Ingenuity creates practicality!

     For so long I have struggled with storing my canvases properly and neatly out of the way.  I have tried to place them along the wall or stacked flat on some shelf and sometimes on the floor.  Recently, I looked online for art canvas storage and I found a very nice shelving unit that retailed for anywhere from $500 to thousands of dollars, depending on how many shelves and storage cubicles you added.
     After much thought and discussion with my husband as to how we could design and build a storage unit, we arrived at a very practical solution.  We bought a standard 5-shelf bookcase from Wal-Mart and laid it on its' side to create the compartments.  We stabilized the partitions by placing 1/2" X 3/4" stops  [cut to the width of the side panels (11 1/2")] on either side of the partition.  We simply nailed the stops to the side panel on both sides of the partition, so that the partition (shelf) slides in and out easily.

   
    

This was truly inexpensive as the wood stop that we used was actually purchased as a 12 foot piece, then cut to 11 1/2 " pieces. The price was $4.36. Along with the bookcase, the total price of the project to include the nails was $33.00, give or take a few pennies. What a bargain, easy to make and such a great storage unit to boot!
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