{DIY} Pine and Copper Shelving Unit

Two weeks ago my husband was on a business trip in Switzerland for 1 full week and left the three of us behind, I am including the dog too. I thought it would be a great opportunity to do some remodeling of our master bedroom, something that has been an eye sore from the first time I attempted to make it nice. Unfortunately due to Pinterest and it's popular demand, everything that I wanted for the bedroom is on back order and I am still waiting for the missing pieces to complete the room. So I am going to give you a little sneak peek to the Master. This is a going to be a great tutorial on a shelving unit I came across on Pinterest. I saw this on Treasure and Travels, she is the original brain to this masterpiece. Her pictures were priceless and I also needed to have it. The only thing is, there weren't directions. So that is what I am here for.

Get a piece of paper and pencil and jot this down:

10 Floor Flanges
2 Copper Slip Elbows
12 Copper Pipe Straps
6 Copper Slip Tee Fitting
3 Four Foot Shelves (or however long you want your shelves)
20 Feet of Pine Dowel (you want to make sure you buy 5/8 round so that it fits snug into your 3/4 inch Fittings
Toggles
Screws
Gorilla Glue
Miter Saw
Drill
Level
Stud Finder
Spray Paint (to paint the floor flanges, I went with copper)
Double sided tape

First you're going to cut your pieces of wood. I wanted 4 foot shelves so I didn't cut those down at all. I lightly sanded the corners and left the rest as is.
You are going to need a total of 16 dowels. It is your choice of how much space you need between each shelf. I wanted to put the TV on a shelf so I decided to have one shelf slightly bigger. So, that being said I cut (6) 1.5 ft dowels, (2) 2 ft dowels and (8) 11 inch dowels.
Once you have those cut, put them aside. You now need to cut holes into your shelves so the dowels and tee fittings can come through.  I used a piece of printer paper as a template and placed that on my shelves to mark my holes.

Then drill your holes and sand them until they are smooth and your copper fittings fit snug. The easiest for me was to lay everything out on the floor and put it together and make sure that it worked.

Once you have everything the way you like it, it's time to install. Begin with the bottom. Take your stud finder and mark the studs on your wall. If there aren't any use toggles.

Take (2) 1.5 ft dowels, 2 Tee Fittings, (2) 11 inch dowels, 4 floor flanges (2 for the floor and 2 for the wall), and 1 shelf and set it up against the wall. Mark your holes in the flanges that will attach to the wall. Secure with screws. The 2 flanges that will be on the floor I secured them with strong double sided tape (if you want to screw them to the floor go ahead).

Then add on with another set of 1.5 in dowels followed by copper fittings followed by (2) 11 inch dowels and shelf. Repeat with the same attachment method all the way to the top. The last 1.5 inch dowels will have elbows instead of a tee fitting to finish the look. If you want to put an extra shelf on top feel free. Before decorating go back and gorilla glue all of the wall flanges to the 11 in dowels and secure with copper brackets and 2 screws.

If there are any snags along the way please reach out. I am happy to help. Sometimes its easier to work out the kinks together.