Charlee, Seeing your knickknack shelf has reminded me that I have a center drawer from an extremely damaged treadle cabinet top that I'm planning to convert into a shelf with a dowel at end to hold a small quilt. Just another project on my never-ending to do list.
Bottom photo is an "idea" of how I want the shelf to look.
inside of drawer will face out to hold items
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backside of shelf will be against wall
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not mine-just an example
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