Salvaged Wood Shelf

We added a thick wood shelf to the wall with the black bear.  It's only 7"wide and  82"long, so it fit perfectly in that space.

Then I moved the black camelback trunk underneath .

I moved the antique pottery churns to the side of the trunk.

It stores our out of season clothes.

Leaf art.

This is the wall -BEFORE.

This is the wall-AFTER

This is how it started. Our son-in-law, Mike had this piece of wood in his garage. It's a salvage piece from an old bar. He had used most of the wood building a table and had this piece leftover. He knew the scavenger in me would love it. I didn't know exactly where I would use it, but was thinking shelf. He had it sanded in no time so that I could stain it. We loaded it into the van when we left New Jersey. 

I found the perfect spot for it, on the bear wall, behind the love seat.

"We" stained it, and attached it to the wall with wrought iron brackets.

It's very thick and rustic looking.

It has a thick bullnose edge and great wood grain.

I couldn't wait to put stuff on it accessorize it.

 Thanks Mike!

To see how we made the bear click HERE

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