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DIY: Wall-mounted book display shelf for my cookbooks

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BookDisplayShelfI am extremely excited to share my new cookbook display shelf in my kitchen. We don’t have plenty of cabinets in our kitchen. I have been looking for a solution to place my cookbooks in a visible and easily reachable location instead of hiding them in a cabinet up high. After seeing a shelf similar to this in a photo on instagram, I set out to find it either to purchase or to make. I found All Things Heart and Home‘s Easy Book Display post and used it as a guide.
I love my cookbook display shelf. Now I pick a cookbook on the fly and decide on a menu for the next day or the week. I try new recipes more than ever. Before, I had to take them all down from the cabinet above the oven, set them on the counter or the table, put them all back when I was done. No more hassle.
IMG_1273Dimensions of my shelf are 31,5″ W x 40″ L

Materials

  • 8 ft 1×4 pine or good quality wood x3 (you can consult a home improvement specialist in the store)
  • 8 ft decorative trim (I ordered DecraMold trim online and picked up from Home Depot store)
  • 3/8″ wooden dowels x3
  • Set of 4 L brackets
  • Wood Glue / Gorilla Glue
  • Wood screws
  • Kreg R3 pocket hole system (optional)
  • Stain or paint
  • Clear finish
  • Stud finder
  • Drill

IMG_1278 Directions:

When you are purchasing your wood, ask them cut the pieces for you.

  • 2 pieces of 40″ long
  • 4 pieces of 30″ long
  • Decorative trim: 3 pieces of 31,5″ long

Put them together and mark where you are going to place the shelves. I placed them about every 12″.

IMG_1280Kreg R3 is a great system to drill invisible pocket holes. Your wood will be 3/4″thick. Set your drill length accordingly and drill two holes on each end of the shorter woods. IMG_1282 The holes will look like this. Then put your shelf pieces together and screw the shelf body together.
IMG_1284 Once the structure is put together, drill pockets to put the dowels in. Do not drill all the way. Dowels bend so you can flex them and place them in the pockets. You can secure the dowels with glue prior to sticking them in.
IMG_1288 Here is the plain shelf. IMG_1374 I put a dark chestnut color stain and clear finish on the wood to match the rest of the kitchen. I also painted words in handwriting with an old wall paint that we had at home using an art brush on the decorative trims. We glued the decorative trims on to the shelves with gorilla glue. Gorilla glue is very powerful, it expands so you have to scrape the glue expanding from the sides with a craft stick or something similar before it hardens.IMG_1379Once the shelf was complete, it was time to put it on the wall. It is easier and safer to attach the brackets on studs instead of dealing with wall plugs. Use a stud finder to find the studs. Mark the edges of the shelves on the stud. This was the before view of the wall in the kitchen. IMG_1383We put the L brackets to carry the shelves from 4 corners. IMG_1384 Finally we inserted the shelf into the brackets and screwed it to the extending sides of the brackets.
IMG_1388 Complete and installed book display shelf.

IMG_3022This is the side view of the wall. You can see my DIY Trash bin with butcher block on casters and Organized Entryway solution as well.

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I am a mother of two and a type of person who you would call “Jack of all trades, master of none”. As you might guess from categories, I love my children, reading, sewing, gardening, traveling and cooking. I also work full time so I have to be practical to do all the things I want to do in a 24-hr-day. More About Me


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