So this happened yesterday – my husband fulfilled my long dream of shelves above our credenza.
If you’ve noticed, we kinda love Ikea.
We’d searched high and low for affordable ‘natural yet hefty’ shelves, but ultimately couldn’t choose anything but our lovely Ikea Lack Shelves. At only $29 each, they were the bargain of the year!
As I posted on Instagram, I was looking for shelving options.
Originally, we were thinking we’d do live edge planks – but the cost was prohibitive. Most of the options for shelves 6 feet long by 2 inches high by {at least} 10 inches deep were upwards of $500. Each.
Yikes
We decided putting any extra funds were better spent on travel.
I’ve seen this asymmetrical layout in several Instagram posts – even mocked them up on my Instagram account!
The progression from no shelves to shelves full of Lego, a few framed prints {still deciding what to hang}, and our boom box with our scaled down CD and cassette tape collection makes me so happy!
My goal for the shelving? A landing spot for Lego creations and sets.
Our boys were away with their church youth group this weekend volunteering – and, of course, having a great fellowship time.
My dear husband had the unenviable task of hanging these shelves for me, we didn’t know exactly how they would look, but we couldn’t be happier — except we may need more shelving for all the Lego!!
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They look great! And what a great feeling, I know, when you’ve been thinking about doing something like that for so long and then finally it’s done and you love it!! I’m a huge fan of IKEA too. In fact, I need to make an IKEA run next weekend for frames, thanks for reminding me!
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No worries — just beware of the weekends!!! Ours is always packed – Yikes!!!
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Ours is usually packed on the weekends too, but I kind of like that, all the families and couples bustling around; it gives it a festive feel, because everyone’s always happy at Ikea!
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Ah!!! That’s my problem — the last couple of weekends I’ve gone, it’s been to returns! That’s a multi-hour wait 😉 Enjoy!!!
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And I’m guessing that people are not quite as happy if they’re in the Returns line. 😦
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It’s a long line!
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The shelves look lovely, your husband did a good job.
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Thank you! He’s super handy to have around 😉💕
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