How to Make Your Own Built-In Shelving

I dearest these types of projects. DIY Projects that y'all tin easily alter together with recreate for whatever infinite or room. When nosotros removed the cupboard doorway here, I knew nosotros wanted to operate this infinite for built-in shelving. Built-in shelving is the best agency to operate those “wasted spaces”, similar corners, hallways, together with walls.  This turned out to survive 1 of my favourite projects of this modern bathroom!

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This is the earlier picture. There used to survive a doorway inwards that spot, only nosotros took out the doorway together with added a barn door on the other side instead. Then nosotros were left amongst an opened upwardly space, which was perfect for built-in shelving!

Materials:

3/4″ thick MDF boards

2×4 forest boards

Wood Stain of Your Choice

Polycrylic

Pine shelf board

Tools: 

Kreg Rip Cut

Circular Saw

Mitre Saw

Drill

Screws

How to Make Your Own Built-In Shelving?

Start yesteryear criterion your opening to hit upwardly one's take heed your exterior dimensions (confirm exterior width, height, together with depth) of your built-ins. (i.e. stair out the box y'all are filling upwardly amongst shelving). We had framed our box amongst 2x4s earlier starting our shelving project.

Next, cutting your pieces for the box using MDF (back portion, ii sides, a come about together with a bottom board). We used a rip-cut to easily brand the lead cuts. Remember to stimulate got inwards consideration the thickness of the textile y'all are using when y'all cutting your sides together with dorsum piece).

Construct your MDF box. Dry gibe the iv sides together with dorsum all together. We used clamps to temporarily concord all the pieces together.

Before assembling, nosotros pre-drilled the holes (pilot hole together with counter sunk bit) at all the joints, nosotros did 3 holes per joint. When ready, take the clamps, mucilage the edges together with screw the box dorsum together.

Layout your shelfs within the box. We divided the box into 4 equal spaces. Put 2x4s at the front end together with dorsum of the box where y'all desire the shelved to sit. This volition survive used to attach your shelves. Once y'all stimulate got cutting your 2x4s, mucilage together with screw into place.

Below is that the shelf volition await similar amongst the 2x4s  in identify at the front end together with back. You tin come across at that topographic point is a modest infinite left at the front. That infinite is the width of our pino shelf board then that the shelves volition survive level amongst the wall. Bring your entire MDF box upwardly to your infinite together with lay it inwards place.

You tin install cut to complete the box (around border of box together with onto drywall), or y'all tin record together with operate drywall putty to blend into drywall to accomplish a shine level transition (this is what nosotros did). If choosing to endeavour together with record into drywall, nosotros routered/grooved the exterior border of the MDF slightly (about 1/8″) to allow room for the drywall record together with mud. Putty whatever screw holes, sand, prime, together with pigment the MDF case.

Install the MDF box inwards place. Level together with screw to structure. Ensure that it’s screwed into the studs together with sentinel out for utilities inwards the walls (electrical, plumbing, etc). Putty together with touching on upwardly complete equally required.

Measure the within dimensions of your box at the shelf locations. Each shelf volition require 3 pieces, a top, front, together with bottom. The front end board volition stimulate got a 45 score cutting on the come about together with bottom, the bottom together with come about boards volition stimulate got a 45 score on the side facing the front end board. When cutting together with criterion the front end board recall to stimulate got inwards describe of piece of occupation organization human relationship the thickness of the shelf material. You tin come across the come about board below (under the polycrylic) amongst 1 lead border together with 1 45 deg edge.

If using wood, stain together with varnish the shelves prior to installing inwards the MDF case. If using MDF shelves, prime number together with paint. I used my Natural Wood Stain from Minwax. When that was dry out I protected everything with Polycrylic.

Attach the shelves to the 2x4s inwards the MDF case. We used mucilage together with complete nails.

Now bask your novel built-in shelving! I LOVE the await of these shelves inwards our renovated ensuite!

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