Hey friends! Â Happy Wednesday! Â Today we are sharing our latest YouTube video where we show y’all how we built these super cute (and even simpler) DIY $10 turnbuckle shelf!
How fun are those?  I built these for my boys’ new shared room.  I am currently 30 weeks pregnant and counting down the days people… You mamas totally understand I know!  I can’t wait to squeeze him, and walk normal again 😉 !  So, before we get started, check out our video HERE or below!
DIY $10 turnbuckle shelf – Hardware
Now these shelves are ALL about the hardware. Â You can find everything you need to make yours at the hardware store, and I am linking to everything on Amazon too below, because who doesn’t love Prime and free shipping?Hardware Pieces!
DIY $10 turnbuckle shelf – Assembly
The assembly of this shelf is crazy easy guys! Â First step is forming your “L” with the two 1×4 boards. Â I chose to connect mine with pocket holes, but you can glue and nail yours and it will work just fine! Â You want all of these pieces cut to the size you want your shelves to be.
You can see I added 3/4″ pocket holes down one side of one of my 1×4, and these will attach to the other 1×4 to create my “L”, and I will nail and glue the 1×2 lip.
Make sure to add a line of wood glue between all your joints on these.
At this point, you add your holes to the 1×2 board just as we did in the video. Â Remember, you want them about 1.5″ from each side.
DIY $10 turnbuckle shelf – Paint and Stain
Believe it or not, you are done with assembly and ready for stain and paint! Â We stained the shelves using Varathane Briarsmoke.
We also spray painted all of our metal hardware using a flat black spray paint by Rust-Oleum.
Once everything dries, you are ready to hang it up!
Be sure to use anchors if you aren’t attaching your hardware or shelf to a stud. Â I used speed anchors (which I love so much) to anchor my hardware since it wasn’t going to be attached to a stud. Â I marked on the wall where the holes of the rope hooks would line up and used my drill to insert the speed anchors.
To attach my shelves, I marked my studs and used 2.5″ Spaz screws to drill through the back of the shelf and into the stud on the wall. Â Once the shelf and rope hooks were attached, I added the eye bolts.
Now I added both turnbuckles!
Don’t worry about any chips on the black hardware! Â You can use a small paint brush to go back over them with flat black acrylic paint and you won’t ever know you did!
They are all finished! Â I love them so much!
I found the storage seats at Container Store HERE and love, love, love them. Â They are so sturdy and my boys can put their toy inside of them, and they come in lots of colors!
Thanks again for stopping by guys! Â Hope you love them, and build them! Â Let us know if you have any questions at all!
