Feel the burn: Turn cheap pine into a pretty shelf

Before and after on a plank made from simple pine. Photo by Monica Jones

Copper shelving with burned pine plank. Photo by Monica Jones

This copper shelf from StoutandBurg makes me want to slap some gears on a corset and travel to an alternate universe. Only problem: It ships without the plank.

Devon had been eager to learn a woodburning technique he ran across on Inspire Woodcraft, and I wasn’t going to stop him. It came out great, and we were happy to save some cash by dressing up cheaper wood.