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hey guys, jami nato here...from the blog. a few answers to your questions:

the nail gun was borrowed. but a hammer and nails has worked for hundreds of years, i hear. finishing nails is what you'll want to use.

the benches were from a discount store for $20 a piece. not sure what brand.

as far as shoe storage, we actually have added long wooden baskets under each bench that hold shoes for the day. we try to put them back each night. although that doesn't happen...most of the time. ha.

we also have closets in our house, like most people in the midwest. so we don't put every single scarf, jacket, hat, backpack on there. just the ones we used for that day. the goal here was not storage, but practicality of daily life. but storage could easily be placed here if at a later time we decide we need that.

the lip is not for the kids' artwork...it's just for family pictures or things we love. perhaps artwork would be cute here. although we have a different area of our home that showcases the kids artwork.

we primed it first and then painted it with semi gloss paint. BEHR brand from home depot. the paint color is "off white". i'm not sure what the hallway paint color is called.

as far as the grid spacing, every wall is different in every home...so you'll have to do your own math on that. you make the grid smaller or larger with more panels even, but like i said, you'll have to kind of plan that out on your own. i don't think my numbers would help you that much.

the wood is 1X6 for the larger size and 1X3 for the smaller ones. the lip on the top is also a 1X3.

i honestly can't tell that there's drywall back there. it really looks all like paneling.

this is completely functional, not supposed to be pretty all the time. you know, like real life. because we live in our house. we wear our shoes in the house. we also jump on our couches and beds. and every one is still alive...and having fun!

thanks for the love, guys!
and the snarky comments are fine. comes with the territory when your on the interweb. no bigs. we love it for our family in this stage of life with small children and busy lives.