Shelf Over Doorway

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(If you are looking for a different kind of shelf that I built over my bathroom door, click here.)

I had bought four picture ledge shelves from Ikea intending to use all of them in my basement stairwell.  After installing two of them, I realized that there was not room for the other two on the opposite side.  Before too much time had passed, I figured out a unique way to use them….  I decided to put them over my doorway between my kitchen and living room!

Doorway Before

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I took down my “By Grace Alone” sign and hung it over my basement doorway.  Then I took off the top piece of molding over the doorway.  Next I used a hand saw and/ or hack saw to cut the corners off of the side pieces, as shown below.  In order not to saw into the wall, I sawed partway through; and then the triangle piece snapped off after I hammered a flathead screwdriver through the gap.

Here’s what the kitchen side of my doorway looked like.

I did the same thing to the living room side of the doorway.

Then, all I had left to do was install the Ikea picture ledges!  I liked that the side molding would help to support them.

I thought the picture ledge shelves over the doorways gave my home a touch of that “craftsman” style.  Do you think so?

Doorway After!

Here is the living room side of the shelf all decorated with piano themed things.  I really like having an extra place to set things in my small house.  Could you use a shelf like this?  Would you attempt a project like this?

To see a different kind of shelf that I built over my bathroom door, click here.

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