 We just made these super tall super easy rope shelves and we'll show you how we did it right now What is up? Welcome back doing to do it build it or make it so do we and we have a new video each week this week We're taking it to a whole other level with some rope shelves. We're gonna hang them high We are gonna hang them high. They're gonna start at about eight feet Is that what it was maybe just a little above that anyway, these are gonna be some shells for our front room We needed a place to display some of our door rounds and some of the decor that we'll be doing in our workshops And so I thought this was a great piece to add to that room We've done floating shelves in the past, but we've never done rope shelves, so I'm excited to try this this week Step one we're gonna gather all of our supplies. We needed two one by tens by six foot Now you don't have to have them at six foot. We're gonna make our shelves 36 inches You can make yours for whatever length you want that fits your space Something smaller than that, but 36 is what we're going with and we needed a saw to cut those in half Or you can have those cut by your local hardware store They will cut them down for you or you can cut them over at the trim section. That's true We needed a drill with a five eighths inch paddle bit so we could put the holes in so the rope will go through And you need some rope. I'm using half inch rope. You could use up to one inch rope I really wanted one inch, but I couldn't find it So half inch will work and you'll need about two sections at 18 feet each We needed some measuring tools. We have a speed square a tape measure and a ruler It's a lot of measuring and you'll need some stain or paint. We'll be staining ours today and That is it Step two we're gonna make all of our cuts. We're just gonna take these two six foot boards and cut them in half We're gonna mark the center with this blue tape and cut across the tape to help prevent splintering Okay, my blade is one and three-eighths inch off of the edge of the cage Around the blade so I'm gonna measure one and three-eighths inch off center And I'm gonna put a ruler down to use as a guide. So I have a nice straight cut Garrett tends to get wonky with this thing. I get a little crazy We're gonna tape off where we're gonna drill the holes so we also get a clean hole no splintering Well less splintering. Yes We're gonna measure in one and a half inches from the front or the back of the board and two inches from the side of the board Next we're gonna drill the holes for the rope They're gonna be two inches in from the end and an inch and a half in from the front and the back We've marked them and I'm gonna drill with this bit and I'm only gonna go through the front side Until this little tip pokes through and then I'm gonna flip it and drill from the back side down That helps prevent splintering otherwise if you go straight through the back side splintering bad Trust me Alright the cuts and holes look tight and crisp But we think it needs a little bit of sand so it'll accept the stain a little better Now he's staying well now Kim stands these boards are looking a little naked So we're gonna throw a quick coat of briar smoke on them. That's right We're gonna use varathans briar smoke and we're gonna use these little stain sponges I will tell you these are the best things ever So if you haven't tried them, I highly recommend it. Watch how fast I can stay in this thing. It's a race I'll race over here doing something else. Mm-hmm. I know We go lasso some cattle Actually, we're just gonna assemble it. We're gonna bring it all together We're gonna start by folding the rope in half and tie in a loop at the top Don't look at Garrett's his is a bad example As we got ready to film this segment. I saw his tied in a knot and I knew I knew that's what you're about to do You knew you shouldn't run because I would lasso you by the leg All right, like he said we have 18 feet here. I folded it in half So we're gonna use this little loop at the top and we're going to come down about three inches Add some jute and that's what's gonna keep the the loop tight Make the loop for the top of the hook. Oh, you'll see you'll see what I'm talking about a tiny little lasso All right, so can I get one of those little hooks? Can I get a what what can a little clamp little clamp not a hook? There we go Clamp it so I'm just gonna clamp it together just to get things started It's only gonna be temporary and then I'm gonna use this little piece of jute here comes in a little roll like this And I've got about six feet all I did. There's nothing exact about this. I just did like this See six feet Then what I'm gonna do is fold a little loop at the end. This is probably six inches and say six inches lay it down and Start wrapping our string around it now that I've got it started. I could take this clamp off Got the clamps and then just loop it on around this should give you about two inches of Tie again does not have to be precise at all if anybody starts coming at it with a measuring tape I'll distract them real quick Hey, look, I forgot to paint the bottom of that wall. All right now what now that we have our little end We've got it like three inches left on the end We're gonna put it through the loop that we started with and Take the little piece that that we started with at the top here and we're just gonna pull that through Pull them through to the other side No, about halfway. I'd say just like that and then we're gonna snip this And snip this. Oh look at that. Now we have our little tie. I can go lasso some mice All right, are you gonna do yours? Oh, do I have to do mine? I started it So I fold it in half like six inches. Mm-hmm. I Just put that up here. Uh-huh Right now, let's go to the front room and we'll install our shelves I'm gonna use that same five eighths inch paddle bit and make a hole in the wall because we're using a hook that has an anchor bolt Then we're just gonna toss that loop over top of the hook next. We'll add the rope into our shelf holes This will be our top shelf. We'll slide it up We'll use these mini clamps to hold it while we tie it We'll tie a knot under each side and ensure the shelf is level We're gonna measure 18 inches down to do the second shelf and the next three verses are the same as the first All 18 inches apart Step five Now we have the accents. We're going to fray the edges at the bottom So to tie this thing off and make it look decorative we're just going to leave about eight inches and then we're gonna unwind and Fray the edges so they're a little bit decorative at the bottom Hey, would you guys think I was definitely taller than I thought it was gonna be and I think it's exactly what I wanted it to be I wanted to hold these door rounds and display them this way and I think it's doing a great job of it How would you make it differently? I think it's great. It could be painted There's just lots of options with this thing to make it match your decor so many different choices on the rope the boards The paint Where you hang it ceiling or the wall? All right, we are about out of time So if you're not gonna join us for the patron after show, we will see you next week We'll do it building to make it again They're already on the wall, so I can't balance them. Nope. Be right back. Hold on. Oh My goodness. Oh my goodness coming in here he comes wait, so you see this back in Back in my step store. It's a real circus around here