Building Your Own Closet Shelves

The width of the shelves depends on how large your closet is and how wide you want the shelves to be.

Building your own closet shelves.

How to make storage shelves. All you need is a 4 x 4 ft. Diy plywood closet organizer build plans. Build your own diy closet organizers with these creative and budget friendly closet system ideas.

Step 1 the fun part. My husband bought two sheets of 4 8 plywood for our small closet. With tips to build your own closet system and shelves. Collect the dimensions of your closet space and then let a design specialist design a closet for you.

Prevent chip out by taping where you will cut the melamine shelving. Instructions remove everything from the closet including old shelves you will no longer be using. You can see more about how i designed the shelf configuration in this post. Build your own melamine closet organizer choose your hardware first.

Install the vertical pieces. Just 2 short years ago we made over our master closet for the 100 room challenge. If you don t have a power saw you can have all of the. Cut the strips of mdf to the correct length for your shelves.

Patch any holes in the walls with. 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. Build this handy stool in one hour and park it in your closet.

Cut the side shelves wall cleats for the side shelves closet rod and top shelf image 2. Purchase your closet supplies you ll want strong and sturdy shelves so you ll want to buymdf plywood that is 3 4 thick. You can cut melamine sheets with a circular saw and. Measure length wise from one end of the closet to the other to get the length of your shelves.

You can also use it as a step to reach the high shelf. If your closet. Prime and paint all wood parts after cutting image 3. Measure and mark the lumber for the two side shelves four wall cleats for the side shelves closet rod and top shelf image 1.

Plywood wood glue and a handful of 8d finish nails. It is easiest to paint all of the pieces of. Cut your mdf pieces. Closetmaid professional design service.

You may need more or less depending on how big your closet is. Determine how many shelves you want to install in the closet. Space the shelves evenly or according to the height of the items you plan to store. Cut the plywood pieces according to the illustration.

Leave the top and bottom of the unit open. It made all the difference.