Build each side wall of the closet on the floor.
Build a closet in garage.
Cut the 2x4 studs to create a frame that is rectangular on all four sides with vertical support studs 18 inches apart.
My wife wanted to build a closet in the garage for various things.
Attach the first shelf to the wall with a screw gun at the desired height making sure there s enough room for storing your items.
Build a frame for each inner shelf to the size of the cut plywood shelves.
So i thought i would film it for fun.
How to build a free standing closet building the closet base.
It was only after i was done that i had the idea for.
Screws cabinet bumpers construction grade 1x4 pine edge banding plastic coated particleboard melamine shelf supports.
Use the height measurement of your closet wall.
Use 3 inch nails two per stud to secure the frame.
Bypass closet door track.
Build the frame for one of the two new walls for the enclosed room.
I decided i could just build them from scratch.
Supplies needed drill 1 4 masonry bit self centering bit box of 3 wood screws with matching star bit interior paint paint tray and roller paintbrush 12 flush cabinet hinges 3 cabinet pulls.
Attach the side piece s to shelf from the outside to stabilize the unit.
Supplies needed to build the closet doors 7 1 6 select boards.
Repeat for each inner shelf and the top.
Measure the desired area width and length of your free standing closet.
Since this closet is in our basement and our basement ceilings are less than 8 feet normal off the shelf closet doors would not have worked or would have had to be modified.
The reason the stud location is important is this is the location that you will center your new stud wall to so.
This can be done.
After locating the studs in both walls in the corner.