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Kid's Bathroom - Part 2 - Floating Shelf Crates

You may have seen the upcycled cabinet door towel rack I made for my kids' bathroom here. The next project I wanted to tackle was some floating shelves for above the toilet. I started with some plain pine half crates from Joann. They are about 10" x 12" x 5" deep so they weren't too large or deep for my tiny bathroom. Then I grabbed some Minwax Polycrylic in Espresso that I had from a failed project I tried a couple years ago, a foam brush, newspapers, and lots of paper towels.



I laid out my newspapers and started brushing on the Polyshades. I went one side at a time and completely covered it before wiping it off with a paper towel. You will probably want to use gloves for this portion. I ended up with really sticky hands and I got a splinter in my finger when I was wiping stain from between the slats. Gloves would have solved both of those issues, ha!

one side coated with polycrylic

after wiping off polycrylic
As you can see it's not a super even finish. Some spots have a more open grain and came out much darker than others. It doesn't really bother me since I was going for a rustic/weathered/beachy look, but it you want a more even stain you can apply wood conditioner before you stain.

darker color on left crate was caused by more absorption from more open grain than the right crate

crates after drying for 12 hours
I let the crates cure in the garage for a couple days, though outside would have been better if it wasn't raining. Then my handy husband put plastic anchors in the wall and screwed them in where I told him to. 

installed!

Et voila! Now I just need to finish my jars & the items I'm putting on the shelves. I'm so exited to have this since the only other storage is 2 *tiny* drawers, the medicine cabinet, and a small space under the sink. I also love the ombre shower curtain that I got for $14. It's not waterproof, but we had the frosted liner there already so I just added this over it. 

And there you have my bathroom revamp so far. I'll post more as I have it done, but as my blog title notes- I'm often "too tired" to do lots of projects consecutively so it might be a while before I completely finish this room. 😉

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  1. UnknownMay 15, 2017 at 4:23 PM

    Love this! I so wish I would have done Espresso stain instead of the hickory

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