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I especially like the orange shelves built for the shelving brackets- looks so much nicer with shelves that have some substance as opposed to 3/4" thick shelves. Care to share instructions on how you made those?

I really like the crib, where did you purchase it?

@PriscillaAmber,

Amélie says she bought the crib at a discount site online. It's from UK company East Coast:

http://www.eastcoastnursery.co.uk/

@jende: I'm waiting to hear back about that from John.

@jende:

This explanation from John:

These shelves were brought from my old apartment where I needed to span a long distance but could only support the shelves at their ends. To stop them sagging over this distance I had to make them deeper. To do this I cut two
pieces of 9mm MDF for the top and bottom and fixed these by drilling countersinking and glueing (PVA) to lengths of 4x2 planed timber. Because these were not to be seen from the sides, the end grain is hidden. If for
some reason this were not the case then these corners should be mitred. If one wanted to carry out this task in a neater (but more time-consuming) way, it would be good to rout out the timber to 9mm depth leaving say 12mm on the front and rear edges so the MDF sat in this recess and the view from the front would be of timber only not the sandwich effect mine has (too lazy!). I also used these in a kitchen at my old place and here I had low voltage
downlighters and their local transformers within the cavity.

thanks so much for the instructions- I love to see DIY on apartment therapy- and I really appreciate it when people share the "how" as well as the end result.

I have been looking for a shelf just like the one they have with the stuffed animals on it except in white. Any idea where it is from?

@allimac: Will try to find out.

@allimac: it's the lack shelf from ikea!