100 YEAR OLD barnboard shelf (WnW

YES I KNOW THAT “WALL SCONCE” IS THE WRONG TERM (used in the video)
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Sometimes the story is more interesting than the project.

Some time ago, a friend came to the door and put this piece of 100 year old barn board in my hands. This was a piece of wood from her family farm — specifically from the family barn. The barn had fallen down, and the property was no longer in the family.

She only asked for two things. First, the big nails sticking out of one end needed to stay. And Second, she wanted it turned into some sort of shelf.
(She later got me a few more pieces to go with the original, which gave us more to work with.)

There would be no finish, no planing, no pristine clean joints. This was a rough piece of barnboard and it was going to stay a rough piece of barnboard.

I added a shelf + brackets at the bottom to turn it into a small wall hanging shelf. I also routed out a channel on the back and glued in a piece of plywood to reinforce and strengthen the board.

My friend might add a small mirror on the back, we’ll see.

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