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My wife was after me for a shelf above the window for “stuff”. She had seen a simple shelf at a friends house. Well, me being the one-upper that I am, I made her one with a shelf, sides, and molding. Needless to say, her friend was envious.
This is a simple pine shelf with radius sides. I made it a little taller and ran crown around it and routed a profile on the bottom of the shelf to make it look deeper. All that is important is my wife is happy.
-- so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; Colossians 1:10
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Icemizer
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posted 430 days ago
Very nice idea and execution here. I think I have some windows that could use that treatment as well.
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hasbeen99
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posted 430 days ago
Interesting. Wouldn’t surprise me at all if my wife wants me to do something like that for 1 or 2 of our picture windows. Nice work!
-- "The only thing that counts is faith, expressing itself in love." --Galatians 5:6
Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 429 days ago
A very great embellishment to the window.
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lightweightladyleftie
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posted 429 days ago
That’s really nice. Did you use stock moldings or did you route the crown?
That’s a great use of space for a shelf. In the past I’ve added shelves above doors, windows, and shower rods, but none of mine compared with yours! It’s great to take advantage of all those spaces.
-- "But godliness with contentment is great gain." 1 Timothy 6:6
winecountrywhimsy
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posted 236 days ago
Nice work.
I did the same thing for my wife, but it did not have a shelf, just a cornice to cover the drapery rod. I matched the modling and detail on the fireplace mantel. I did one short and one long. The short one was easy, but the longer one required biscuit joints in the 1×6 lumber. I used stock moldings.
Good to see you keeping the wife happy, it gets us more days in the shop.
Todd @winecountrywhimsy
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 104 days ago
Thats a nice vallance.
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