I saw this in the most recent Land of Nod catalog. What an easy way to add in expensive covered storage to a nursery! Wire shelving systems like this can be purchased from home improvement stores for $50 or so. You could even cover a non-matching bookshelf that you already have to make it coordinate with your nursery decor.
Even if you can’t sew (me!), it seems like you could knock this out with some creative Stitch Withchery, velco-ing or glue gunning. I’m thinking you could even start with a couple of pre-made IKEA curtains. Here’s another example from HGTV.com and one from Skimbaco Home.
What do you think?
While looking around online to see if I could find any ready-made patterns, I discovered a similar idea that involves covering part of a bookshelf using a tension rod. Great for diaper storage or for hiding away things that you need access to but that aren’t display worthy.
This post is part of BC’s Nursery on a Budget Series. See more posts in the series.
I did this in my oldest son's nursery with a melamine shelf on top of the wire unit (screwed into the plastic caps at the four corners), a sheet, and a staple gun. I sewed a top part with kind of a valence for it but I could have just as easily put another melamine shelf on top to cover the raw ends of the fabric. Super easy!