Decide how many shelves and how long you want them to be. Go to your local home store (we went to Home Depot) and pick up a 12 ft pine board for $16. We were going to do 3 shelves, so we had them cut them (they will do it for free, but I find going in on a weekday is best since the weekend tend to be very busy) into 3 equal pieces.
Sand the corners if you want to, and then apply stain.
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We made a combo stain of weathered gray and early american. I just practiced on the underside of the bottom shelf until it looked right.
I just take a pair of mismatched gloves and an old rag to wipe on the stain and go to town.
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Then, we just took inexpensive, industrial looking brackets and mounted them to the studs in the wall with small screws. We decided to only do 2 shelves, but found another use for the extra board…working on that!
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Then, just add your treasures to be displayed, and there you go!
![boys room diy shelves boys room diy shelves](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zXY2OuzJzQU/VuBlQRk0nkI/AAAAAAAAp8g/NTuTejyDdNI/boys%252520room%252520diy%252520shelves_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
After gathering your supplies, you could easily whip these out in a hour (not including drying time) and our total was under $30 including the stain. Yay for easy, fast projects!
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