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    Posted: 02 Jun 2017 at 1:17pm
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I just had a crazy thought... Please let me know if I am indeed crazy. 

I need a new shower curtain rod for my home and I had the thought to use two curtain rods to span the width over the bed, then rest the shelf on the curtain rods. Any thoughts on a good, or bad idea? I found curtain rods on Amazon that will extend long enough and can support 30 lbs each. 

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Hi all, just wanted to share my results with the shelf mod. The shower curtain and pads worked great. I didn't crank down the rods so there was a lot of pressure and the shelf held well. The valances don't bear any weight, and are attached with small screws. I took the valances off and set the pads on the top edge of the window frame (not pictured). Very sturdy.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Nov 2017 at 5:29pm
Does the shelf and/or the baskets block light from the two ceiling lights over the table?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Nov 2017 at 10:14pm
The shelf is over our bed and it doesn’t block too much light. The shelf is vented which allows for light through the slats.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Feb 2019 at 6:08pm
Where did you buy that shelve? Been all around home Depot with no luck.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Feb 2019 at 12:33pm
I found it at Lowe’s. HD didn’t have anything that would work.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Jul 2019 at 9:25am
Hello !!!! I am hoping to create this same ventilated shelf of my 171.
The only ventilated wood shelves I can find are 72" but my space is 74.25. Thus, the expanding foot is excellent, however, I can't tell if you have yours on both ends ?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Jul 2019 at 10:18am
Originally posted by banjoman15

Hello !!!! I am hoping to create this same ventilated shelf of my 171.
The only ventilated wood shelves I can find are 72" but my space is 74.25. Thus, the expanding foot is excellent, however, I can't tell if you have yours on both ends ?


Yeah, I have them on both ends.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Jul 2019 at 4:56pm
ahhhh just as I thought..... thanks
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Jul 2019 at 9:33pm
I found the shelf blocked a fair bit of light from the fixture at night so I just put a metal strip under one of the wooden slats and installed a magnetic battery operated led puck light...works great and the AAA batteries last reasonably long Great for reading at night
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Jul 2019 at 7:21am
Right! My wife was concerned about that issue, so your idea will be a good solution to that.
thanks !


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