The shelf is ready to be hung. I sanded the devil out of it to remove the pen marks...targets for Donnie and the pellet gun. Next step was the finish. My choice was Australian Tree Oil because it is similar to Danish Oil finish. It sinks in and can be reapplied if the furniture gets that scuffy look.

time to hang the shelf. Spence came over. We both thought it would be a simple project: Use molly. Hang shelf. Boy were We wrong. The mollies wouldn't go in. It seems this house isn't constructed like the usual old house. There are no studs back there. One trip to Lowe's. My favorite salesman, Roger, showed us a new fastener. We bought a set and drove back to the house. the first one went into the wall fine. The bracket went on the screw fine. The second fastener went into the wall fine. The screw wouldn't catch. Damn. We had drilled at least 3 holes that were failures. Back to the store for another set of fasteners. This time, I tried out the screw to be sure it would go into the fastener. yes it does. Spence is working on the second attachment when Joe comes in from New York state. Joe was my husband's good friend. He became my friend, too....helping me with all sorts of projects. Joe can do anything with a tool. Both Joe and Spence decided the fastener had made too big a hole in the wall. It needed a washer. Found one in the box. Every one has a box to throw stuff in when you don't know where the tool goes. Anyways, the second fastener was up and the bracket attached. This simple project took 5 days. All that is needed is to fill all those useless holes and repaint. That's for after Christmas.