I was feeling sad about summer ending because it?s my favorite season. Due to global circumstances with Covid, like everyone else, I didn?t get to take a beach vacation or travel anywhere far. So I decided to create a little display with some of my favorite destinations that I?ve traveled to in the past. For me, it?s a little reminder that summer will come again next year, and fingers crossed I?ll be free to explore the world in 2021.
The design for this display came to me in a daydream. I didn?t want floating shelves that stuck out or needed to support heavy frames. I wanted to create vertical hanging shelves where I could rotate simple small prints, ones that are nostalgic, and others from my print shop.  The original concept included rope and wood beads (which would also look very cool) but I opted for decorative gold chain instead.
 
To recreate this project you?ll need the following supplies: two 2x2x36? poplar square boards ($5.34 each at Lowes); stain or paint color of choice, sanding wedge, foam brushes, ruler, brass screw eye hooks, 5 feet decorative brass chain, power drill & bits, wood carving tool (I used a spade drill bit), pliers x 2.
 
 
The first step is to cut the poplar. My design is tiered, but you can do the same width for each ledge if you like. I chose 20?, 18? and 16? widths to form my three ledges.

 
I created a place for the art prints to sit by carving a groove in each ledge. Using a ruler, mark the middle and gently carve th...