Hey there! It’s the Thrift Store Challenge today! I am joining 6 other friends to share our thrift store finds or repurposing something we have sitting around our home today. I will share all of my friend’s blog links at the bottom of my page. Thanks to Tara with Stilettos and Shiplap for hosting this month’s challenge.

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I have been way too busy to stop and go shopping any where, but I really would love a shelf above the toilet in our Master bathroom.  Let’s just say I went out shopping in our shed for wood to build a shelf.  Do your remember me telling you our neighbors tore down their shed giving me whatever the lumber from it I wanted?  Well here is only half of it !!

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I found two pieces that would work nicely for the type of shelf I want to make.  Plus, I grabbed two of my corbels I had and my towel rack that was up on the wall before I took it down.  I asked Mr. Tip real nice like if he would cut the boards for me.  AND he did ! 🙂

Before I start the tutorial on making this simple towel bar shelf here are the items I am using.

• 1 x 12 x 30 piece of wood
• 1 x 6 x 30 piece of wood
• 2 wooden corbels
• 1 wall towel bar
• wood screws
• primer and paint or stain

Cutting the boards the size I want my shelf to be.

• I want my shelf to be 30 inches long.  We cut both boards 30 inches in length.

• My corbels were a little longer than the 6 inch board so I had Mr. Tip cut the back off to make it 6 inches.

• I wiped all the boards down with mineral spirits.  Taking my electric sander, I sanded all the boards and corbels.

• I primed and painted all the pieces, painting with Benjamin Moore, Edgecomb Gray.

Now that all the pieces are painted it’s time to build my shelf.

• Taking my towel bar and the 1 x 12 x 30 board.  I centered my towel bar at the bottom of the board marking each end.

• Taking the wall mount from the towel bar attaching both to the board at the mark.

• Here are the steps we took to attach the corbels.  1.  Place the corbels 1 inch from the edge.   2. Making sure they are evenly placed.   3.  I traced around the back of the corbels to give us a visual where to drill the pilot holes.   4.  Drill a pilot hole for each screw.  5.  Take wood screws and attach the corbels to the board.

• Attach the 1 x 6 x 30 board to the top of the corbels with two wood screws.  I painted my screws so they are not noticeable.

• Attaching wall brackets to the back of the shelf.

That’s it.  My shelf is finished and this cost me nothing but a little work.  I had everything on hand to make this shelf.  I will be sharing the full picture of my towel bar shelf on Wednesday for the $100 Room Challenge.  I hope you come back to view our Master Bathroom REVEAL!!!

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