Building Your Own Closet Shelves

My husband bought two sheets of 4 8 plywood for our small closet.

Building your own closet shelves.

Leave the top and bottom of the unit open. The width of the shelves depends on how large your closet is and how wide you want the shelves to be. Step 1 the fun part. Build your own melamine closet organizer choose your hardware first.

It made all the difference. Instructions remove everything from the closet including old shelves you will no longer be using. You can also use it as a step to reach the high shelf. Build this handy stool in one hour and park it in your closet.

It is easiest to paint all of the pieces of. Prevent chip out by taping where you will cut the melamine shelving. Plywood wood glue and a handful of 8d finish nails. How to make storage shelves.

We did three shelves. Prime and paint all wood parts after cutting image 3. You can cut melamine sheets with a circular saw and. We like mdf instead of plywood because it s never warped it s cheaper than plywood and it.

Just 2 short years ago we made over our master closet for the 100 room challenge. 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. If you don t have a power saw you can have all of the. Purchase your closet supplies you ll want strong and sturdy shelves so you ll want to buymdf plywood that is 3 4 thick.

If you re planning to install accessories similar to the ones we used for our white closet. All you need is a 4 x 4 ft. You may need more or less depending on how big your closet is. Space the shelves evenly or according to the height of the items you plan to store.

Cut the strips of mdf to the correct length for your shelves. If your closet. Cut the side shelves wall cleats for the side shelves closet rod and top shelf image 2. You can see more about how i designed the shelf configuration in this post.

Use wood screws or finishing nails to put the center of the organizer together. Install the vertical pieces. With tips to build your own closet system and shelves. Build your own diy closet organizers with these creative and budget friendly closet system ideas.

Measure length wise from one end of the closet to the other to get the length of your shelves. Closetmaid professional design service. Cut the plywood pieces according to the illustration. Patch any holes in the walls with.

Diy plywood closet organizer build plans. Cut your mdf pieces.