Build Closet Shelf Wood

Plywood wood glue and a handful of 8d finish nails.

Build closet shelf wood.

We placed one 10 5 piece with the pockets. Find wood closet shelves at lowe s today. Using our kreg jig mini and a small clamp we made pocket holes in the pieces we cut. Instructions remove everything from the closet including old shelves you will no longer be using.

How to make storage shelves. Someone on my youtube channel where i featured this diy closet makeover. Use a bolt cutter rather than a hacksaw the manufacturer s instructions suggest using a hacksaw to cut wire shelving. Cut the wood for diy closet shelves.

It is easiest to paint all of the pieces of. Shorter than the length of the closet. With the help of our big clamp we dry fitted our pieces together. Cut the plywood pieces according to the illustration.

If you don t have a power saw you can have all of the. Time to attach the pieces together. To avoid marring closet sidewalls cut full length shelves at least 1 2 in. Cut the strips of mdf to the correct length for your shelves.

Tip the shelves into position. We made 2 pockets on the 10. 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. How to build wood diy closet shelves step 1.

My closets already had existing shelves so i didn t have to build everything from. 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. First nail through the sides into the back.