Floating Shelf in Dining Room
It started out with the intent of adding a floating shelf and a set of scones to add something to an empty wall, and what it turned into was a two weekend project.
Jesse found the candle scones at Hobby Lobby and I bought some lumber at Home Depot. While I was designing the concept on paper, Jesse was given a bridal shower in her hometown of Alexandria, LA. One of her good friends gave her wooden initials as a gift for our new home.
Jesse had the idea of painting them teal to go with the color scheme in the rest of the house, since they were white and the walls in the house were a light khaki color.
After painting the initials, I mounted the candle scones, added the floating shelf and then drilled out the holes for the initials. During the install process, I decided that the project looked just the way my future wife pictured it, and needed a little more of a touch of Stephen. I went against her initial wishes and backlit the initials with white LEDs. I wired up the LEDs and dropped the wiring through the wall and into the empty portion of the shelf.
I ran the wires from the LEDs and power source (battery pack) to a switch, which is tucked away in the bottom of the wooden shelf. After hanging the initials, I taped off the areas of the wall that would be affected by paint. I added a coat of dark walnut stain to the wooden shelf, finished it off with a layer of gloss clear coat and called it a finished project.
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