Building Shelves In A Small Closet

This is a great use of space and can be done in a day.

Building shelves in a small closet.

You can also use it as a step to reach the high shelf. I feel like we ve maximized the heck out of this closet. You can also use it as a step to reach the high shelf. Here s our cost breakdown.

Instructions remove everything from the closet including old shelves you will no longer be using. Here s how i installed closet shelves into an awkward too small closet nook. Ugh can you even imagine. Make the most of a small entryway closet with diy built in shelves for shoes and coats.

How to make storage shelves. Put diy closet side brackets on following steps outlined above. There are also custom fabric bins perfect for a kids room. Create another diy shelving bracket out of pine wood scraps to attach to the corner see picture.

All you need is a 4 x 4 ft. The top four shelves are 11 inches deep. You could call it an open shelf bookcase even though we are using it for clothing. All you need is a 4 x 4 ft.

It is easiest to paint all of the pieces of. We made 2 pockets on the 10 5. And for a small fraction of what we would have paid for custom closet shelving units. Using our kreg jig mini and a small clamp we made pocket holes in the pieces we cut.

Cut the strips of mdf to the correct length for your shelves. But i did all of those things for this project and i lived to tell the tale. Build this handy stool in one hour and park it in your closet. Build this handy stool in one hour and park it in your closet.

My space was 80 and we wanted four shelf openings and three shelves. I placed the bottom of the 1 2 s every 20 inches creating three shelves and four openings 20 inches apart. To continue in the movable aspect of the closet we opted to make open shelves to place clothes on. Cut the plywood pieces according to the illustration.

13 74 1 x6 ripped in half qty 2 1 49 1 x4 side shelves afterthought. Power tools cutting wood drilling into studs a diy project involving any of those tasks completely intimidates me. How to build closet shelving. The middle two shelves are installed 12 inches apart and the top two shelves are installed 10 inches apart.

We installed two 15 inch deep shelves at the bottom and left 16 18 inches of shelf space between each shelf for storing large items like cereal boxes tall bottles and small appliances. Cut the plywood pieces according to the illustration. Plywood wood glue and a handful of 8d finish nails. Plywood wood glue and a handful of 8d finish nails.

To determine where to place the 1 2 s measure the height of your space and divide by the number of shelf openings. Patch any holes in the walls with. How to build small closet shelves that do not go all the way across the closet. If you don t have a power saw you can have all of the.