Creating Shelves In Closet

Plywood wood glue and a handful of 8d finish nails.

Creating shelves in closet.

We did three shelves. Built in storage is essential in closets these days. We were slightly worried that adding shelves on the sides would make the closet seem smaller but after having cut the original shelf down to 1 depth instead of 2 it actually opens things up a lot. We like mdf instead of plywood because it s never warped it s cheaper than plywood and it.

All you need is a 4 x 4 ft. How to make storage shelves. It is easiest to paint all of the pieces of. With the help of our big clamp we dry fitted our pieces together.

Cut the plywood pieces according to the illustration. Spread wood glue on the joints then nail them together with 8d finish nails. All you need is a 4 x 4 ft. First nail through the sides into the back.

The shallow shelves make it easier to locate items at or above eye level. Step 1 the fun part. The middle two shelves are installed 12 inches apart and the top two shelves are installed 10 inches apart. Cut your mdf pieces.

Measure length wise from one end of the closet to the other to get the length of your shelves. We placed one 10 5 piece with the pockets. Patch any holes in the walls with. In fact bedroom closets are nearly useless when in their builder grade state.

Using our kreg jig mini and a small clamp we made pocket holes in the pieces we cut. We made 2 pockets on the 10. Plywood wood glue and a handful of 8d finish nails. Get free shipping over 75 free in store pickup everyday if you are using a screen reader activate this link for accessibility features or call 888 266 8246 for assistance.

Instructions remove everything from the closet including old shelves you will no longer be using. First nail through the sides into the back. If your closet. Install the vertical pieces.

You can see more about how i designed the shelf configuration in this post. The top four shelves are 11 inches deep. Determine how many shelves you want to install in the closet. Time to attach the pieces together.

In a perfect world closets would always come with a full functioning effective closet kit but they just don t. Spread wood glue on the joints then nail them together with 8d finish nails. Create your own custom closet system and shelving with elfa build a plan online visit an in store expert or pick out the components yourself. How to make storage shelves.

Most closets are equipped with just one rod and a shelf just above it. The width of the shelves depends on how large your closet is and how wide you want the shelves to be. Cut the plywood pieces according to the illustration. If you don t have a power saw you can have all of the.