Inset Shelves

So not a ton of pictures this week.  It was a more labor intensive weekend than picture worthy.

I wanted to do a false wall with shelves inset on either side of a door.  It took me a bit of time to figure out how to do it and if I wanted arched shelves or regular squared off ones.

I decided I wanted arched shelves but I don't have any circle stencils so I used the curve of my blue painters tape roll to get the tops.  The wall is matboard since I've found that's easier to glue trim to matboard than foamcore board.

The next step was making trim for the openings.  I used more matboard and layered it, sanding the edges so it would look more like carved wood.

I couldn't do it in one continuous piece so I cut an arch and then straight pieces.

I built a framework around the openings with foam-core.

There was a lot of gluing and waiting for glue to dry this weekend.

I painted everything white and cut the wallpaper for the openings.  I painted the actual back wall with chalk paint in Cascade so it would dry while I glued on the wallpaper.

I added some lights to the arches with some silver bead covers.  I glued and painted my wainscoting and door trim and got it glued to the wall and added flooring to the base.

I thought about doing herringbone again but ultimately I decided to go with something more simple.

I ended up cutting the actual back wall in half and I'll hinge it so I can get to the electrical stuff without having to pull everything apart.

But a good start I think.

I hope everyone else is having a great weekend!  And Happy Father's Day to everyone!