Beginner Gardening: Tomato Plants Now, 1 by Gymgirl

Gymgirl wrote:
Belle,
I have two bedrooms in the house without furniture, so I multi-tasked! The light shelf sits pretty close to the wall, and is not very obtrusive. Plus, I can pull the door shut!

In fact, in another house with a formal dining room off the living room, I set it up against a blind wall and it blended in perfectly! You could stand in the living room and look into the dining room and never see the whole thing sitting behind the wall! And, again, this area had a vent that pumped in warm air, so I started the seeds there and then moved them into a "catch all" room that stayed cold all the time (my husband had rerouted and closed off the vents to this room).

When opportunity knocks, I'm answering!

The cool thing about the light stand is you can cut the boards to fit where you need it to go, although 48" seems to be a standard length because of the shop lights. My boards are 5 ft. And, you don't even have to spend $$ for the boards. Scrounge around your neighborhood or some construction sites. Ask for a surplus board here and there. Take it home, paint it, and put it together!

This pic is from an article on making the light shelf. TCFROMKY was the builder. He's a good guy here on DG.