One Room Challenge Week 5 Update: Book Wall

This week we finished up what will probably be my favorite part of the playroom: the book wall! I knew I wanted a large part of the playroom dedicated to books/reading and a spot to display our massive vintage children’s book collection. I decided to have some book ledges/shelves custom made to the exact dimensions I wanted as opposed to buying pre-made shelves and piecing them together. MK Farmhouse Furniture was able to custom build these for me so reasonably (seriously cheaper than I would have paid for store-bought shelves AND he installed them too). They even painted the shelves the wall color so that they truly look built in just like I wanted. The shelves are each 8 feet long and 6 inches deep giving plenty of room for lots and lots of books! I have tons of room to add even more depth wise but am being a little particular about having them all displayed just right!

To finish off the space, I added some cute little rattan sconces above the shelves using the magic light trick (no wiring required- more on that here). I have a few more additions for this wall too up my sleeve, so stay tuned for those! I am just thrilled to have this area complete and it makes me so happy every time I see it. I also made some major progress on the DIY wallpaper wall this week, but I’ll save that for the week 6 update. We’re getting close but I still feel like I have lots of small projects to finish up!

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xoxo

Emily