Wednesday, September 02, 2009

those bookshelves in the school room

Two people have asked about those white bookshelves attached to the wall in my school room pictures down there...I meant to mention those! So cool! Those are rain gutters! haha! Like the super long pieces of vinyl rain gutter that you can buy at Home Depot? I bought a huge piece for something like $4, and they cut it into pieces for me at the store. My husband screwed them into the wall. Make sure you find studs, because they will hold quite a lot of weight with books in them. I love them! I wish I had more wall space to put in more! I got this idea from The Read-Aloud Handbook.

5 comments:

Lynda said...

I thought that is what they were. That is such a good idea. I just may have to try that one.

Tiny Actions said...

Oh what a cool idea. Thanks for sharing your "secret."

J.C. said...

Excellent! I'll have to file that away somewhere for future reference. :)

Anonymous said...

Mel, I was googling "bookshelves" and found your blogspot. Can you tell me where to find the picture of your bookshelf in the schoolroom? Thanks! Karen

mel said...

Well, shoot, I had a hard time finding that too! I did finally though, here you go...
http://slightlycrunchycatholic.blogspot.com/2009/08/getting-our-school-year-on.html
If that link doesn't work, it's an August 2009 post in the archives, "Getting our school year on".