DIY Picture Ledges

 For one picture ledge all it takes is:

(1) 1x2

(1) 1x3

(1) 1x4

Each board was 8 feet long

The 1x4 will be in the back-the one that you screw into the wall.

The 1x3 will be on the bottom-Where all of the pictures will sit

The 1x2 will be the lip in the front that holds the pictures on the ledges.

A Kreg Jig was an absolute MUST for this project. You will want to connect all of the boards with that so the seams will stay strong. I connected them about every 4-6 inches. I got mine off of Amazon for a really great price especially for how much I use it!

An alternative would be wood glue and nails. I prefer the pocket holes for the strength though.

Then, since you will see the bottoms of these when you are standing in the foyer I had to fill in the holes with spackle where I drilled the holes.

Caulk in the seams and paint them whatever color you want. If you will be staining them you will obviously want to use real wood. I used MDF since I knew I would be painting them white. The MDF was primed already so I only needed to do 2 coats of white.

Then, have your hot husband screw them into studs.

TA-DA!