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I’ve been on the hunt for old, chippy corbels for a couple of years but haven’t had any luck finding more than 2 at a time. When I started my dining room makeover, I became anxious to finish it (poor hubby was sick of our house being in disarray, lol). With a few bucks and a little more time, we were able to mimic the look I was going for and love how it turned out. Sure love our DIY farmhouse shelves in here on our newly wallpapered wall!
We took a trip to Home Depot together and browsed their unfinished corbels. We decided on these $13 plain corbels, I didn’t want them to compete with the decor that would sit atop the completed shelves.
I stained the edges and corners with my fav stain, Minwax’s Dark Walnut. I applied it with a small foam brush.
Using my finger (after the stain dried), I rubbed some petroleum jelly on the spots I didn’t want the paint to stick to for easy distressing. I didn’t want to chance the raw wood color showing through and the jelly acts as a barrier to preserve the deep color. (See another project we used with this Vaseline trick a few years ago!)
We mixed our favorite chalk paint powder into flat paint (we prefer not using the paint + primer in one but it’s hard to find them separate nowadays) then brushed it on over the whole corbel.
I didn’t include the picture but I power sanded the edges until I liked the amount of dark showing through. The paint came right off thanks to the petroleum jelly barrier, whoop!
We then waxed it to seal them since they’ll be near food in the dining room. If any particles manage to land on them, I’m not able to wipe them down since the wax is protective barrier to preserve my hard work.
Do you like them? I adore how they turned out, super chippy!!
Earlier this week we posted the wallpaper process, check it out! Here’s the blank wall PRE-shelves:
For the wood shelf, I’d have loved to score a giant piece of authentic barn wood but we’re in Arizona, a newer state and there aren’t a lot of options around. So we grabbed a higher quality pine wood from Home Depot with no knots or imperfections and brushed on some more stain. I sealed it with the wax as well.
To hang the shelving:
- Anchor your screws into the wall (using drywall screws or directly into a stud) and set corbels onto screws, (my corbels were pre-drilled.)
- Once corbels are secure, lay 5′ piece of wood over the corbels.
- Drill 2 screws directly into each corbel through the wood.
- Decorate!
Time to start filling them up! We’re sharing a final reveal after our lights arrive but here’s a peek at what they’re looking like, I love them!
That’s all we’re sharing for now. We have some adorable pendants coming to finish the space off. Just wanted to share the how to for these fun faux vintage shelf brackets since we shared a peek on Instagram and had lots of questions about the details (: See how easy they are to make?? Please pin so your friends can make their own!
Update: Check out how our Farmhouse Dining Room is coming along!
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Seriously cute, ladies!! I LOVE this and am so happy to know how you achieved that perfectly aged look!!!
okay brilliant—totally dig this look! really creative.
LOOOOOVE what you have going on here! Perfect chippiness on the corbels, they look legit. Can’t wait to see it all come together!
Very, very lovely!! I read that you were thinking of offering this ‘gather’ sign in your etsy shop…any update on that?
Are you selling that gather sign?
Hi Allyson! YES! https://www.etsy.com/shop/LollyJane/items
Wow great looking website I run a small family air conditioning company in in Australia and have found the diy market has helped grow our business. I was just just browsing the web at present as I am just about to do a diy upgrade on my web site also.
Love this! I’ve been looking for farmhouse or DIY shelves to display my Grandmother’s china in our dining room and this looks gorgeous. I do have a question I haven’t been able to find the answer to, how much room is between your dining chairs and the shelves behind them? Our dining table and chairs are huge and I only have about 43″ between the table and wall. Is that enough room for full size shelves? Thank you!
Wow! The corbels turned out stunning. They look perfectly aged! Bummer about not having barn wood available easily. I actually have seen some really neat tutorials about aging new wood to look like barnwood. But I’m also lucky to live in Ohio where there are no shortage of old barns. haha!
Fabulous! Can’t wait to make my own!
Hope you do, they’re so easy!! (:
PLEASE tell me how you made or where you got your GATHER sign. I LOVE everything about it. The color of the frame, the font of the letters. THANK YOU!!!!
We sell it! 😀 https://www.etsy.com/shop/LollyJane/items
Love the look of these shelves. I have been seeing several tutorials about using petroleum jelly for distressing things. My question is, when you are painting, does the jelly not mix in with the paint an alter the way it stays on other areas of the project? Really wanting to try this, just want to know what to expect.
Thanks Sheila! Since you just use a fine amount, it doesn’t mix in; it kind of acts like oil and water as the paint WON’T stick to it at all. Hope that makes sense. 😉 You can try it on a small scrap piece of wood before painting an entire piece to see how it works. Good luck!
This is great. I love it. I showed it to my husband.
Awww, thanks so much, Lydia!!
Could you tell me the color of white you used? I didnt see it posted above?
It’s “Ultra Pure White” from Behr Paint. (:
How long are the shelves?
Also what is the gray on the the walls? wallpaper? Where can i get that look?
It IS wallpaper, good eye! You can see the whole process (and where to buy) here: http://lollyjane.com/faux-wood-wallpaper-walls-republic-review/
They’re 8′ long 🙂
How wide is the shelving–8″?
Hi Karen!
Yes, the shelves are 8′ wide and 11″ deep (we purchased the 12″ wood from Home Depot but it’s actually measures 11″)
They make a huge statement in our house and you will love them!
🙂
You nailed the aged look!
Very cute!
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I was wondering if you sell these. Even though your directions seem easy-I am not talented at all and would rather buy some. If you would be willing to sell some, how much would you charge? I am interested in 4 of them.
Email us! 😀
Love how those corbels look. think due to price will have hubs make our own corbels or some kind of shelf bracket, good old pallet wood . I would so love to take upper cabinets down in our kitchen but with the wind, dirt/gravel driveway and traffic on it everything would be so dirty would make me crazy. Wish I could take them down cause then wouldn’t have to paint them all.
Love your nice long shelves, they look great, lovely styling job, have fun with that. Love this post and all others.
Enjoy rest of weekend
How did you attach the corbels to the wood and the wall? I love these so much
Thanks! Here’s the directions!
To hang the shelving:
Anchor your screws into the wall (using drywall screws or directly into a stud) and set corbels onto screws, (my corbels were pre-drilled.)
Once corbels are secure, lay 5′ piece of wood over the corbels.
Drill 2 screws directly into each corbel through the wood.
Love the Corbels. Being in Australia, we don’t hear the term Farmhouse style, or word. Yet I absolutely adore it. I’m going to try and make my own Corbels from pallet wood. Products are limited here, so I tend to build and create Farmhouse Furniture and decor from scratch. TFS.
Oh wow, Adsila, that’s amazing! I’m sure yours will be beautiful! Hello from Arizona, USA <3