It’s done! It’s a super simple design, but this DIY bookshelf in our rental house is finished and functional! Just inside the main floor back door and around the corner from the new ‘school at home room’ (reveal coming soon!), we now have a functional, fresh and bright place to store a good chunk of our children’s books!
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If you’ve been following the blog for awhile, you’ll know that I LOVE kids books. However, I truly don’t love how much space they take to store! They seem to make their way into every room in our house. I was determined to find an area that could store more books and act as the key area we keep the books (the kids still have a few faves in their own rooms).
Let’s go back to where we started. Below left is what this exact spot looked like when we moved in! Because it sits next to an exterior door (which you can see on the right of the photo), we quickly hung simple hooks and put a shoe rack underneath. As you can imagine, this area became a hoarding spot for all things dirty and messy very, very quickly. Just a few weeks ago, we created this super simple bookshelf. You can see in the picture on the right how it looked before we added two more coats of white paint.
I wanted to create a fresh place to store a decent number of books for the kids and provide them with an extra spot to plop down with a good book. It helps that this area is right next to the room that we are currently using as the school at home room so that someone can go and sit and read when they are not feeling like doing ‘work’.
The remainder is all styling! I wanted the top shelf to feel pretty and also store a few fun things, like the terrarium and my new watering can, which I love. I also popped this typography print up there to remind me throughout the day that whatever happens through this pandemic, the kids are alright. We hope! Ha. The wall sconce adds impact and functionality so that even on dark winter days, it’s still a well-lit area to read a book.
This extra large basket is a necessity for storing shoes that are not in season. I love that it has a lid to keep the look streamlined while adding extra texture to these plain white bookshelves.
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