LOVE the recessed shelf I made in hallway!
I upcycled our old kitchen pantry doors to make the recessed shelf lip. Under the dirty icky pantry door-frames, I found pretty grey-sh color oak.
This shelf makes me so happy every time I walk by.
The idea of the recessed shelf got started because I wanted a little corner to decorate, so I promised myself to make this shelf pretty ALL THE TIME!
I designed and made two cloud-shaped display shelves.
One is for my oldest child. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with the other one.
The big cloud is made of oak, and the smaller cloud in front is made of Plexiglass. The smaller cloud turned out to be convenient when using the shelf as a mail holder. It prevents mail from falling.
I used Minwax Oil Stain called “Weathered Oak” for its finishing. It made the shelves grey-sh like they are rainy clouds now!
The shelves can be on desktop or hanged. I added a little message on the Prexiglass cloud and hanged it on my daughter’s wall.
Here’s my recent creation, “Desktop Drawers”.
The drawer face glasses used to be parts of a pendant light in the entrance when we first moved in.
Because I designed out this desktop drawer from the size of the glass, it turned out looking a little beefy to sit on desktop 
My husband is willing to take the drawer if I don’t want it. So it will find home anyway;-)
I made another cutting board, but this time, it’s a tiny board for cutting lemons and limes.
I used tung oil for its finishing. I enjoyed rubbing in oil and LOVE how it turned out.
Someone at woodshop gave me some Cherry wood so I decided to make a tiny box.
Although I couldn’t make the divider in the middle fit right, it works great when I use it as a makeup box…
Or when I use it as a tiny display shelf.
