Modern Industrial Shelving For $60 Office Makeover ORC

My floating living room shelves used to be my favorite build, but my husband’s office shelving just took that title. I did a modern industrial shelving build for my husband’s home office makeover. This was for week 4 of the one-room challenge. The other projects that I have done during this challenge are the office’s mood board & design plan and the DIY drum chandelier.

Finding a Tutorial for Building

The tutorial I am using for this IKEA HYLLIS hack is from Shine Your Light Blog. I absolutely fell in love with this tutorial. Her helpful tips outlined everything I needed to know to make my shelves.

I am also proud to say I scored the HYLLIS metal shelves when they went on sale at IKEA for only $10 a piece! Then, of course, shopping for wood, I went with pine, rough-sawn on one side to make it cheaper.

Adding To the Shelves

I got the perfect mirror to add to this space, but I do not like the color. I am going to spray paint the wood white to make it go better with the rest of the decorations in the room. While spray painting this, I am protecting the mirror itself with newspaper and FrogTape. I love the way that this mirror turned out!

Cost Breakdown

I want to show that DIY home renovations truly are cost-effective, so I am going to give you a cost breakdown.

• 4 pine boards 1″ x 12″ in 8′ length = $40
• 2 IKEA HYLLIS steel shelving units = $20
• 2 cans Rust-Oleum Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint = $0 (would usually cost $8, but Rust-Oleum sent me free product for this blog post – yay!)
• Jacobean stain = $0 (picked up free at the local household hazardous waste facility)

So, this project would normally cost $68! That is SO much cheaper than buying a brand new shelving unit would be.

Final Product

I could not be more pleased with how the modern industrial shelving turned out. They are just my style and give the office SO much functional storage!

This room is really starting to take shape. Here’s how the to-do list is looking:

• Paint walls gray & trim white
• Build industrial shelving with IKEA hyllis hack
• Paint abstract piece of artwork
• Paint frame of hexagon mirror white
• Make DIY lamp shade chandelier
• Hang cream curtains
• Decorate space using copper accents and multiple textures

I hope you enjoyed this project and it inspired you to try to build something yourself!