I’m going to show you a never before seen corner of our bedroom.

All you real designers are going to gag at the blatant display of electronics but guess what. We don’t live in a showroom or a magazine. We like TV & watch it regularly. Some of my favorite Saturdays are the ones where we laze in bed and blow through a season of Tru Blood or Big Love {or M*A*S*H, if I’m home alone}. {Speaking of which, lets netflix the complete series of Are You Being Served? next. I used to love that show.} So, for us, a TV in the bedroom is a must.

{Is that Verdi I see? Why yes! Yes it is.}

But as a result, DVDs tend to pile up next to our TV and on the mantel {apparently, right next to the pita chips}.

To remedy that, I made a couple quick shelves last night out of some leftover 1/2″ plywood and a few screws for an under-utilized ~ rather hidden ~ corner.

Out of the leftover piece of plywood, I cut 2 rectangles a little smaller than a DVD case {about 7.5″w x 4.5″h}. I wanted the shelves to almost look like they were floating. Then I cut 2 back supports that’s about 7.5″w x 1″h and 2 side pieces about 3.5″w x 1″h. Nothing’s super exact but they’ll be mostly hidden, so who cares if my edges are a little wavy.

First I pre-drilled 2 holes in the shelf & back support {so the wood wouldn’t split} and then screwed them together. I would use drywall screws instead of the thicker ones you see in the picture but I didn’t have any short enough on hand. Or countersink your screw heads {which would make them more flush with the top of the shelf}. Shame on me for not doing that. My countersink was right downstairs. Oh well.

Then I screwed the side support to the left wall at least 1/2″ away from the back wall.

The back support {with the shelf already screwed to the top of it and resting on the side support} then got screwed into the back wall.

Paint the same as your wall & your done!

Two shelves literally took a couple hours start to finish {with 2 coats of paint}.

They’re not the prettiest things. Ok… it’s a little rudimentary, slapdash, sloppy, I’ll even give you ugly. BUT!!! Add some DVD’s and all that is completely hidden!

Voila! All gone. Ugly shelves completely hidden with floating DVDs.

And from the bedroom doorway, you can’t see anything at all.

That’s a win.