Meet the Jetsons

We had a work weekend at the Grey house this past weekend with the help of my parents. We had a couple of projects on the to-do list, the big one being some built-in shelves beside our fireplace. It was the ugliest possible weekend to work around the house, but at least we had the carport as our “construction site.” After a lot of thinking, measuring, sawing, sanding, nailing, gluing, cussing and painting, the shelves are DONE and look fantastic!

They’re very modern-looking, and I think they’re a mix between something that Frank Lloyd Wright would have built and something that belongs in George and Judy Jetson’s house.

Let me tell you, floating shelves are NOT easy to build. We only had one structural failure on Saturday when the top few shelves fell, but it was quickly resolved and now those shelves are not going anywhere. Even Izzy the Fat Cat jumped up on the bottom shelf (while we all held our breath) and the shelves didn’t fall. I think I can finally relax and enjoy them now.

We custom-built them so that our cords could be (for the most part) hidden and so we would have an enclosed box to store some of our Wii accessories. We still need some funky hardware for the door, but other than that, we couldn’t be more thrilled. Now all we need is more books to fill up those purty new book shelves. :)