Build Closet Shelf Wood

Cut the wood for diy closet shelves.

Build closet shelf wood.

Tip the shelves into position. We placed one 10 5 piece with the pockets. Spread wood glue on the joints then nail them together with 8d finish nails. The painter wanted to save some time by having us build the closets packs before painting but unpainted texture is very soft so be careful not to scrape the walls.

It is easiest to paint all of the pieces of. How to make storage shelves. Plywood wood glue and a handful of 8d finish nails. My closets already had existing shelves so i didn t have to build everything from.

Patch any holes in the walls with. Shorter than the length of the closet. 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.

With the help of our big clamp we dry fitted our pieces together. We ripped the top shelf of our linen closet from 16 inches down to 12 inches so items can be fit between the shelf edge and the door header. To avoid marring closet sidewalls cut full length shelves at least 1 2 in. Cut the plywood pieces according to the illustration.

First nail through the sides into the back. Using our kreg jig mini and a small clamp we made pocket holes in the pieces we cut. Someone on my youtube channel where i featured this diy closet makeover. All you need is a 4 x 4 ft.

We made 2 pockets on the 10. How to build wood diy closet shelves step 1. Instructions remove everything from the closet including old shelves you will no longer be using.