Bookshelf dresser



The Shelfdresser

I think I talk a lot about my fears and obsessions in these blogs. Fact: dressers creep me out. When I hear dresser, I think of abandoned childhood furniture covered in stickers and paint. Dressers are things in my parents and grandparents houses. If you actually do want to purchase a dresser they are expensive, or really old and sticky. Opening and closing drawers everyday??? Pahleeez! I have way better ways to waste my time.

I could go on, my point is- why not have a Shelfdresser? A Shelfdresser is far superior to the aforementioned clothing storage method because it utilizes the "pile system" in an organized way. 

Piling up clothes is a natural human tendency and a God given right. Why not embrace it and create a space where you can pile up your clothes by use, and easily get at them? Plus, simply put, the Shelfdresser is a bookshelf with some wood attached to the front of it!


 




I started at the Ace Hardware mistint's shelf. Messed up colors sell for a tiny fraction of the original cost. I got the paint for $1 a quart. Then I thought up something to do with the paint, thus the invention.

I put on my awesomest clothes and set up this ikea bookshelf I found on the side of the road. My neighbors don't even flinch anymore when I start dragging things onto my front porch.

Even though I'm painting the wood a similar color, it's a solid, brighter color, and a good finish to the damaged surface. I didn't even use a third of the brown quart to paint all the insides of the shelves.

Then I picked this pretty blue to contrast.

I only painted the base, top, and sides, because I am going to nail slats on the fronts. You can buy wood and they will make 2 cuts in each board for free, or you can find it on the side of the road in the spring and fall. 

Paint the wood the same color and attach it with 1" brad nails to the sides and shelf itself. Start the nails into the board on the floor.

Get some wood that will form nice deep boxes for your socks and pj's. Then some smaller boards for the shirts and pants shelves, so they are fancy too.

A Shelfdresser is born! 

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