Our Beloved Red Shelf
I've been working on Oscar and Betty's bedroom this weekend and I love how it's coming together. Things we did:
-Built and upholstered two toddler beds (expect an awesome how-to post about this coming soon.)
-Painted a big canvas to hang over their beds.
-Sewed some toddler size duvet covers.
-And repaired our beloved red bookshelf.
I had this shelf built when Ralph (now age 11) was one and Maude (now age 10) was 6 months old. We had just purchased a tiny little house and the baby's bedroom was a little nook on the attic floor. I saw a larger version of the shelves in a Neiman Marcus catalog but couldn't afford them, so I had a set built — with the scale of a smaller house in mind. There is something so wonderful about showing up to a carpenter with a sketch and a photo and seeing what happens.
I just wish I could remember the carpenter's name, because if memory serves, he only charged me $100. For reals. And it's just about the cutest piece of furniture a person could own.
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posted by Gabrielle of Design Mom at Monday, July 20, 2009
19 Comments:
i love that shelf & all the lil toys on it! :)
Any way you could share the dimensions of this red book shelf? I would love to have one built myself!
Thanks!!
what a great deal! that is really a cute bookshelf!
My most favoritist color! Looks adorable.
Can you post the instructions for the toddler duvet as well as the toddler bed? I need both for my twins!
Oooh, I love this. I keep wondering what the dimensions are too!
Gorgeous!
Thanks for sharing.
That is really cute! I love it!
Such a great idea! I have been looking for a low shelf to put put baskets in for my son's ever growing toy collection in the family room. I may just find myself a carpenter now. Thanks for the inspiration!
Seeing beautiful things like that make me wish I was a carpenter!
it really is perfect. i need a carpenter! a free one!
I grew up with red wooden shelves in my room and will love them forever! Thanks for the great post.
it is cute.
I am currently on the hunt for something similar, just larger. I wish I was a carpenter.
Beautiful!! I would love to make one for my daughter. Wondering what material was used to build it.
Perfect red. Do you remember the paint color?
The shelf is gorgeous. I'd love to some advice on the duvet cover... I've got some material and I have the duvets- twin/single bed size and I need to just make the covers. I have some ideas but never done it before! Eek!
for some reason your posts haven't been showing up in my bloglines, so i was trying to catch up when i saw this. i'm currently hunting for a bookcase for my son (also an oscar). this is what i was picturing in my head.
$100! That's a steal! And you're right - it's a great piece. I could envision something like that in my 2-year-old's room quite easily.
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