The Monster Shelf

So our boy's room is in the peak of the house and has slanted walls on each side. The one side is tall enough for us to walk in and use for storage but the other side is much shorter & there is so much wasted space behind the wall. I love watching home improvement shows & saw this episode a few years ago where they built a storage shelf into the slanted wall. For 3 years I've wanted one of these shelves.

Since my brother Jeff is a contractor I thought I would enlist his help. As we talked it out it seemed like a pretty simple project, but once we got going it turned out much bigger & better than I had ever imagined....

Jeff making the 1st cut in the wall

Here is the opening...doesn't look so big in this photo but it's actually 7 feet wide!!

Connor got home from school just in time to help us lift and install the bottom section....this was so heavy & definitely a 3 "man" job

the bottom pieces has 4 sections...each section will house an under the bed storage bin

2/3rds done

the second from the bottom row will be 4 sections...each section will hold a iris drawer and is 20x24x21"

The top shelf is custom made to hold DS game cases, CD's, etc

the 2nd shelf is for decorative items and the big open shelf is deep & for storage in the back & a play table intended for building with legos, but we'll see what it ends up being used for :o)

There we go...now just to paint it yellow (since we have a Buffalo Sabres theme) and get all the stuff off the wire shelves below loaded in....