New Shelves!

[zombienixon]

Late last year, I realized that my current shelf setup wasn't going to last me very long at the rate my collection has grown, and I wanted something that looked a little bit more uniform than the assortment of shelves I had, so I decided I'd redo the shelf and riser arrangement to something that would give me even more space than before.

Once I figured out where I wanted things and how I wanted it to look, I had to measure all the different kinds of ponies I had so I could make sure I was using up as much space as I could.  Then I had to find out the dimensions of where the holes for the pegs for the shelf risers would go.

After that was finished, then came the hard part of actually making it.  I started out with some Billy bookcases from Ikea and re-used the last shelf risers I made. Then I had to make some more risers out of craft board from Lowe's, cut them to length, cut slots for the pins to hold the risers in place, and drill the holes in the shelves for the pins to go in.

In all, I had to drill 132 holes, Route 68 slots, Cutoff 16 boards and then put on three coats of wood stain on each one to match the bookcase.  And you have to do it in such a way that your measurements are very close to what they should be, or else things won't fit.

It took about a month to finish, but here it is, my new main display!

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It's kind of hard to show all of the detail in photos since the shelves are all black


Still some more work left to do, though.  I got my display for the smaller stuff done, now all that's left is a place for playsets and plushes. But that's a lot less of a challenge.

[Mewtwofan1]

Looks good! Gotta love a job well done,eh? Can't wait to see all the ponies on there. You must be so proud to have such a large collection!

[The_Loner]

Great work on those shelves! I bet you can't wait to put all your ponies in there

[SaraMari]

I use Billy book cases as well, so I am very impressed by the work you did to take them to the next level and really customize them to suit your collection! Thanks for sharing these great shelves, will you share pictures of them filled soon?

[tulagirl]

That looks great I have a question though.  It looks like you have slats going across the front of many shelves. Is that an optical illusion I am seeing?  If they are there how will you get your ponies on those shelves if the slats are there?  Does it open on the side? I have a friend that has a case where everything opens from the side rather than the front.  Just curious as to what I was seeing. I would love to see them covered with pony goodness.

[zombienixon]

That looks great I have a question though.  It looks like you have slats going across the front of many shelves. Is that an optical illusion I am seeing?  If they are there how will you get your ponies on those shelves if the slats are there?  Does it open on the side? I have a friend that has a case where everything opens from the side rather than the front.  Just curious as to what I was seeing. I would love to see them covered with pony goodness.

Those are the shelf risers.

[invaderhorizongreen]

those are really nice, I cant wait to see them when they are finished.

[BethMcBeth]

Nice shelves!! Can't wait to see it loaded up with ponies!

[Tayyls]

Those look great! Im a huge fan of uniform shelving! PLEASE post them when they are full!

[TugaLis]

UPDATEEEEEEE USSSSSSSSSSS 

[Spinky69er]

Very cool shelves!!! I too cannot wait to see the finished display

[tulagirl]

That looks great I have a question though.  It looks like you have slats going across the front of many shelves. Is that an optical illusion I am seeing?  If they are there how will you get your ponies on those shelves if the slats are there?  Does it open on the side? I have a friend that has a case where everything opens from the side rather than the front.  Just curious as to what I was seeing. I would love to see them covered with pony goodness.

Those are the shelf risers.

Oh okay I understand what I am seeing now.  I have the worst eye sight and sometimes I can't tell what I am looking at.  That is really going to maximize your space and provide a fabulous way to display all your collection.  I would love to have something like that, but with cats the best thing for me has been cabinets.

[Foxtale]

How lovely! Can't wait to see them filled

[Hannah66665]

These are SO cool. I hope you'll share more photos once you've started displaying your ponies!

I'm curious... can the woodstain leave marks on ponies after prolonged exposure? Or have you sealed them with something?

[Cswift]

So much beautiful shelf space! Please take pictures when you've got your collection in there. Should be awe-inspiring.