In the late 2000s I kept a personal mom blog called Nest Bliss. I reviewed books, wrote about the house and the girls, and was even in the Wall Street Journal. These posts are from then: light, young, a mom in her late twenties. I have edited them to stand on their own.
Last post! Well actually a few days late but oh well I had a BIG weekend - traveling and lots more! Project 5 - Re-purposing an old window and built in bookshelves This is what I had in my living room when I moved in. These grungy jalousie windows (to the left with the mini blinds) which looked right onto my master bedroom, which was actually at the time just an enclosed carpeted garage.
Then I removed the windows lined the back with 2x4's, drywalled it and covered the bottom with tile. That gave me what I called the 'art nook' below.
Then when Ava was born I did a lot of shifting and needed some serious space for books, so I lined the nook with three really long 2 x 10's supported by shorter 2 x 10's. Easy!
Perfect! So much fun to switch up!
The picture below doesn't show the whole thing but you get the drift. I had my friend Travis come by and take some photos of me for Christmas cards (which I never sent) it was raining so I took some at home, which turned out super cute!
Close up of the shelf so you can see how I did it. If you want actual instructions for the shelf let me know, but basically it is pretty simple framework done with a saw and a drill.
Check out all the projects in this week-long feature category by clicking here . Done anything cool with a window space you didn't need?