What did we start with for our first project? Floating books!
If you're on Pinterest, you've seen this at least 123,456,349 times. But I wanted to actually bring something I loved on Pinterest to life in the real world. Blaspheme, right?
We have a tiny little naked wall (31 inches wide) that helps transition our family room from our dining room. One day while I was home on maternity leave I looked over in my sleep-deprived haze and thought..."FLOATING BOOKS, that wall needs floating books."
So alas, this weekend I finally persuaded Paul to install said floating books.
Materials List:
5 1/2 inch metal L brackets (Lowes)
#14 11/4" wood screws (depth depends on what you're drilling into--we have plaster)
Level
Pencil / Chalk
Measuring Tape
Books
Drill
Process:
Per usual I tried to do the measuring but I gave up--using the slightly crying baby as an excuse not to do math (although tiny lines on a measuring tape don't really seem like math to me, more like little bits of torture).
I eyeballed the level I wanted the middle shelf to be, begged Paul do the measuring and then we installed the first set. Since books are heavy, we put three screws into each bracket to make sure they would hold everything from Twighlight to Moby Dick, A Christmas Carol and more.
I also went ahead and stacked 5 or 6 books up to get the look I wanted and then we measured up to where we wanted the bottom of the next bracket to be.
All that was left was to install the bottom brackets and we were good to go. Not bad for a quick 30 - 40 minute DIY project.
Until next time...
Laura
P.S. For those of you who were wondering...Baby Mo has only been to Lowes four times in her life. :)
