 Hello and welcome to Monet Café. I'm artist Susan Jenkins. We're gonna have some fun today And if you're new here, please subscribe and hit that little bell icon to be notified of future videos Hello and welcome to Monet Café. I'm artist Susan Jenkins and today we're in a different part of my home Normally, we're right behind my camera there in my art studio where I produce art videos for a hungry artistic world But recently I shared some shelving that I used to put up Some of my artwork and maximize storage my studio is very small And I know a lot of people are in the same situation I am where you're trying to make things work in a small space So I'd love to share with you about what these shelves are at the company how you can get them and why I love them so much All right here. We got in this video. I'll be joined by my little sidekick Jackson and another special guest All right, so here's the problem We don't have enough room in small studios So we need storage solutions and I have found that there is a lot of room often up high on Walls where we don't utilize any storage space I needed some more room for my paintings and things I was keeping in storage for my Etsy shop And I had some Ikea shelves But I was looking for some real wood shelves to put in a little part of my home that I'm calling my tiny gallery So here are the shelves that I found on Amazon the company is as ski or as sky I'm not sure how to say it real wood is what I love about them picture shelves And I also love that they come in a variety of colors and sizes. These are the ones that I got I also got the 24 inch the 36 inch and the 48 inch sizes to work with But the great thing about these is they are real wood and you can cut them to a custom size if needed each product that I purchased came in a set of Two and some of the color options were white this natural color and also a really neat looking white wash color Each color gives you different size options to choose from and there's even an espresso color that comes in a 56 inch size I loved the fact that they had some installation videos showing how to install these and each set comes with hardware of plastic anchors screws and a tiny level a screwdriver will be needed for Installation and if you are needing to use the plastic anchors You will of course need a drill and the plastic anchors included of course a screw gun makes this job much faster Let me tell you a little story about our renovated farmhouse once upon a time There was a couple who lost a lot during the flood of 2017 in Hurricane Irma We had to renovate this house and find a new place to live in the process So with a lot of work we took yes, believe it or not This dilapidated home and turned it into a sweet little farmhouse for us to live in now We are just so thankful because the challenge of the flood has Relocated to a place that I love so much now I met one of my best friends when she was just a little baby calf and her name's Oreo And she's been my buddy while we've lived here now This is the kitchen before it was a very old-style kitchen the house is a 1950s house This is the kitchen afterwards. We took down a lot of walls gutted the whole house I really need to make a YouTube channel just for home renovations. This is the old bathroom Oh my gosh that tile and this is our new bathroom. The house is about a 1300 square foot house This is my art room that I have now look how dark and dreary this room was and now This is from an outside view looking into my art studio So now let's take a look outside and see if I can find a handyman to help me install these shelves. I Mentioned in my last video. See I do have a tractor in my backyard a few other things So it's all still a work in progress, but man, I wish I could find some handyman To help me let me take a look around see if I can find someone maybe behind the Chevy truck. Hey, sir Could I borrow you or get your services to hang some shelves for me? All right, how about a good dinner and you know just a massage how about that? All right, let's do it get your tools come on. Oh Yeah, we need that Look at those clouds in the background. Oh my goodness. Sorry artistic brain Oh, it's so pretty. Yeah. Wow Yeah, I need to bring my easel out here. Dang. I got to take a picture that sorry, honey I'll be I'll be there in just a second Whoa, look at those clouds and now that I have my assistance my little Jackson and my hubby Todd I'm ready to get started now My husband is incredibly handy and could have actually built these shelves himself But it was nice to have them pre-made ignore that inversion table to the left there This is a little cabinet that he made that really helped me because my kitchen doesn't have a pantry These doors on either side hide my canned items and in the center I made a little curtain that also provides useful kitchen storage solutions My husband also included an outlet within the unit with some USB ports and some working lights underneath And now it's definitely time to install these shelves This is the little area where I had installed the previous shelves that I had purchased and I just love them so much I don't use them just to display artwork, but it's a very practical place for me to keep multiple pieces of artwork Prior to shipping framing or taking to an art show now I realized I actually had another wall in my tiny home where I could install more shelving and Maximize storage even more now behind this mirrored closet door. I actually use this for more art supplies I have some of the brown paper that I used in a previous video I actually used it on that little part of the closet there just to tear it off Which is really nice and thank you to the company Bryco for this awesome paper and I have more artwork So it will be nice to reclaim the closet space for this guest bedroom so we can actually have guests All right, let's get started installing these beautiful all-wood shelves from ASCII purchased on Amazon Honey, how about you go over some of the tools that we would need to do this job? Okay Well, you need a level okay to make sure all the shelves level right you need a pencil Yes to mark where they're going a measuring tape and I'll go over where You would measure from okay a screwdriver or I use a power screwdriver makes it easy. Definitely and Just a fox knife to be able to open the product right. That's good handy and a cup of coffee. Nice. All right. Here we go. Yay Okay, we've got the product in from Amazon. Yes, and you know comes in a nice little box And they're packed pretty well Yeah There they've got this foam in the middle of them it helps Keep them from banging together. Yeah, and it's real wood Yeah, that's one thing I like about the advantages of that. Yeah, that's uh, you know a lot of the products I have today are Particle board a lot of us the KD furniture they call it KD is not down furniture. So it's Makes it easier to assemble it with a little Tamlox and things like that. Mm-hmm, but I'd rather have real wood This has like a little instruction Sheet shows you what you should have with it. Okay Now do you notice something else about opening the package that's really nice Can you smell that wood? Oh my goodness? It smells so good. It's natural and that's what I love about this product, too All natural real wood. Yeah, and they used a Torch to burn. How do they do that? They use it with a little Torch, okay, which I could do a demo on that later. Okay, so it's not actually stained Well, they probably put a sealer over the top of it after the burn. Oh smells so good But this is actually pretty cool. I told you you needed a level And it actually comes with a level. Look at that. Hold it still for a second. So you can Nice, you have they can even give you a level. Yeah Where you go? There when you and you've got these little anchors that you would use and cheat rock where You don't have a stud which I'm going to try to find a stud at least for one Screw on each one because it'll make it a little stronger. It will. Yes Would you need a stud finder for this project? I found my stud right there Yeah, okay, what's this technique for people who don't have a stud finder We usually if you see the switch or an outlet an outlet is normally It's nailed to a stud. So there's gonna be a stud on either side of this outlet. Ah, gotcha So That's hollow the studs there you can you can kind of hear and feel it too if you tap along your long That's more solid, right? So the studs there. Yes, normally in normal house The studs are gonna be on 16 inch centers. Okay, so if I Mark this stud 16 inches over they should be another one here 32 or 16 or 48. So they should be one over 16 inches. Yeah. Now. Yeah, that's Should should be Homebuilder or some of the older homes are not set up that way. Install at your own risk. We can't guarantee what we'll do is We'll take one and Get the height. Yes The best way to measure It's really not off the floor because you your eye goes towards ceilings when you walk in So it's best to measure down instead of up. Yes. Um, but you know, um, You know, this is about level with the ones that are Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So We need to determine on what height do you want? Yes Now let me share real quickly. Um, again, I want to reinforce One of the points of this video is finding storage in small spaces or where you think Oh, I don't have any room for anything and something I've learned is to maximize the height Um, if it's not just for hanging a pretty picture if it's literally for storage Why not maximize? Um, the fact that you've got some height um up high on your wall now We only have eight foot ceilings, but um, that's why in this room. I am actually going to put two levels I believe what do you think honey two levels like we did in there? Yeah, I think um, I think It might be even do it a stagger. Yeah, it might let's determine that. Okay. We will all right So that's kind of up to your uh discretion Viewers, you know how you want to do that. Oh this wood. It just smells so good Let the installation begin first. Oh a little coffee break and a little quick lunch I made some homemade chili. So we've got to determine the spacing and distance between shelves once again To maximize storage more so than just hanging things to be aesthetically pleasing So after making a few measurements, we're ready to go. We're basing the height on the shelves I previously installed which worked well for the typical size artwork that I create So you may want to customize where you put your shelves based on what sizes of things that you paint So um, that's totally up to you. But my measurements are going to be 16 And 36 was that the other one? Um, I think so 16 down for one shelf and then 36 down for the next shelf I'm using these shelves primarily for putting up my paintings and for painting storage However, you could use them for whatever your needs are as long as something can fit on a narrow shelf It could be for art supplies I'm thinking of acrylic inks or anything that you need it for also too I've seen where people can put little hooks underneath shelves like this and hang things like paint brushes or whatever The sky's the limit you can get creative with these things And now we've also decided that we're going to stagger the lower two shelves because if I have a piece of artwork that's larger Um, this one is about two feet high So we're coming down with 24 and a half inches, honey Uh, 24 24 inches here And then the next shelf rather than going straight across you're going to be demonstrate this one. Okay. Oh, there's that figure A large painting. Um, I would have the ability flexibility to store multiple sizes And here we go again installing the second level of shelving on this one, um, we actually There's a stud next to this light switch, right? And, um It went Right next to it. Let's see here No, I got it. Awesome. Yeah, and the great thing is because these are wood If you don't hit a stud where the pre-drilled holes are You can just drill right through the wood. Yeah, unless you have a power drill that'd be hard to do Oh, with a handheld. With a handheld. For sure. And if you have, you know, at least one Preferably the one in the middle to have you got this one Into a stud The other two are just basically holding it all out. Balancing, yeah Yeah, so one in a stud would be plenty. Yes, um, you know for the weight capacity of the shelves Yeah, especially if you're using this for, you know, uh paintings The way that I typically do my paintings is to have them in the clear bags with the foam core board But if you were doing a lot of Framed paintings and once again, they'll only fit, you know, a few if they're frame maybe two if they're framed But um, that's the only time you would have more weight on the shelf Now these are the shelves where I'm going to store a lot of my artwork that I've just finished Or specifically artwork. I haven't put on my Etsy shop yet or I may flip flop it But anyway, they the positioning of the paintings has some organization to it Because I have to keep up with the things that I've put on the Etsy shop versus things that I need to put on it So, you know, kind of keep that in mind when you're designing your shelves And uh, make it work for whatever you your needs are the shelves are ready for the artwork And this is the fun part. I'm trying to resist the urge to position the artwork for just pretty purposes And rather for practical purposes now you saw I put up a little basket on the top shelf So you can get as creative as possible With your placement and storage options. All right, honey. Thank you Appreciate that. All right. Sorry guys. I can't lend my husband out And I'm just gonna keep him. How about that? So thanks for bearing with a little departure in Monet cafe and thanks to my awesome hubby for his help All right guys happy painting and happy storage solutions. All right until next time And for bearing with me with a little bit of a different Souls are such a great answer for small for any practical storage space when I was looking for some shelves and I asked the company that's how long