We made our own shelves and personalized them to portray ourselves and the stuff that we created this semester. Uhm...it took me about..3 months to complete my shelf...but I can explain! At first I carved an intricate pattern on the bottom half of my shelf. I wanted to resemble the texture of tree bark. It looked pretty amazing as it took me a WEEK to complete that. I also carved a few quotes from books on it. However, once I stained it I realized one thing...I wasn't satisfed with the final product. So against everyone's requests, I decided to start all over. Sure, I spent a long time on it and covering it up may seem outrageous. However, one should consider that the amount of time and effort shouldn't hold you back from starting anew if you aren't proud of what you created. Thus, I did just that. It may have taken me longer, but I'm much more happy with it since it consists of the things that I love most. Unfortunately, I don't have before and after pics but the difference is quite vast and definitely was worth the extra time and effort.