Building Wooden Shelves In A Closet

If you are making them for a closet assemble it inside the closet.

Building wooden shelves in a closet. If you are building straightforward shelves you also need to add wood supports along the back wall of the closet. Consider how deep you want them to be and what materials you ll need to buy in order to make them deeper. Put wood glue on the diy brackets drill pilot hole near the back corner of pine wood board and diy shelving bracket. Place shelving pieces in the location you want to assemble them.

Simply cut another 1 x2 board the length of your shelf minus 3 inches to accommodate the side supports and screw it to the studs along the back wall of the closet. Put all side diy pine shelving brackets on following steps 6 10 12. Cut down shelves that tie into the partitions to 15 1 2 inches wide. One quarter inch is a good reveal at each level of the closet.

For example if your shelving material is a full 16 inches wide keep the top shelf at that width and rip the supporting partitions to 15 3 4 inches. Cut 1 x 12 pine board to desired length equal to the width of your closet. Our top shelves are 40 across the back of the closet.