Build Your Own Wood Closet Shelves

Add metal brackets in corners for extra support if necessary.

Build your own wood closet shelves.

Corral that pile of shoes by the front door with a diy shoe rack plan that you can build yourself in just one or two afternoons. All you need is a 4 x 4 ft. Use a bolt cutter rather than a hacksaw the manufacturer s instructions suggest using a hacksaw to cut wire shelving. Collect the dimensions of your closet space and then let a design specialist design a closet for you.

Attach the shelf with wood screws or 6d finishing nails. Lay one of the long shelves on the lower shelf supports and on top of the central shelf unit. Just 2 short years ago we made over our master closet for the 100 room challenge. Cut your mdf pieces.

A hacksaw will work but a bolt cutter will make for smoother easier cuts. You can see more about how i designed the shelf configuration in this post. Install the vertical pieces. How to make storage shelves.

If you don t have a power saw you can have all of the. Step 1 the fun part. Make use of wooden pegboards and wooden dowels to install low cost modern wall shelves. Cut the strips of mdf to the correct length for your shelves.

Spread wood glue on the joints then nail them together with 8d finish nails. Diy plywood closet organizer build plans. Closetmaid professional design service. Get ready with a wooden pegboard some wooden dowels that will fit to pegboard holes as shelf supports and with some well sanded wooden lengths as shelves to install this precious shelving system to any of your interior wall.

Build your own diy closet organizers with these creative and budget friendly closet system ideas. It is easiest to paint all of the pieces of. If your closet. We like mdf instead of plywood because it s never warped it s cheaper than plywood and it.

Answer a few questions and for just 5 in a few days we ll provide two professional design variations including a product parts list and options for where to buy. It s a great beginner woodworking project and you can take all the bragging rights. These shoe rack plans are available in a wide variety of styles from a basic shoe rack with shelves to a bench with shoe storage and even some large shoe storage options that. Plywood wood glue and a handful of 8d finish nails.

Patch any holes in the walls with. It made all the difference. Cut the plywood pieces according to the illustration. This builds directly into the closet or you could build it on a bedroom wall or even behind a door.

It s pretty versatile and really easy to diy and you can make it as big as you want to hold all of your shoes. Cut shorter shelves to avoid marring closet sidewalls cut full length shelves at least 1 2 in. With tips to build your own closet system and shelves. Instructions remove everything from the closet including old shelves you will no longer be using.