Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Solution to my unsightly door problem!


So I've been looking online for a outdoor shelf to cover the mess that I made of my cottage.  The cut out goes nearly floor to ceiling on this one side so it had to be something pretty tall.  The picture on the left is a shelf that I found online and fell in love with.  On the right you can see that I made my shelf taller.  I'll be able to store lots of potted plants and gardening tools there.  I like the slats on the back of the shelf because they help to hide that the fact that the siding doesn't line up in this one spot.  I also like the color of the original shelf so I'd like to replicate it if I can figure out how.  It doesn't look stained, it almost looks like some older faded wood was used.  Maybe I'll try an aging technique?

Happy Wednesday everyone!

4 comments:

Annie said...

That shelf looks wonderful, Lisa. You will have so much fun fill it up with plants. I really like the cottage you are creating and can't wait to see you what you do next.

Annie

beyondbaffled said...

Thanks! I'm Jessie by the way :) The name of the kit is Lisa's Country Cottage Kit, I haven't figured out who is going to live there yet, so I'm just sticking with the original name for now :)

Kim said...

The shelf looks so awesome- I forgot to come here and comment. You did such an excellent job on it. Maybe cutting that hole was a blessing because you ended up coming up with such a beautiful solution to fix it :)

beyondbaffled said...

Thanks Kim!