White vinyl rain gutter to make the 3 shelves brackets for the rain gutters.
Bookshelves made out of gutters.
This entire project only cost about 24.
Check out kimberly s site from raising olives for a tutorial on how to make rain gutter shelves.
The theory behind the rain gutter bookshelves.
We purchased our supplies at home depot but you should be able to get them at pretty much any home imporovement store.
A big plus is the total cost for a few shelves is probably below 20.
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Vinyl rain gutter color of your choice.
Vinyl rain gutters we purchased one 10 ft.
Why use rain gutter bookshelves it is well known that the best way to encourage little kids to read books is to have the front of books visible to little readers to peak their curiosity.
Here are the items you need.
They are super easy to install.
The vinyl rain gutter was the perfect fit for the gap between the wall and the bunk bed and it had the lip the books needed to stay up and not fall out.
The bookshelves in his new room are made from rain gutters.
Rain gutters are sturdy and take only a short time to be installed.
How to make innovative rain gutter bookshelves designs with instructions.
End caps for the rain gutters.
So i grabbed the end caps and hangers and a 90 degree elbow.
Then we used a hacksaw to cut them to five foot.
We started with three ten foot sections of gutters all available at any hardware store for around 7 00 each.
With the book fronts facing out kids are likely to read more and they can get and put away the books themselves.
These also make cute ways to display toys or pictures.