barrettorama

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Saint Louis, United States

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reusable, recycle, black, modern

Howdy!

One of my things is reusable items. Every time I start to do something around the house, I've forced myself to look at what i'm not using and see if it can be used for what I need.

This has been working out well enough. I made a temporry credenza in my office. Put a cap on my car's wheel (to prevent some break dust), Received some nice media shelves from a friend. Now I'm getting ready to work on a couple (or a large) bookshelves.

I also have a blog I try to post on every day or so. GreenFrugality

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Hanging Bookshelf

By barrettorama

See: http://www.curbly.com/martha/posts/259-bookshelves-with-cable It got me to thinking about how to build a bookshelf with my poor carpentry skills. Mostly this consists of hardware store parts. 3ft threaded rods around $7.50(cut to fit depth of the shelf) bunch o' nuts about $1.25. 30ft of chain around $17.70 (be sure to get something with some serious weight rating, mine is either 300 or 600lb.) Shelf boards around $10 (mine are discount 5ft-ers) eye screw with Ring around $2.50 each Total $42-45 Just measure out your studs (or borrow a stud finder) mine ended up about 4ft apart, or 3 stud spaces.... »MORE

December 14, 2006

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