![]() When I pull the shelf out to fix the anchor point I'll be adding a barrier there. Second, the space between the shelf and wall allows children to drop books between the shelf and wall. If you have a climbing toddler be prepared to embrace the fact they will climb this furniture. ![]() Two major functional issues to be aware of: first, this is low enough to climb. So I'll need to buy more hardware to fix that. I believe it caught on the screw and there wasn't enough resistance to stop it carrying the anchor into the wall. When mounting the shelf to the wall one of my anchors disappeared into the wall. I accidentally placed the shallow flat head tightening nuts where the deeper Phillips ones belonged, and getting out the shallow nuts was very hard. I usually have no issues assembling IKEA furniture, but a couple pieces of hardware were misplaced and took hours and a complete disassembly to remove. I bought this shelf to store books and toys in the carpeted bedroom of twin toddlers. I think they look absolutely adorable in her room.Design needs improvement. The second pair were hung near the doorway. We hung the first two shelves in her reading corner, right above her beanbag chair. I sprayed a few coats of an acrylic sealer over them to keep the paint from chipping. The next day she finished the remaining shelves. The first day she painted two and half of the shelves, but then got tired. ![]() I put out all the materials she would need and let her begin painting. The next week we got out some paints and set up a painting area on the kitchen table. (I had to do a little smoothing later on~she really lathered on that paint!) Here she is getting the first coat of white on the shelves. I thought it would be perfect to paint the shelves the same white to match her furniture and then, later, let her paint her own designs on them. We had some leftover non-toxic paint we had used to paint Lucy’s bedroom furniture. Then we had to decide how to decorate them. Lucy was able to have her first experience building an Ikea item with the help of her dad (and baby brother). ![]() I thought it would be fun for her to be active in every part of the project to really encourage her pride and ownership and to just have fun! She’s been in desperate need of a place to keep books in her bedroom, and this seemed perfect. Browse between oak bookcases, corner bookshelves and a variety of other styles and materials. The second set was destined for Lucy’s room. Shop Bookshelves and Bookcases at John Lewis & Partners. We had been keeping our seasonal books in a basket near the nature table, but this is so much more welcoming. Raleigh for sale desk - craigslist 40 Nov 4 Open Front Shelf Storage Kids Desk Table 40. I decided to leave our first set as natural and hung them by our nature table in our main living room. Save search Computer Desk with matching bookshelf. Best of all, they are natural wood which looks nice on it’s own or lends itself to so many ways to be decorated. And I love that they can display the front covers of the books~ so much more inviting for little readers. I love the size~ they aren’t overbearing and hold a decent amount of books. Have you seen all the cool ways people are using the IKEA spice racks as bookshelves? I found so many fun examples on Pinterest and just had to get some for our house too.
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