Once rob bo our son and i move i plan to put several of these rain gutter bookshelves up in his new room.
Using rain gutters as bookshelves.
A big plus is the total cost for a few shelves is probably below 20.
A great project for any wall in your house.
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Most of the people prefer to install their rain gutter bookshelves in their kids room since they mostly use them to encourage their children to read more books.
They are super easy to install.
They are great for kids reading nooks since you can put picture and story books with eye catching covers to capture the kids attention and make them read more.
After hanging each rain gutter shelf with one screw into the stud add two more.
Rain gutters lie uselessly in our attic so getting a little creative can result in useful decors.
Rain gutters are sturdy and take only a short time to be installed.
In this creative project sean buino shows us how to create wall bookshelves using vinyl rain gutters.
Here s your quick guide to making rain gutter bookshelves with more details below.
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Why use rain gutter bookshelves it is well known that the best way to encourage little kids to read books is to have the front of books visible to little readers to peak their curiosity.
Once the rain gutters are dry mark where you want to install them.
Figure out what your rain gutter shelf is going to look like buy your materials cut your shelves to length if not using end caps sand down the edges of the gutters so they re smooth if painting paint the gutters after you cut them.
4 white k style vinyl joiners.
1 10 white k style vinyl gutter.
Use primer and paint to paint the rain gutters.
2 white k style vinyl end cap set.
Since the rain gutters are 2 you should have one stud to drill into.
Rain gutter bookshelves is a great way to transform simple things into more useful ones.
These also make cute ways to display toys or pictures.
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