Shelf cover, slip cover, whatever you want to call it I'm absolutely in love. We won't talk about how long this took me to make. Although, I will blame 3 weeks of it on searching for MIA bias tape. Apparently Atlanta buys bias tape like you wouldn't believe and it's really hard to find large quantities of it. Especially, in dark gray. I eventually gave up and used light gray.
This shelving unit came with us from Greenville. It's great! Heavy duty, holds alot, perfect size to hold the litter boxes...but its kind of ugly and cluttery. I'm picky about aesthetics. I really wanted my workroom to be calming and inspiring. The cluttered shelf just wasn't doing it.
I started with a painter's drop cloth from Home Depot-approximately $19.99, Eight (!!yes, eight!!) packages of extra wide bias tape-$3.00 a piece, a few snaps or hooks and eyes and you're set. There is a solid piece that goes over the top shelf and ties to the back. The back of the shelf is open since its against a wall. The corners tie together, and the center seam on the front has several hook and eyes holding it together. I made the ties out of extra bias tape.
You can buy these covers already made (try the Container Store), but I needed this to open in the front to allow the cats to access the litter boxes. The front flaps snap up and out of the way. If the litter boxes ever find a new home the snaps can be removed and no one would be the wiser. I learned a lot and would do a couple of things differently if I made another but that's all part of the process! I didn't really save any money by making this myself, but I did get exactly what I wanted.
