I began with creating two pipe support arms for the planks. Using these pipes gave me the flexibility to make the shelf exactly what I needed. Any larger than 11, and there wouldn’t be any room to walk in between my bed and the shelf. Any smaller than 7, and the TV base wouldn’t fit. I wanted the profile to be greater than 7″ but smaller than 11″. I started with a plan for a low-profile unit with 18-inch shelf sections. There were a few other sites that had similar shelving plans, but Keen’s looked the simplest and most pleasing to the eye. I used her basic schematic and adapted it to our situation. She’d already done almost EXACTLY what I wanted to do in our bedroom. I scoured the interweb for some ideas and pictures, and found that Keen had some really great, simple, and detailed plans online. This was the perfect opportunity to try out that industrial pipe shelf idea that’d been simmering in my head. We needed some sort of storage for some small items (a small flatscreen, pictures, etc), but no store-bought shelf was skinny enough. The wall in front of the bed, which was once home to our handmade dresser, was now empty. We were forced to move everything out of the bedroom to make room for our beautiful-but-outrageously-big bed frame. Our dilemma came about when we bought our king size bed and placed it in our relatively small bedroom. I’ve been thinking about doing something in this style for a few months now… especially since my wife equally loves this look. The look of metal and wood excites my male design sense, and the thought of using materials meant for plumbing for a different creative purpose is just plain cool. If you shop or dine in the city these days, you’ll find that industrial pipes have made their way into hip metro hangouts as rustic-utility decor.
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