Salvaged Shutter Corner Shelves

Dimensions: Height 78.5 inches, Width 15.5 inches, Space between shelves about 14 inches, Center of shelves sit out about 12 inches from corner, Weight 19 pounds. A compact, handy storage option with black-and-white graphic appeal and a contrast between the slightly distressed shutters and the more glossy new shelves. Great for a living room, dining room, den, library, office, or bedroom, to display knickknacks, collectibles, books, or any smallish items. Was $150, now $125. Click here to purchase.

The Story 

I found a pair of two-panel bifold shutter doors in an alley in my Glover Park neighborhood of D.C. Seeing them hinged together led me to consider permanently fixing them together at a 90-degree angle and converting them into some kind of tall corner shelving unit. Another factor was that they were painted on only one side, and I didn’t want to paint the unfinished side, so keeping those sides facing the wall sounded good to me. I removed the hardware and used sandpaper to give the painted side of the shutters a more distressed look. I attached them to one another with screws through a squarish, long piece of pine behind the right-angle point. I cut the shelves out of newly purchased pine boards, painted them semi-gloss black, and attached them to the shutters with screws. This was the first project I ever made out of these very common tall shutter doors.

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