DIY Bathroom Shelf

Hi friends! Happy hump day! If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you’ve already seen sneak peeks of this project.

The blank wall space above our garden tub was in desperate need of… something.

Artwork? Nah, not useful enough.
Shelves? Storage of some sort? Yes, please – but it’s got to be pretty, right?
Always. Function and form.

I built this whimsical bathroom shelf during nap time and you can too! I teamed up with my friends at BuildSomething.com to bring you the free building plans for this bathroom shelf. You may remember BuildSomething.com from when I designed and built my kids’ farmhouse table.

You can download the plans for the bathroom shelf here.

*This post contains affiliate links. To read my full disclosure policy, click here.The shelf is built out of solid pine and I found these cute vintage-looking faucets on Amazon to serve as towel hooks. Aren’t they cute? They add the perfect whimsical (and theme-appropriate) touch to the whole project. This shelf would also work well in a laundry room or you can switch out the faucet hooks for some standard coat hooks and boom. You’ve got a shelf for your foyer or mudroom. This shelf is like the Renaissance Man of storage and organization.

After I finished building the shelf, I filled all the pocket holes with paintable wood filler and sanded the whole thing with 150-, 220-, and 320-grit sandpaper. Then I spray-painted it with Rust-Oleum’s Painter’s Touch spray paint in Heirloom White. It’s one of my favorite white paints because it’s on the warmer side – it’s a creamy, soft white, not cold and stark like some whites tend to be. After the paint dried, I attached the faucet hooks then hung the shelf on the wall. I recommend driving 2-1/2″ wood screws straight through the back of the shelf into the studs in the wall for maximum strength.

This is a great beginner project, so if you want to get your feet wet with an easy building project, this is a good one to take on. Thanks for reading, friends! Hope you’re having a lovely week.