![]() In the end, we decided to buy a nice looking 4’x8′ sheet of birch plywood for $40.īut here’s the best part: We had the sheet cut down in the store for all of our shelves! After ripping the whole board down to 39 3/8″, a friendly sales associate continued to cut that down to 14 1/4″ planks, which gave us enough for 6 shelves – leaving us with 1 extra (always good to have in case of a mistake!). ![]() (Support, support, support!) The measurement needed for each shelf was 14 1/4″d X 39 3/8″w, which meant that our (more affordable) options were mostly limited to 4′ x 8′ sheets. The original glass shelves actually sit on small tabs inside the steel frame, and we would need to fit shelves to sit on top of the steel frame. Here’s how it looks today, with plywood reinforcement on the lower two shelves! speaker | floral art | lamp | sconce | rug | brass hardware (similar) Tools + Supplies Used Our plan? We wanted to add wood shelving not only for the warm look it would provide, but again, to give us enough support for all of our records. Like most IKEA pieces, there are many, many ways to hack an item – so many! Kate at Centsational Girl has a great write-up on nothing but Vittsjo ideas, and while we toyed with the idea of a different color altogether, we actually really liked the matte black finish for this room. They’re inexpensive and well made, but because records are heavy, we needed to reinforce the glass shelves they come with for something that can bear the weight. To make this happen, we needed a place to stash our vinyl collection, and as we mentioned after painting the room green (update: it’s since been painted Benjamin Moore Kendall Charcoal), we finally assembled an IKEA VITTSJÖ unit that was originally intended for our future kitchen renovation. These comments were so endearing to me, that my only hopes for this room is to make that true. A few readers mentioned here that they could totally see our girls sneaking into this room, baking in the sun and leaving only in the evenings to fill up on tuna. We knew this would be our funny little room to play our records (man, we’ve really been missing our records!), read a good book and hang with the pets. ![]() (This is why you’ll notice two paint colors on the walls.) Enjoy! speaker | floral art | globe lamp | sconce ![]() This tutorial was originally published in February 2014 and updated in 2021. Yellow Brick Home has over 11 years of archives, so from time to time, we’ll be sharing our favorites from posts past. ![]()
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