It's DONE!!

Yippie! Hurrah! The book display is up! I tried to use a super heavy duty hook (holds up to 100 lbs.), but when screwing it in ran into brick (it's an outer wall). So this morning I went to Home Depot and got some 50 lb. hooks that are nailed in instead. It should do the trick. The book display is somewhere between 20-25 lbs, and I weighed a huge pile of his books this morning and they were only 17 lbs. So I think it should be alright.

Without further ado, here it is:





You can see in the last picture that it really is hanging, it's not on the ground! I like this idea because when he gets older (and taller) we have the option of moving it up above a desk. He can put trophies and knickknacks and whoozits on it eventually too.

Well, I was a bit worried looking at it in the garage, but now that it's up, I'm pretty proud of my handiwork! Would I do it again?? Maybe. I guess I'd have to be pretty motivated! It didn't take terribly long to do figuring I only worked on it during the kids naps and at night. But it was hard work. Anyhow, just had to share the finished product!