Recommendation How To Make Shelves

Cut the 1-by-2-inch strip into three pieces one as long as the length of the panels and two as long as the width.

How to make shelves. Depending on the design and load bearing capacity of the shelf you can either attach directly to drywall with toggle bolts or other drywall fasteners attach to wall studs with lag bolts or a combination of the two. The top shelf lays on top of the bookshelf frame and should be nailed into the side supports from above. Get the tutorial at A Joyful Riot.

The two shorter pieces need to fit the width of your wood panels. Add smaller branches to give you more security and to help hold the shelves level. You can paint or stain the wood and shutter however you like.

If one is not around a piece of pegboard works as a guide. Measure the length of the walls and then cut shelves to size. Use a carpenter square to make.

The rest of the shelves are screwed in at the pocket holes. Simply attach brackets to the shutter where you want shelves to be and then cut pieces of wood to fit them as the shelves. Ensure that the built-in shelves are level on the bookcase.

You can build the bookcase as a series of sections that fit together sort of like a modular system. Get four of the same size and make sure to cut them evenly. Get ready with a wooden pegboard some wooden dowels that will fit to pegboard holes as shelf-supports and with some well sanded wooden lengths as shelves to install this precious shelving.

There are lots of ways to put a simple shelf on the wall. If youre installing shelves on adjacent walls like ours factor the corner into your measurements. For this project you only need basic construction skills and a long flat surface to place on the pipes.