Time to attach the pieces together.
Creating shelves in closet.
In a perfect world closets would always come with a full functioning effective closet kit but they just don t.
Use a measuring tape long level and pencil to mark the location of your shelves.
Spread wood glue on the joints then nail them together with 8d finish nails.
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The middle two shelves are installed 12 inches apart and the top two shelves are installed 10 inches apart.
Determine how many shelves you want to install in the closet.
First nail through the sides into the back.
Cut the plywood pieces according to the illustration.
We placed one 10 5 piece with the pockets.
We made 2 pockets on the 10.
Measure length wise from one end of the closet to the other to get the length of your shelves.
We were slightly worried that adding shelves on the sides would make the closet seem smaller but after having cut the original shelf down to 1 depth instead of 2 it actually opens things up a lot.
If your closet.
Using our kreg jig mini and a small clamp we made pocket holes in the pieces we cut.
It is easiest to paint all of the pieces of.
First nail through the sides into the back.
Cut the plywood pieces according to the illustration.
Plywood wood glue and a handful of 8d finish nails.
Step 1 the fun part.
You can see more about how i designed the shelf configuration in this post.
Cut the strips of mdf to the correct length for your shelves.
Built in storage is essential in closets these days.
Patch any holes in the walls with.
Spread wood glue on the joints then nail them together with 8d finish nails.
The width of the shelves depends on how large your closet is and how wide you want the shelves to be.
Plywood wood glue and a handful of 8d finish nails.
We like mdf instead of plywood because it s never warped it s cheaper than plywood and it.
I can actually walk into my closet now without getting clotheslined by an excessively deep shelf.
The shallow shelves make it easier to locate items at or above eye level.
Instructions remove everything from the closet including old shelves you will no longer be using.
With the help of our big clamp we dry fitted our pieces together.
The top four shelves are 11 inches deep.
Cut your mdf pieces.
How to make storage shelves.
Install the vertical pieces.
If you don t have a power saw you can have all of the.
We did three shelves.
All you need is a 4 x 4 ft.
In fact bedroom closets are nearly useless when in their builder grade state.