Saturday Project - Rain Gutter Bookcases

I saw this idea for really cool bookcases in the Family Fun magazine. You take vinyl rain gutters which are $5 for a 10ft piece at Home Depot. Then cut them in whatever lengths you want. We did 3 ft and 2 ft sections. Then you add the end caps and hanging brackets. These literally took a total of 30 minutes to cut and install all 4 pieces. You can also research "rain gutter bookcases" and see soo many pictures and ideas.

My original thought was a way to display the fun mini scrapbooks that my mom makes for the kids after each birthday and after each of their summer stays at Nana and Papa's. John was concerned that the kids would pull a regular bookshelf down so this is a great and durable idea.

Here is the before picture of the playroom



This is not even 5 minutes later with the two shelves put up.


Then the final product. Each of the kids have their own shelf.



Up close of the shelves with Nana's scrapbooks.

Of course we had 4 extra feet of gutter, so we decided to put some up in the kids' rooms so it keeps the books off their beds. Also maybe their flashlights won't be lost quite so easily.

Delaney's room before.

and after...by far my favorite addition.

Blaine's room after. Not a great picture, but at least you get perspective.

Up close of Blaine's shelf.

The kids were super excited about their additions. Thank you John for helping me once again complete one of grand ideas.