Wednesday, September 23, 2009

DIY: Sling Bookshelf

Remember this?

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That’s right. A wooden shoe rack from Goodwill.

At least that’s what she was in her former life.

For the longest time I have been wanting a sling bookshelf for our playroom. These bookshelves are often found in preschools and classrooms because it is so easy for kids to see each book looking at it’s cover rather than the spine. I also just like how they look.

I don’t however like the price tag. $40 was the least expensive I could find with decent reviews. Add on tax and shipping…

Let’s just say I knew there was a cheaper way and I wasn’t going to spend that money when I didn’t have to. So here is my version of a sling bookshelf.

I think she’s pretty perfect.

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Cost breakdown:

$1.98 shoe rack + $5 colored denim fabric + $8 velcro strips = $15 for my thrifty version!

We're linking this DIY project up here for DIY Thursday at A Soft Place to Land and here for Trash to Treasure Tuesday at Reinvented.


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11 comments:

  1. Oh I love this idea! I will be featuring it on somedaycrafts.blogspot.com in a few days. Grab my "featured" button.

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  2. I really love sling bookshelves! Great idea to use the CD rack... and I love the bright colors!

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  3. very practical idea. thank you.

    a reading room stimulates children to read, and a well-read child does well in school and in life.

    Soooo withyour creativity you are doing good in the world.

    Rose
    Http://www.FineCraftGuild.com

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  4. I never would have thought to do that! That is such a great idea! Must be much easier than lining up the spines on conventional bookcases every.single.day.(UGH!) :D

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  5. This is such a great idea!! I'm kicking myself now for getting rid of that old shoe rack!

    I posted a link to your project on Craft Gossip Sewing:
    http://sewing.craftgossip.com/lookie-what-she-made-sling-bookshelf-from-shoe-rack/2009/09/27/

    --Anne

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  6. Ah how'd you do it???!!??! I've been wanting one of those shelves for my son and I have one of those old shoeracks in the basement- will have to figure this out!!! Fabulous!

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  7. This is so awesome!! I have some similar shelves. They actually have buckets. The buckets are always taken off and toys are scattered everywhere, so I decided not to use them anymore. But! I would love to turn one into a bookshelf like this!!

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  8. Is there a way to make this without having to sew? I'm not a seamstress at all!

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  9. I love this!!!! I was going to purchase one from One Step Ahead but Hubby quickly stopped me when he saw the price lol
    I am definately going to do this, I would like to figure out a way to stand it on top of something to put two organizer drawers underneath.

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  10. Coming to you from UBP11! I can't tell you how excited I am to do this DIY project! I've been looking online for some time now for this type of book rack and wasn't going to spend so much on them (plus shipping, etc.) Wonderful! I'll send you a photo of mine when it's done!
    Pass by my blog too! MamaMOE (askmamamoe.blogspot.com)

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