Skirted Majority Shelves
Hello friends, in addition to Happy President's Day! The kids are out of schoolhouse today in addition to are enjoying some fourth dimension amongst their grandparents, field I'm taking attention of some errands in addition to hoping to striking a thrift shop or two.
This is i of those posts that I meant to practise months ago, in addition to I'm simply directly getting around to it. When I re-did our office/tv room, I knew that I wanted to conceal some shelving inward the bookcases. There are tons of shelves inward this room in addition to nosotros wanted to fit some of them amongst electronics (stereo, dvd player, wii, etc.) that I didn't necessarily desire to last seen. Also, although grateful for the storage, I wanted a few less shelves to style!
For a field I considered having cabinet doors made to add together to the lower opened upwards shelves, but the stereo in addition to dvd histrion stuck out a fleck also far for a cabinet door to close. I've ever loved the expect of a skirted console, similar this one or this one, but haven't had a console that would piece of job to endeavour that handling out. So, I sentiment I could operate the same sentiment to skirt the bookshelves.
With a few slow steps, I went from this
to this!
Let's simply buy the farm on all of those things stuffed nether in that location our piddling secret, ok?
I establish a canvas-type textile for a few dollars a yard, in addition to hemmed all 4 sides to fit each department that I wanted to cover. Then, I sewed dark grosgrain ribbon along the edge. All of those steps could easily last new-sew if you lot wanted to operate a fusible record or fifty-fifty hot mucilage or textile glue. If you lot glue, I would recommend pressing your seams on all sides earlier gluing to instruct a crisper, cleaner looking edge.
Next, I purchased some velcro at Hobby Lobby that had an adhesive dorsum on the "hook" strip, in addition to a sew-on dorsum on the "loop" side. I wanted to last able to stitch pieces on the textile without the adhesive gunking upwards my needle. So, I sewed piddling pieces (about 1 1/2" each) on the exceed corners of all the sections, in addition to added several across the exceed of the larger sections.
Then, I stuck the matching slice together to the sewed on piece, peeled the backing off, in addition to pressed it into identify along the exceed lip of the frame. Adhering it this means makes matching upwards your pieces fool proof!
Then, peel your textile off in addition to the adhesive sections are secured inward simply the correct place.
On this department that is the desk, I wanted the skirting to wind around the sides. I made a small-scale panel to wind around the corner, in addition to then a carve upwards panel for each side along amongst a large panel on the front.
One affair I didn't recollect well-nigh until I was mid-project were the places where my textile overlapped, similar inward the photograph above. I knew the adhesive dorsum wouldn't stick to my bottom layer of textile (where I wanted to attach the exceed layer), thence I used some velcro that I had on manus that was a sew-on "hook" strip in addition to sewed it to the bottom layer. Then I attached the exceed layer straight to the textile underneath it wherever the 2 pieces overlapped.
One bonus, the remotes yet piece of job amongst the skirting inward place. However, nosotros oftentimes take a panel if needed for continual access in addition to it's super slow to popular them off in addition to on. There's also a skinny panel of textile underneath where the 2 pieces below consider inward the center.
I promise that all makes sense, it was harder to explicate that it was to do. Basically, to brand a long even short, operate adhesive in addition to sew-on velcro to attach panels of textile to the wood.
Did you lot sentry the flavour finale of Downton Abbey in conclusion night? No spoiler alerts hither in addition to I dear the series, but I sentiment it was a fleck boring, until the end, in addition to I kind-of saw that coming. What did you lot think?
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