Building A Pantry Shelf

We patched the holes and painted the the pantry then began installing our wall braces.

Building a pantry shelf.

They were custom cut to fit inside our. Have your local home improvement cut the shelves for you. The top four shelves are 11 inches deep. The middle two shelves are installed 12 inches apart.

To install the wall braces you ll need to find the studs in your wall s and mark their location. With the design materials and walls ready it was time to start building the pantry closet shelving. Mdf sheets and 1 x 2 boards and the process can easily be adapted to just about any space where you want to add some custom storage bedrooms playrooms living rooms etc. They re surprisingly straightforward to construct they re made entirely of two things.

How to build pantry shelves getting started. Customize the shelves using a jigsaw. I m almost ready to show you the whole glorious project. But today i m sharing how we.

Plan out how you want your shelves to be installed in the pantry. Apply an interior semi gloss paint on both sides of each shelf and allow to dry image 2. Custom shelving in a nook. Pantry shelves can be built into the walls of your pantry remaining stationary for easy storage and organization and allowing for bins baskets portable racks and dividers to be arranged on top of them.

We installed two 15 inch deep shelves at the bottom and left 16 18 inches of shelf space between each shelf for storing large items like cereal boxes tall bottles and small appliances. We created a u shape configuration which allowed for shallow storage along each side of the pantry and gave it an overall custom look image 1. How to build your own pantry system. Using several pieces of scrap 2 x 8 birch plywood i cut out 5 pantry shelves each approximately 37 x 14 25.

It s based around a built in bookcase with half glass doors that allow for more attractive food items to be displayed while clunkier objects are kept hidden away. They can also be made to rotate and stack in layers expanding and collapsing in on each other. We ve lived in our home for four months now and we re finally nearing the end of the pantry project. Then decide on the height and number of shelves you will use and mark their placements.

Cutting wood for the pantry closet shelves. This pantry has high end looks with a diy concept.