A portable shelf device for lifting and holding window dressings, such as draperies and curtains, off and above the floor and baseboards to facilitate more convenient cleaning or painting of the baseboards, lower walls or floors, or other items such as shower accessories, plants or automobile cleaning accessories, the portable shelf device including a face plate hinged to a base plate, first face plate flange, second face plate flange, first or left side panel hinged to the first face plate flange and having an inward projecting flange at a lower end, second or right side panel hinged to second face plate flange and having an inward projecting flange at a lower end and a plurality of suction cups wherein each suction cup is mounted to and projects outward from respective side panel flanges and wherein the first and second side panel flanges support the base plate when the base plate is pivoted away from the face plate.