The total cost is only $23
This project is kind of unique because it's almost like a customizable piece of furniture
So we're going to be building a base structure. And this base structure is going to be composed of these two sides that have these cut out
notches in them. And then in the end, these shelves are actually going to be able to slide in and out, and
be adjusted to how they want them to look. So I ended up using a 1x4 and a 1x6 piece of brass pine wood
And I'm going in with my 1x4 first. And I'm going to go ahead and cut to the height that I want to make my structure
So I'm going to make the center support be 36 inches tall
So I cut two pieces at 36 inches. And once those are cut out, we're going to want to go ahead and create the same exact
notches that we created in the first project. So I found the center point, which was 18 inches
And I'm measuring out from each side. And you're going to basically create this gap to be wide enough to fit the piece of
wood inside of it. So mine was about 3 quarters of an inch. But do keep in mind that you want it to slide
So I kind of added an extra piece of an inch on there. So it's just a hair under one inch wide
And the depth of your notch is just going to be half of the thickness of the board
So this is kind of what we're working with here. This is, if you can imagine, one board from the side view
There's going to be one notch in the middle, 12 inches spaced apart. Above and below are going to be two other notches
So as you can see here, I'm going in and marking 12 inches up from the first notch that we
created in the center. Creating the same exact markings that we did making sure they are wide enough for our board
to slide into. And I'm also going to be transferring it over to our second piece
And that's because we want them to be very symmetrical. So I'm going to be going ahead and flipping it sideways up and transferring it down to
the table. And I'm going to be doing the same exact techniques that I did on the first project
This one is a little bit more contounded, as you can see, because it's a smaller notch
that we're cutting out. It's also a little bit wider, but it's more shallow. So you have to be a little bit careful
And I did go in with my chisel once again to chisel out any excess wood on the inside
to create a nice clean notch. And I will also say that this boarding, in particular, of the piece of pine that I chose
was a little bit more harder in terms of chiseling it out. It took me a little bit longer
And then the process is pretty repetitive. You're going to repeat this for all six notches
And you're going to have two pieces of wood that look very similar to this. And then we're going to go ahead and cut ourselves
And you can cut these to whatever width you want them to be. I opted for 20 inches in length
And I also got the remainder of my original 1x4. And I've got two 5-inch pieces, because we're going to be gluing these 5-inch sections
in between our two pieces of notched wood, ensuring that the notches are facing the inside
So that way, if you're facing the inside there, I'm adding some glue to either side of our little piece there
And then I'm applying a clamp on the end to hold it all together out of the stone here
You're going to let this dry for about an hour. And I just find that wood glue makes it so much easier to then go in and drill a hole like this
because it holds your wood together. Of course, we're not using it as the primary support
We are going to want to have some screws. So I'm starting off with a couple of pilot holes
And then I'm going in with roughly about a 1-1⁄2-inch screw. And I'm just screwing it in a very small one, making sure that I drive it down pretty far
That way, if I then go back in, of course, I'm going to apply a little bit of wood filler over the top of those screws
That way, they are nice and fitting and tight. So I'm applying a little bit of wood filler here
And as far as the shelves go, I want to go ahead and stain these features of wood
So I used some espresso-colored stain, which I really love for this project
And I went ahead and I did a general staining to the front, back, and sides of all of the shelves
because these are going to be able to be kind of interchanged throughout the piece. And then once the wood filler was dry, I, of course, went back with some sandpaper
and sanded off any excess wood filler. I already knew I wanted to paint, like, the base structure in the middle black
That way, it kind of almost had this industrial look to it, and maybe even looked a little bit like metal
So I went through and used the same exact black paint as the last project
And I painted the entire center section that we created with the black paint
except for the grooves. I didn't paint the inside of the grooves, because I knew the shelves were going to slide in and out
And I didn't want any, you know, paint stripping off or anything like that. So once the paint is all dry, you can go ahead and mount the base to the wall
I'm just using some screws that I'm drilling directly through the notch
because then our shelves, of course, are going to slide right over the top of any of those screws and hide them
And the great thing about this project is that you can alter the shelves as you please
and the total cost is only $23