{"id":360,"date":"2023-05-01T11:20:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T15:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catastrophicstardust.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2023-05-03T11:20:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T15:20:27","slug":"diy-shelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catastrophicstardust.com\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":"DIY Shelves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s a long narrow closet off of our upstairs hallway. I&#8217;m not sure why it exists, but it&#8217;s been wasted space since we moved in. There used to be a door on it, but we removed it when we knocked out the attic stairs that were near it to make the upstairs hallway more open and bright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has a small doorway to the attic crawl space over the kitchen, and it had a leak from a roofing issue by the chimney when we bought the house. The rehab contactor fixed the leak, tossed some mud up, and it&#8217;s sat vacant minus a litterbox for the past 7 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided to use it as storage for winter gear and blankets. Items I&#8217;d rather not have in a damp basement, but items we don&#8217;t need every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PhotoGrid_1679660409951-1024x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PhotoGrid_1679660409951.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PhotoGrid_1679660409951.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PhotoGrid_1679660409951.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PhotoGrid_1679660409951.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PhotoGrid_1679660409951.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PhotoGrid_1679660409951.jpg?resize=850%2C850&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PhotoGrid_1679660409951.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PhotoGrid_1679660409951.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PhotoGrid_1679660409951.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The flooring was shot and crooked, so we bought some vinyl planks and tossed some paint. I wanted this to be easy and just buy a shelving unit to put in there, but it was too narrow, so we we had to DIY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/photogrid_16831264168353076773253414331053-1024x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/photogrid_16831264168353076773253414331053.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/photogrid_16831264168353076773253414331053.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/photogrid_16831264168353076773253414331053.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/photogrid_16831264168353076773253414331053.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/photogrid_16831264168353076773253414331053.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/photogrid_16831264168353076773253414331053.jpg?resize=850%2C850&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/photogrid_16831264168353076773253414331053.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/photogrid_16831264168353076773253414331053.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catastrophicstardust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/photogrid_16831264168353076773253414331053.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some Dark Walnut stain and wipe on poly, and now I have a few shelves! 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