Wasted Space No More

I am the type of person that will have about 20 projects going at the same time. This of course means that I rarely ever finish any of them. Well, this is a rare occasion indeed....as I completed one yesterday!

When I was pregnant - my Dad, Brother in Law and I finished my basement. My house is small so I needed every inch of space. Well, for the most part we did finish the basement....there are just a few more minor things that need to be finished. We pretty much stopped working on it though once I had Zander. I was just too tired and busy with him to worry about the basement for awhile.

Now that Z is getting more independent...and I'm getting some more sleep...I've started to feel like working on things again. So, to get to the point here...I finally completed some built in shelving in the basement.

Its simple, nothing fancy, but its using what would otherwise be wasted space in a corner. (Ignore the water pipe, we haven't put the door over that yet)

Here it is after we put up the walls:

Here it is after adding the shelves:

Here it is in use:

My Dad did the measuring as my house is not square and my math is not great. He then cut the boards with his table saw. We reused boards that used to be the shelves in my closets when I moved into the house a few years ago. I had already switched those out with the wire shelving, so I saved some money by keeping these boards. It did require some sanding and spackling on my part (I love spackling....it'll fix about anything)...then all I had to do was paint and install.

They would look a lot better with some molding on the front, but its not really necessary for where it is in the house. Plus...then I couldn't call this project done and I really want to because I need to cross something off my list!

Now if only I can keep Z away from those movies....