We need to do this in the linen closet as well, then we'll be able to find a permanent home for the towels! Stay tuned for another exciting adventure of "Mini-Projects That Should Have Been Completed a Month Ago"!

Here's another post on cheap, renter-friendly shelving:
http://oneyellowhouse.blogspot.com/2016/01/cheap-removable-closet-shelving-renter.html

Dining Room Plan 5

I love this fabric! Thank you Gramma, it's the perfect Christmas gift!

So I have the patience of a bulldog. Whatever that means, I thought it was a fun thing to say!

I can't find the iron nor the staple gun, but I can't wait another minute! The trick is to decide WHERE TO CUT my $50 per yard fabric!!! I positioned the piece over the canvas using different sections of fabric. THEN. I. CUT. IT.

Gasp!

I gently wrapped and tucked the fabric around the canvas and propped it against the wall. There it sits until I find my tools! Once it is officially up, you'll get to see the photo.

On another note, some folks dig a 6-pack. Of beer. Me? Nope, I get excited over a 6-pack of COMMAND HOOKS! Seriously folks, what does that say about me!?

I've lost my marbles. Now that we painted the entire house, I can't bring myself to push a thumbtack into my beautiful walls! I'm seriously off my rocker, this has never bothered me before! It's a TINY hole, it's really okay.

Nope.

Not me. Enter fresh 6-pack of Command hooks. Yum yum.

No tiny holes in MY walls!

I have a lovely spot to hang my jammies and my clipboard, not to mention...

This hook is perfect on the side of my Expedit headboard, loving it!

...I've become a clipboard geek, but I'm NOT going to go into that here!

These little removable hooks have made me happy today.

PHOTO WALL DISCOVERY Dining Room Plan 4 Renter Friendly

This is IT! Finally figured out a way to cover the wall with photos!

This is NUTS.

I've wanted to do a photo wall for years. At the old house, I painted magnetic paint so I could put up the photos with magnets. And it looked awesome!

BUT

Daniel especially liked to "whoosh-run" down the narrow hallway, leaving photos flittering to the floor in his wake. No good.

When we moved, I started thinking about a new photo wall, and one that actually worked. I've searched pretty much every kind of photo wall out there, but haven't come upon one that will work for me. My requirements are: inexpensive and holds a ton of photos.

John took me to Lowe's and we looked at the sound board someone on Pinterest recommended. Uh, no, turned out it isn't for me.

We looked at everything we could think of and some things we didn't too! Nothing fit the bill. I was feeling dejected and questioned whether a solution existed for me or not.

We were standing at an end cap when John pulled out these long skinny white plastic things. Immediately, I thought, "photos would fit in here"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stay tuned, baby, stay tuned, you're going to LOVE my new photo wall! Details to come after installation! Yow! This is going to work!

Dining Room Plan 3

Looks great with the silver IKEA Capita legs

We had my sister over and I have to say it was really fun having them here! I'm liking entertaining again!

I can't remember if I wrote about this, but we found more than $40 in quarters while unpacking. Happily, we put that money to good use and bought this used Expedit from Craigslist. I planned to put the Capita legs on it so it looks like a tiny buffet. I LOVE IT! Can't believe we scored on the drawer inserts, it's already handy to have a couple drawers in the dining room!

Just what I was hoping for...it will be cuter when the fabric goes up

Next step is getting the fabric on the canvas (which means finding the iron and the staple gun, sigh).

Dining Room Plan 2

The previous photo with the taped out measurements,
allowed me to get a visual on my idea

Of course there's a plan for MORE decor.

I've been looking on and off at a new dining room light fixture/pendant/chandelier. Call me crazy, but the glass "button" on the ceiling doesn't speak to me.

I'm completely magnetized to this one. And surprise, even though it's a really great price, it's ON SALE right now! I love the semi flush mount because I really don't want to chop the view of the windows with a hanging pendant light. We also move our table around, so the shorter mount allows us to not have to center the table in the room.

Not to mention the south wall! At the old house, I attempted a photo wall which failed miserably. I painted with chalkboard paint and used magnets to hold the photos. But the kids (especially Daniel) would run down the hall which formed a wind tunnel, launching my photos into the air...and onto the floor. So after some Pinteresting, I have a solution! Terribly excited about this because not only is it CHEAP, it's going to look fabulous-at least to me.

The north wall, with the three windows, has a 30" blank wall in the right corner. I thought I'd want some circle art there, but after visualizing several ideas, I think I want a 3-piece "stacking"/vertical something. And squares, not circles. Stay tuned. :)