hello again bloggers! i hope y'all have all had a wonderful week... mine has been very busy but also very productive, i love when that happens :) and i figured i'd continue with my productivity and share a little weekend diy project for y'all to do!

before i start explaining it, y'all should know that my father is a very creative and productive man himself (this must be where i get it from!) and came up with this idea a few weeks ago. like most families, our attic can get pretty messy, and after ten years in this house it was definitely time for some attic spring cleaning! my dad came up with the idea of putting shelves in our attic to help clear up space, and boy did it ever! the last time he was working i snuck up into the attic and took a few pictures so y'all could do this in your attics! so sit back, browse through the pictures, and enjoy!!

i'm sure many of y'all are familiar with this kind of sight... a crowded, unorganized attic. this was the "before" image, and just wait till you see what it looked like after :)

start off by clearing out an area where you want the frame of the shelves to be.... it can be as small or as large as you want (ours are about 3' x 7') and create uprights that are fastened to the floor and roof of the attic. horizontal supports were added to stabilize the vertical pieces and create a resting place for the shelves.

after you measure out how large you want your shelves to be and secure the frame of the shelf, put a board (or whatever you want- we used a spare door we had laying around) across the horizontal supports.depending on how many levels of shelves you want, you can put in several horizontal supports in.

all done!! don't they look great? :) i love how organized it makes the space and you can keep everything together in one place! this shelf is now our christmas storage shelf... which is great because now we don't have to wander around trying to find everything cause it's in one place!

try out these easy attic shelves, and get ready for how great your attic is going to look!! let me know what kind of home projects you're working on, and i hope y'all have an absolutely wonderful rest of your weekends :)