Book Shelf Hack

After numerous false starts Peter has created the bookshelves I have been wanting for over a year.

I like it so much I put him to work on another set of shelves.

In the end all it took was a half dozen wooden dowels, screws, hand saw, electric drill, and no more than an hour to convert the kids’ regular shelves into something special. Even at Discount School Supply it would cost over $100 for something similar.

As with many of our projects there were failed attempts along the way:

• Plastic gutters from freecycle. Too big. We converted these into ramps for water and ball play out back.

  

• Metal wall shelves from Ikea. Too tempting for little children to climb, too easy to push books onto the floor. We moved these into a utility closet.