Building Your Own Closet Shelves

We like mdf instead of plywood because it s never warped it s cheaper than plywood and it.

Building your own closet shelves.

How to make storage shelves. Use wood screws or finishing nails to put the center of the organizer together. Diy plywood closet organizer build plans. It made all the difference.

With tips to build your own closet system and shelves. Cut the strips of mdf to the correct length for your shelves. Measure length wise from one end of the closet to the other to get the length of your shelves. Plywood wood glue and a handful of 8d finish nails.

Cut the plywood pieces according to the illustration. It is easiest to paint all of the pieces of. Just 2 short years ago we made over our master closet for the 100 room challenge. You may need more or less depending on how big your closet is.

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. The width of the shelves depends on how large your closet is and how wide you want the shelves to be. Build your own diy closet organizers with these creative and budget friendly closet system ideas.

Leave the top and bottom of the unit open. Measure and mark the lumber for the two side shelves four wall cleats for the side shelves closet rod and top shelf image 1. Install the vertical pieces. Cut the side shelves wall cleats for the side shelves closet rod and top shelf image 2.

Cut your mdf pieces. We did three shelves. You can cut melamine sheets with a circular saw and. Space the shelves evenly or according to the height of the items you plan to store.

Closetmaid professional design service. If your closet. If you don t have a power saw you can have all of the. If you re planning to install accessories similar to the ones we used for our white closet.

Build your own melamine closet organizer choose your hardware first. Purchase your closet supplies you ll want strong and sturdy shelves so you ll want to buymdf plywood that is 3 4 thick. Instructions remove everything from the closet including old shelves you will no longer be using. All you need is a 4 x 4 ft.

Collect the dimensions of your closet space and then let a design specialist design a closet for you. Prime and paint all wood parts after cutting image 3. My husband bought two sheets of 4 8 plywood for our small closet. Determine how many shelves you want to install in the closet.

You can see more about how i designed the shelf configuration in this post. Prevent chip out by taping where you will cut the melamine shelving.