Box Develop Bookshelf Knock-Off

A few weeks ago, I was looking at the adorable, develop themed boy's room at The Heathered Nest when I spotted a laid of super cute box automobile bookshelves. After a piffling research, I discovered they were genuinely the Box Train Shelves from Pottery Barn Kids, together with they've been discontinued.  So, I wrote downwardly the dimension together with started building. 

Supply List:

(for 3 shelves)

• (2) 8' - 1 x 8
• (1) 8' - 1 x 4
• (1) 8' - two x 4
• (1) 3' - 2" diameter woods dowel (found past times land of furniture legs together with moulding)
• 2" woods screws
• power drill
• *wood glue 
• *1 1/4" 18-gauge complete nails  
• *miter saw  or *circular saw 
• *brad nailer 

Cut List:

• (6) 1 x 8 @ 26" (with corners notched)
• (6) 1 x 4 @ 6"
• (3) 1 x 4 @ 24 1/2"
• (6) two x 4 @ 4"
• (24) 2" woods dowel sliced into 3/4" thick discs 

I wasn't able to discovery 3/4" thick discs anywhere, together with hence I bought a 3 ft length of 2" diameter woods dowel from Home Depot together with sliced off 24 wheels, using my miter saw. If you lot don't desire to become that route, you lot could purchase  *these woods discs together with stack them up. 

Once I cutting all my boards to length, I needed to notch the corners of all the 26" 1 x 8's. Using a speed square, depict a box 1" high together with 6" wide. Measure from the exterior border together with brand some other vertical draw of piece of job at 4 1/2". Then, depict an arc, starting from where the horizontal draw of piece of job together with commencement draw of piece of job intersect, together with ending on the minute draw of piece of job together with bottom edge. 

Using a jigsaw, cutting along the line. After the commencement board is cut, purpose it every bit a template to cutting remaining v boards.

Now, its fourth dimension to assemble. Attach all pieces amongst woods mucilage together with 1 1/4" complete nails.

Start past times attaching the sides pieces of the box.

Then, add together the flooring of the box.

 Pre-drill 4 holes on either destination of the bottom board, together with connect the two x 4 blocks, using mucilage together with 2" woods screws.

Next, attach the front end board.

The terminal measurement of the construct is to add together the wheels, but I recommend paradigm both the box together with the wheels separately earlier adding them. Once painted, attached the wheels using woods mucilage together with at to the lowest degree two complete nails through the pump surface area of wheel.

That's it! The shelves are built.

Time to complete them. I genuinely liked the await of the inspiration shelves, together with hence I tried to re-create them every bit closely every bit possible. I spray only nigh everything through my pigment sprayer. Even though it involves to a greater extent than laid upwards clean up, it goes SO much faster! 

Each shelf got a dissimilar color of Country Chic Paint. Blue = Midnight Sky, greenish = Forever Green, together with reddish = (1 business office Licorice, 4 parts Cranberry Sauce, 8 parts Devotion)

I sugariness talked my friend Chanell into cutting a stencil for my lettering on her silhouette (I'm in all probability the terminal blogger on basis without a cutting machine). She shared the PDF file which you lot tin download here. Once the stencil was inward place, I sponged on a coat of Simplicity. Even though it's white, this pigment has such swell coverage, it only took ane coat. 

One of the signature designs of these shelves is the oval shaped label on the correct side. I created my ain label for myself together with you lot guys! Just click on the image, relieve it, together with impress it off.

Adding the label is easy. I only brushed a coat of matte  *Mod Podge on the dorsum of the label,

place it, together with brush on some other coat. 

To mimic the worn await of the Pottery Barn shelves, I sanded downwardly the edges, pathetic it a bit.

I sprayed two coats of matte lacquer over the whole shelf, giving everything a skilful layer of protection. I attached each bookshelf to the wall amongst a DIY french cleat, together with here's how they turned out.

I intend I got pretty darn around the Pottery Barn Kids version. What produce you lot think?

All 3 shelves terms nigh $40, addition paint. Not also shabby. Ready to construct you lot own?!

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