Shelves are a convenient way of storing things. They do not take up space on the floor, as they are screwed to the wall, they can fit in any interior, they are quite easy to make by yourself. Let's look at how to make a shelf for storing various items.
Material selection
Before deciding how to make shelves with your own hands, you need to choose the material from which they will be made. Usually, several easily accessible and easy-to-use options are used.
Beautifully and neatly, as well as expensive shelves from solid wood . It is better to choose soft varieties of wood, since they are easier to process.
Shelves from plywood are not always suitable for storing heavy objects. Everything depends on their thickness. Plywood is usually laminated or processed in such a way that it repeats the appearance of the wood board.
Particleboard is a practical and inexpensive material. The shelves are made of light. But it is worth noting that it is problematic to make the preparation of the shelf from the EAF independently. In case you have chosen this material, it is better to first make the calculation of the required size, and then order the finished upper part of the shelf in the workshop.
You can also make simple shelves from carpentry panels or purchase a ready-made assembly kit, where all parts will be already prepared and made for you.
How to make a regiment?
- To independently make a shelf, you need to determine the place where it will be located. After that, choose suitable shelves for us shelves. They have the name brackets. Can be of different types: from almost invisible (in the form of a corner) to decorative triangular, decorated with various ornaments.
- From the selected material (boards, plywood, chipboard) we make the top part for the shelf. To do this, we cut the workpiece of the required width along the length so that the part of the required size is prepared for us. We process the edges.
- We lean our chosen bracket against the wall, mark in the places where we plan to hang the regiment. Ruler apply to the marks and make notes where the second fastening will be located.
- Now proceed directly to how to make a shelf on the wall. We drill holes in the wall to fix the bracket. For this you need to use a drill bit for concrete.
- We lean the bracket against the wall, combine the holes and screw it with screws.
- We apply the board to the bolted bracket and with the help of the level we check how equal the shelf is.
- We fasten the second bracket, again check the level.
- Apply the board to the brackets and screw it from the bottom to the holes in them. Screws must be chosen in such a size that they do not go right through the shelf.
- Now you need to check the strength of the shelf. Press down on it with your hand, then put heavy but not valuable items and leave for a few hours or days. Only after the regiment has been tested, it is ready for operation.
