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laundry room shelf

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Adding a shelf to my little laundry room has been on my to-do list for years. Finally, we decided to do it. Bought a pine shelf from Home Depot over the weekend, 1"x12"x6' for $20. I cut it to length, sanded it, smoothed the edges, wiped on poly to protect it.  Next, installing 2 brackets on the wall. First try failed miserably, 2 out of the 3 screws didn't hit the stud behind the drywall. After removing the outlet cover, it was so obvious. OK, we must be hungry, no brain power left after a  day's work. Let's refuel first. Both brackets went onto the wall perfectly after a couple slices of bread. I can't wait to put on my shelf. There we go, here comes my long waited shelf!  My favorite part is looking at the before/after pictures. What a little change we made to tidy up this space! Why did we waited for so long ... ...