Finally I have book drawers to put all my books in!! Yea! My new book shelf is made out of three dresser drawers. I had gone out on free cycle and put a message in to see if anyone had an old dresser that was falling apart but the drawers were o.k. I got a answer back and went to check it out. The awesomeness about the drawers were they are made out of real wood not the cheap particle board most dressers are made out of today!! SCORE big time for me!. My original idea was to make two of the drawers into an end table, but the more I thought about it the more I realized they would be perfect for all those books I had lying on the floor in my hall. There is already a small bookshelf there with all my novels that I keep and read at least once every year. The books on the floor next to this shelf were either children's books I did not want to get rid of, some Christian books on different subjects and a few old Harlequin I had kept.
I did not think to take a picture of the drawers before I set them up, so you'll just get to see the end results. This is by no ways a finished project. I've got to decide which color I want to paint them and the book shelf. I'm thinking about a deep garnet red color that is in the pattern on my sofa bed. Not sure but I'm going to think about it for a bit before I make a decision.
The nice thing is when I set two of the drawers next to the bookshelf it filled the space perfectly between my bookshelf and the trim on the door to one of my bedrooms. Here let me show you what I mean.
You can see the bookshelf in the lower right hand corner. As stated the drawers are a perfect fit between it and the trim on the door. YEA!! One of the drawers had the face plate (that's what I call it) already off, so I decided to pull the plate off a second drawer. That way the 3rd drawer could sit on top of the two without any problem. Let me tell you I had a time pulling staples out of both of the drawers on the bottom. Oh, there were nails that I also pulled out. Let's just say my right arm and thumbs on both hands are sore from pulling to get those crazy staples and nails out.
Here's a picture of the "plate" I pulled off.
I figure I can put it to good use for something!!
Here's another view of the book shelf.
It may seem crazy to have book shelves in the hall, but my home is only 1200 sq foot of living space about 1500 sq foot including the garage. My living room is small so I was unable to include bookshelves in the living room. I figured why not the hall. It's only me and my dog who live there with the occasional family visits so it's no big deal. There's still plenty of space to walk down the hall even with the bookshelves in there. Here's why I say that.
This is looking from my dining room to the hall. Right behind the chair is the wall so there is open space the entire length of the book shelves/cases whatever you want to call them.
Hope you enjoyed my seeing my new drawer bookshelf. When I paint the drawers and book shelf I will take a picture so you can see the completed results.
Have a blessed week!
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