Do-it-yourself shelves on the wall: we make a shelf on the wall with step-by-step instructions. Stylish snake shelf Making a simple wooden shelf
One of the methods of decorating a room is the use of shelves. But they are not just a decoration item. Much more often they are functional. They hang shelves on the wall, put them on the floor, some are hung from the ceiling or beams. But best of all, they are easy to make yourself, with your own hands.
Types of shelves in the house
At the place of installation, the shelves are wall-mounted, floor-mounted and suspended. If the floor shelf has a large height - from a meter and above it is often called a rack. A few words about hanging ones: usually these are decorative structures that hang on a pipe or a specially driven bracket. This option is popular in those rooms where heating pipes run under the ceiling: they just ask to be hung on something. Shelves are hung on the pipe in the kitchen and in the bathroom: it is convenient there.
They are made of wood, fiberboard, there are glass shelves. The same materials are used as racks, but they are also made of metal, plastics and other absolutely incredible things - for example, pipes or bottles.
In living rooms, it is not so important what material the shelf is made of. It is important that its design is in the same style as the interior. Even the functionality is not always important: some play an exclusively decorative role. On them, if there is something, then one or two items. Their role is to give the interior of the home a special style and color.
The laconic style of the apartment design and the same laconic shelves in a contrasting color. In this interior, they are the main element. The free space above the sofa is organically filled with shelves to match the walls.
If we talk about shelves in technical rooms - the kitchen and the bathroom, in particular, then practicality requirements are added to aesthetic considerations almost everywhere. Even decorative shelves in the kitchen should be washed well. For shelves in the bathroom, in general, the requirements are high: periodically there is very high humidity and materials are required that tolerate it without any harm. There aren't many of them. It is plastic and stainless steel. They also make MDF bathroom shelves, but they are normally used with good ones.
Shelves on the wall
In any room on the wall there are places where you just need to hang something. After all, most modern furniture occupies only the lower part - sofas, tables, couches. The upper part remains empty and dissonance arises: an overloaded lower part of the room and a half-empty or completely empty upper part. These voids on the walls are organically filled with shelves.
The whole system, and the most "dead" space is used - the corner
Structurally, most of the shelves consist of the actual shelves and jumpers. But these components are combined in such a number of options that it is impossible to count. A simple design is good: you can make any shelves with your own hands. Moreover, these products can be the first self-made things. It's really simple.
How and what to mount
It is not in vain that we start with fasteners. The design of the shelf on the wall largely depends on the type of fastening. Or maybe vice versa. Looking from what to dance ...
Traditional loops
There is a traditional way - on loops. It is suitable for wood and fiberboard, any other material that is thick enough to attach. Screwed on with screws on the sides. Then, between the centers of the holes of the loops, the distance is measured, deposited on the wall (watch for horizontality). At the marked points, holes are drilled for the dowel, the dowel is inserted and a dowel-nail with a small cap is screwed into it, which enters the loop or bracket (the pin is slightly bent upwards). Then a shelf is hung on them.
Not all materials can be drilled. For example, glass shelves. You definitely can't screw anything into them. Mounts for glass shelves are special: they consist of two parts, between which glass is inserted. Often, elastic spacers are installed between the holders. The bottom fastener usually has a small clamping screw for fixing.
Fasteners for glass shelves
The most popular mount for glass shelves is called "pelican" - for its peculiar shape. It looks good and is available in different colors. The thickness of the glass that it can hold is from 8 to 34 mm. You can insert into it not only glass, but also any other material of this thickness. It just looks cool with glass.
It is easy to make glass shelves on the wall with it: buy a mount, order pieces of glass with processed edges of the right size and shape in the glass workshop (or cut it yourself if you know how). What remains is the actual assembly:
- Attach the "pelicans" to the wall. Two dowels. The case is collapsible - the decorative trim is removed, and there are two holes in the mounting plate. One in the case above, the second - below. Fixed, installed in place a decorative overlay.
- Inserted glass.
- Turned the screw. All.
There are other forms of similar fasteners. The photo below is a few of them.
Decorative brackets
Another type of fastening is brackets. They are reliable, some are decorative, so much so that they themselves are an ornament.
Concealed installation - shelves without support
And the most amazing device for secret mounting. It makes it possible to hide fasteners. At the end, a seat is cut out for the pin and the body of the holder and the shelf is simply put on it.
As you can see, even a simple board or a piece of glass on such mounts is already not bad. But there is still a sea of all sorts of ideas.
Bookshelves
The requirements for strength are imposed on bookshelves: they hold significant weight. Therefore, the fastening and materials and design must be reliable. Traditionally, book shelves are made of wood, laminated or veneered fiberboard. And then fiberboard with a long span (more than 90 cm) sags over the years.
When planning shelves on the walls for books according to your own size, keep in mind that the distance between the supports should not be more than 90 cm. Then even when fully loaded, it will not bend. And there are two types and varieties of shelves: wall and floor. Both of them can be angular.
In the simplest case, this is a board fixed in one of the ways. Some options, especially when presented correctly, look very good.
And in the presence of imagination, several planks turn into a very interesting thing, which can even be the main element of decor. Ideas for self-production are collected in the photo gallery.
And this is a serious way to expand the space due to the angles between two windows Non-linearity - they are always interesting, and you can put books of different heights on such a shelf
Floor bookshelves can be loaded more seriously. Here the forms are different: there are racks to which shelves are attached. The highlight can be a broken or unusual line of shelves as well as interesting racks.
This is more of a bookcase or even a cabinet, but the essence remains the same - the original color and interesting small shelves in the central part and the structure looks interesting 
A very interesting idea - non-linear shelves and lintels made of thick glass
Read about the manufacture of fountains (both small indoor ones and more solid ones for a summer cottage, backyard or garden plot).
Suspended
Not very numerous, but original type. The most important thing is that you can do it easily: a few planks, four ropes or two belts and you can get to work.
It's not an easy block system...and the shelves can be at any level Two planks, four ropes and half an hour of time is all it takes to make this shelf How to make a hanging shelf - graphic step by step instructions
To the nursery
While the child is very small, I want functional shelves, but with children's drawings. But where can you get these? Make it yourself. Any shelf of the configuration you like can be pasted over with non-woven wallpaper or thick wrapping paper (glued on PVA). After drying, coat twice with water-based varnish. Such shelves can be washed, but the most interesting thing is that the shelf can change along with the child. Rip off the old decor, glue the new one. The idea is simple, it works perfectly.
For children, the shelves are not very different in design. If we talk about floor or shelving, then they must be strong: taking into account the fact that older children will definitely want to climb on them. Therefore, often even those shelves that are on the floor are attached additionally to the wall: so that they do not collapse and crush young climbers. Based on these considerations, they are not made high: even if they fall, it’s not scary.
The shelves in the children's room are also different in color - they are brighter, they can be made in the form of letters, boxes for toys can be installed in them: it's easier to keep them in order. In general, functionality and safety should be combined.
Drawer system - clean up is quick Combination of open and closed shelves - convenient for preschoolers
Shelves and shelves for the kitchen
Whatever you say, but in the kitchen the main thing is functionality. There is not much free space even on the walls: lockers take up a large area. Therefore, one of the tasks is to maximize the use of free space. There are interesting ideas for small or even very small gaps between the wall and the refrigerator or other appliances. Strictly in size, you can make a poke on wheels, which leaves and completely hides there. It is wide and narrow (see photo).
It is not difficult to make such a sliding shelf-rack on wheels for different jars. Everything you need is at hand and does not interfere
There are other interesting ideas about saving space. If a sink or a hundred are standing near the window, you can take the sidewalls. There is an interesting hanging option - a lattice on chains, to which all utensils are hooked. But such a shelf is possible if the desktop is not against the wall. Another option to save space is if the kitchen-dining room is zoned with a counter, you can also make a shelf above it, which will be partially suspended. One part of it rests on the wall, the second - on the counter or "hangs" on the ceiling.
Hanging the entire wall above the desktop with lockers is not the best way out. They look heavy. You can solve the problem with glass doors, but not everyone likes it. The way out is to make open shelves between the cabinets. They will give more lightness to the interior and the work area will not put pressure on the rest of the space.
Glass and open shelves will “lighten” the interior The style is different - the idea is the same Closed and open shelves in one system - convenient and non-standard
Decorative and original
Often, shelves on the wall play an exclusively decorative role. They are designed to attract attention and this goal is achieved by an unusual shape, contrasting with the walls, color. You can’t put much on it: one or two little things, but how interesting they are.
Another option for "square" shelves. Two identical sets arranged differently If traditional square shelves are decorated with curly frames around the edge, the style is completely different.
Another interesting topic is glass shelves. Just one glass is not very interesting. Its combination with wood and steel is more attractive. The effects are sometimes unexpected. Glass is assembled on guides: the material is fragile and heavy, and it must be held. It is under the power of steel.
In fact, these systems are designed to create interiors of shops, but also in an apartment in a modern style or look stylish.
Suitable for vintage style too.
What shelves are made of. Even from pipes. Metal and plastic. Do you have any left over from the repair? Use in business, and get a designer thing, which is interesting, collected from the trash.
Such an interesting variation of a bookshelf made of pipes
Shelves are quite often used not only to complement and decorate the overall interior of the room, but also for a clearer and more appropriate organization of space. Thanks to their use, the owner of the apartment gets the opportunity to conveniently arrange a huge number of small things that are simply lost in the cabinets.
Today, there are many different models on the market, which are made of different materials. They also differ in design.
You can choose not only products with a classic design, but also ultra-modern designs.
But more and more people prefer to make such interior details on their own. Asking how to make a shelf with their own hands, they re-read a lot of literature and look through a lot of catalogs.
However, this does not mean that self-manufacturing of a shelf is difficult and beyond the power of a person who does not have special skills. No, this is absolutely not true.
In this case, familiarization with the literature is necessary in order to create a product with a beautiful design that will fit into the overall interior. Let's consider in more detail what shelves are.
Types of shelves
Any specialist will tell you that before you start creating a product, you need to decide for yourself what kind of design you want to get and whether it will be combined with the interior. And only after that you can start creating the product.
Indeed, for a house decorated in a classically seasoned style, it is completely unacceptable to use trendy and modern shelves. They will look extremely awkward.
The most popular and widely known subspecies of shelves is the classic shelf. This is due to the fact that it is quite easy to install, and the appearance, thanks to its simplicity, seems refined and sophisticated.
Used with success and open, closed shelves. Closed products are most often used for decoration and installation in rooms decorated in more modern styles. Glass and sometimes plastic are used for their construction.
Open structures can be used both in modernly designed houses and in apartments with a classic design. Over the past few years, this particular type of shelf has gained immense popularity and therefore is gradually replacing the classic options.
In small rooms, you can often see corner shelves that have a special way of fastening. They are mounted on adjacent walls that are adjacent to each other. Most often they are used in bathrooms, kitchens and utility rooms.
In addition to the above types of shelves that are mounted on the wall, there are suspended and floor structures. Hanging shelves are mounted in an unusual way.
They are installed using cables and vertical racks, and are attached directly to the ceiling. This mount looks quite unusual and original.
Floor structures are most often used in hallways. After all, do-it-yourself outdoor shoe racks not only look beautiful, but also help you organize the space of a small hallway. It is quite easy to make them though.
How to make a simple shelf
To create the claimed product, you should purchase or prepare some tools and materials in advance. As connecting elements, you can use whatever suits you best. But the most popular are ordinary screws, brackets and dowels.
Note!
For example, take a photo of the shelves with your own hands, which is presented below. It depicts a product with the following parameters: width 250 mm, height 300 mm, length 1100 mm. The manufacturing process for convenience will be divided into stages.
Stages of work
At the first stage, you need to markup. To do this, you should lay the boards on a table or any other flat surface and transfer the measurements from the drawings. The side walls must have a height of exactly 268 mm.
This marking is optimal because the side walls will be located between the two parts.
At the second stage, it is required to cut the boards. To get even and neat cuts, you need to use an electric jigsaw. After cutting, you will get 2 fairly long blanks and 2 shorter ones.
At the third stage, you can start processing the received blanks. The resulting segments should be covered with a special protective varnish or stain, after sanding them.
Note!
In the event that you plan only to paint the shelf, you can get by with a conventional antiseptic primer. So you will increase not only the service life, but also achieve a more even distribution of paint.
At the fourth stage of making a wooden shelf with your own hands, you proceed to its direct assembly. The bottom board should be laid on a flat surface. Step back 8 mm from the ends of the workpiece and draw two lines parallel to the cuts.
They should mark 2 points with a distance of 5 cm from the edge. At the marked points, it is necessary to drill holes for self-tapping screws. With the second workpiece it is necessary to do the same manipulations.
After that, you should install the side blanks on the bottom of the board and secure them. Once you're done attaching the side panels, move on to installing the top panel and securing it.
At the fifth stage, you should fix the brackets on the ends of the side panels, and make several holes for the dowels in the wall. After that, screw in the screws so that they protrude by 5 mm. And now your shelf is ready.
You can make acoustic shelves in the same way, but you need to take into account the dimensions of the equipment itself. Measurements should be taken carefully, because if you make a mistake, the work will have to start over.
Note!
DIY shelves photo
For many, wall shelves are a favorite decor for home decoration. The original form, books with colorful covers, beautiful dishes, souvenirs - almost everything that your imagination tells you can become a stylish accent in the interior design of the room. In addition, it is not at all necessary to buy them, because it is not very difficult to make a creative shelf on the wall with your own hands, even for those who are not very strong in carpentry.
Do-it-yourself shelf in the form of honeycombs
A nice shelf made in the form of honeycombs can be a cool addition to a non-standard interior. A fashionable design is formed from hexagonal modules creating original geometric compositions. Everyone can arrange the blocks in the best way for themselves.
how to make a shelf with your own hands. A photo
Despite the non-standard appearance, hexagonal blocks are quite convenient and functional, moreover, they are the strongest and most stable.
To make such a shelf with your own hands, you will need a standard set of tools and simple blanks from rectangular boards. You can assemble a structure from ready-made honeycombs in different ways:
shelf on the wall with your own hands. A photo
The second option is undoubtedly more practical, since dust will not accumulate between the individual elements.
Let's see how to make a shelf in the form of honeycombs in practice
To get the right hexagon, boards for future construction pruned at an angle of 30°.
Check again if they are the same size, proceed to assembly hexagons. Better to do it on the floor.
The block elements perfectly match one another and begin stick together boards using wood glue.
Attachment points for reliability amplify using L-shaped holders or screws. The brackets can be hidden by painting them the same color as the shelf.
Do the rest of the cells in the same way.
Finished modules carefully polished, then covered with stain and special varnish or painted. The shelf will look unusual if the honeycombs are painted in different colors.
It remains to fold the finished blocks side by side and drill one or two holes at the joints and twist them together.
Do-it-yourself shelf. Video instruction
DIY round shelf
The round shape of the shelf is an unusual and stylish solution for those who are not particularly concerned about how to place more things on it and save space in this way. It is easy to make such a shelf with your own hands. Success will be predetermined if you choose the right source material for the shelf and correctly calculate the dimensions of the parts.
The most affordable material, which is both strong enough and bends easily, is fiberboard sheet. Two strips of estimated length (l) are cut out of it. At the same time, a board of the desired length is also prepared as a central shelf. Obviously, all these parts should have the same width. Now about the length of the strips.
DIY bookcase. A photo
From the point of view of geometry, the central shelf is the diameter (d) of the outer contour of the future circle, and the stripes, respectively, are half the length of the contour, so they depend on each other and are interconnected by the formula - l=3.14 x d/2.
Let's say the dimensions of the board are 150 by 700 mm, then the length of the semicircle will be 3.14x700 / 2, that is, 1100 mm. Now let's calculate the length of the fiberboard strips, taking into account their overlap, say, 70 mm: 1100 + 2x70 = 1240 mm.
Now let's figure out how to make a shelf with your own hands using a fiberboard sheet.
Stepping back from the end sides by the amount of overlap, apply to the strips markup. Then proceed to form a circle.
The edges of the strips are pointed at each other according to the markings and fixed with clamps. Carefully, so that the material does not burst, the strips are slowly bent, overlapping the free edges on each other.
Before finally fixing all the parts with screws, you need to make sure that they are correctly fitted:
The do-it-yourself shelf is almost ready. It remains to finish it: cover by paint, varnish or other decorative composition. They hang it through the furniture eyes on screws screwed into the wall.
DIY hanging shelves
When choosing an interior for a small apartment, many are wondering if it is possible to make a compact bookshelf with your own hands so that it does not take up much space. One of the possible options is a suspended structure.
To get started you need
The work is carried out in two stages: shelves and fastenings.
Prepare shelves, sawn to size.
Along their edges, holes of the same size must be provided.
hanging shelves with their own hands. Photo instruction
The template is pressed against the board from the edge, say, with the help of clamps, and make two holes, but not to the end - approximately to the middle of the thickness of the shelf.
Shelves handle sandpaper and separate. For example, you can paint in a suitable design color.
The shelves are completely ready, it remains to hang them. Reliability in this case, given the impressive weight of books, is no less important than aesthetics, so it is best to hang the structure cable.
It is cut into pieces in size and, using clamping clips, a loop is made at one end.
They are suspended and fixed along the entire length with the desired step. kegs.
Hooks with screws are attached strictly perpendicular to the wall, on which cables are hung, and already suspended shelves are attached to them.
Do-it-yourself hanging shelf-shelf
A charming hanging shelf in the kitchen with your own hands will allow you to rationally use the space. It will look great in a colonial living room, in a nautical-style children's room or in a Mediterranean-style bathroom. Anyone can cope with such work, since you can make a shelf with your own hands in just a few simple steps.
how to make a shelf with your own hands. Master Class
Blanks from a tree align both in shape and in size.
Mark places under holes and make them with a drill with a pen drill. In order to avoid problems in the future, the diameter of the drill is chosen larger than the diameter of the rope for which the whatnot will be hung.
Markup is easier to do pattern in the form of a 4x4 square cut out of paper. The template must be applied to the corner of the board and markup is made at the point of intersection of the diagonals of the square.
coloring boards.
There are many ways to make a shelf more interesting. You just need to show a little imagination, for example, paint it only from the ends.
Now the design can collect. The rope is folded in half and, stepping back about 30 cm, a knot is tied on each half. The ends are pulled through the holes on one side of the board and secured with another knot. The plank is thus fixed motionless between the two nodes. The process is repeated with each shelf, arranged with the desired step.
Do the same with the other side. The main thing that nodes on both sides are located at the same distance from each other.
The remaining free ends of the ropes are cut and unraveled to form brushes.
It remains to hang the finished bookcase on the wall.
Such a do-it-yourself shelf has several advantages:
DIY hanging shelves for photos
Is it possible and, most importantly, how to make a shelf on the wall so that it takes up very little space, and you can store a sufficient number of photos, albums, record collections and more there? Well, let's figure out how to make a shelf with your own hands so that it has a minimum depth.
This shelf actually represents several lath tied together with a rope. A bar is attached to them, which prevents photos, books, etc. from slipping off the shelf. In principle, there can be as many rails as you need, so first you need to decide on their location and number. So it will be much easier to calculate the width of the shelves and file blanks.
After the blanks skinned, planks are attached to the rails: they can be nailed or glued. The nail heads are carefully hidden under a layer of special putty, and the bar is sanded again.
Stepping back from the edges by 2 cm, two holes are drilled in the shelf with a diameter slightly larger than that of the rope.
From each end of the first shelf stretch rope, tightening at the ends along the knot.
It will be much easier to do this if you wrap the threaded edge of the rope with tape or, say, electrical tape.
Put on a second shelf.
The process is repeated until all are installed.
The free ends of the ropes are tied to screws with hooks screwed in at the correct height. This is perhaps the most crucial moment, since the bottom shelf should be located strictly horizontally, and all the rest will be aligned along it.
Horizontalness is checked by level, nevertheless it is useful
and there will be someone's help., because even knowing exactly how to make a shelf, it will be difficult for one to complete the last stage.
Christmas tree book shelf
A creative do-it-yourself bookshelf will help to delay the incomparable New Year's mood for a longer time. Instead of garlands and toys, it is decorated with books and various cute little things. Such Christmas tree shelves are especially to the liking of the kids.
This shelf can be made from ordinary plywood sheet.
First you need to prepare a small layout plan all details on a sheet of paper on a scale corresponding to the size of plywood with an indication of their dimensions.
Then you need to transfer everything to plywood in the original size and after carefully checking the location and dimensions of the parts cut out them with a saw or jigsaw.
The Christmas tree is assembled on carpentry glue and fixed with nails.
When the workpiece dries, it is covered paint and give it time to dry completely.
The tree shelf is ready to use. On New Year's Eve, you can decorate it to your liking and even put gifts on the branches-shelves.
Here's how a DIY shelf can help bring joy to loved ones.
Do-it-yourself shelf-rack
The functional and minimalistic industrial style is very popular today. A do-it-yourself shelf assembled on pipes will bring to your home the very industrial chic that you may be striving for.
Since the number of shelves, as well as the total length of the pipes, is easily adjustable, let's dwell on the general scheme for the manufacture of this designer furniture.
Work begins with the preparation of shelves from wood. They are applied with a special oil or wax to get a smooth textured surface.
It would be nice if the shelves initially had an interesting texture.
If you cover the shelves more and polyurethane varnish on a water basis, they will acquire even more magnificent radiance.
After allowing the structure to dry, in each corner of the lower shelf, round flanges about 2 cm from the edge.
The location of the connecting parts is marked with a pencil.
The shelves are stacked and clamped with clamps.
A pilot hole is drilled through the center of the flange through the first and second flanges. For the next boards in order, the size of the drill needs to be changed to a larger one, since pipes will pass through them in the future.
Start assembling.
Each flange is placed on the bottom shelf above the pilot hole and fixed to the surface.
Insert into holes galvanized pipes of the desired length, threaded at both ends and tightened in the flange with a wrench. A coupling is installed in the upper part.
When all the parts are mounted, flanges are screwed to the tops of the pipes and fixed to the top shelf.
The finished shelf can be made mobile if you install wheels on the bottom board.
The headset will be more stable if you attach it to the wall with special studs or install an L-shaped bracket.
Do-it-yourself kitchen shelf
Men will probably never understand why the housewives do not have enough shelves in the kitchen, but few will deny themselves the pleasure of surprising her with a simple but functional shelf in the kitchen with their own hands.
It is quite easy to make it. Need to make two boards, preferably from hard rocks of the same length. One of them will be installed horizontally for various utensils, and the other vertically. It will be fitted with wooden pegs on which you can hang cups, potholders and more. Board widths may vary slightly.
On a plate for cups mark out places for perches. It is better to apply the markings symmetrically, then the extreme ones will be at an equal distance from the edges of the plank.
Following the markup, drill holes corresponding to the diameter of the pole.
Using a jig, this is a special drilling tool, you can make several holes to connect both planks. In extreme cases, you can also use a countersink, then the recesses under the heads of the screws will need to be hidden with plugs.
wooden pole polished sandpaper and sawn into equal parts.
The holes for the perches are lubricated from the inside with carpentry glue and inserted pegs. They should perform the same. Excess adhesive mass is wiped off with a napkin.
If the pegs are very tight, you can use hammer.
Glued to their end circles either plywood or wood. Do the same with excess glue.
The shelf is generally ready, it remains polish fine emery and take care of the appearance: process wood stain and varnish or paint.
Two holes are drilled in the vertical board of the shelves, through which the shelf will be fixed to the wall with screws. The places for the heads of the screws are countersinked, and they themselves are closed with decorative plugs.
When installing shelves use a level.
Do-it-yourself plexiglass shelf
Such a shelf looks very light, without loading the interior with anything. Do-it-yourself transparent shelf is made from a strip plexiglass of a given size, which is installed on the original support of beads.
It is more convenient to cut it out of a sheet when buying immediately in a store.
Screws are selected on the basis that the diameter of its head must exceed the hole of the bead. If this is a problem, a washer can be used.
Beads before installation you need paint gold spray paint.
Paint the wooden beads with gold spray paint.
In the wall drilled pilot holes.
Six beads are put on the screw, screwed into the wall and leveled. The same is repeated with the second. For a concrete wall, dowels are used, in the case of a frame wall, the screws must enter the wooden racks.
A plexiglass plate is placed on the resulting supports.
The shelf thickness of 1.2 cm provides sufficient rigidity, but not so much as to lay out heavy objects on it.
Do-it-yourself hanging shelf on belts
To make such a design is extremely simple.
Need to prepare board a convenient size and sand the surfaces of all edges with sandpaper.
If the texture of the wood is not expressive enough and you would like to hide it, you can paint.
From two identical belts buckles are removed from leather (textile), as well as all other metal parts.
At the ends of each of them drill holes small diameter.
The belts are folded in half so that a the loop. They are fixed on the wall, positioned from each other at a distance slightly less than the length of the plank.
The board is inserted into the hinges and leveled so that it is parallel to the floor.
If you want to fix the board more securely, you can additionally fix the belt with a few screws from the bottom side.
Shelf of construction pallets
Times change, tastes change. Today, many are trying to use industrial decor in their homes, replacing elegant pieces of furniture with deliberately rough ones. Individual elements can be made independently, for example, a do-it-yourself shelf from wooden construction pallets.
For one bookcase, you need to disassemble two pallets. The result is:
The following parts are sawn from this material and polished either with sandpaper or with a special nozzle on a drill:
Boards: Quantity - Dimensions (mm)
- 4 - 640x145
- 2 - 680x145
- 2 - 840x145
- 2 - 290x145
- 2 - 640x100
- 2 - 840x100
- 2 - 290x50
Checkers: quantity - dimensions (mm)
The shelf is assembled in the following order:
For the base take two narrow boards 640x100 each and fasten along the edges of the checkers. Wide 290x145 are attached to the checkers perpendicular to the narrow boards, aligning them on equal sides.
To the end grounds two boards are fixed vertically with self-tapping screws: narrow (840x100) and wide (840x145). Repeat the same operation with the opposite end of the base.
Finishing up box future whatnot, fixing two wide boards (680x145) on top. To avoid cracking the wood, you can pre-drill holes in them with a thin drill.
Then two wide boards (640x145) are attached to the base. The bottom shelf is ready.
For the rest of the shelves you will need support bars. To do this, the narrowest boards (290x50) are attached at the desired height.
The remaining boards measuring 640x145 are attached to the installed planks. It is advisable to fix them with screws and from the ends. This will give the structure durability and greater reliability.
The resulting bookcase can be used as a rack for your favorite things, and as a shelf for shoes with your own hands.
DIY painting shelf
You won’t believe it, but you can make an unusual original shelf on the wall for your favorite picture yourself, and from a simple set that you can buy at any supermarket.
Creating this masterpiece will greatly simplify Dremel 300- multifunctional tool with a large number of high-quality nozzles and a milling machine Dremel 231. The point is this: in order for the picture to slide off the shelf, a groove must be made on its surface.
The boards are placed on the milling table and turned upside down, mark the cut line for groove and using the guides on the milling table set the desired depth for it.
Perform a groove.
Wooden wall shelf paint desired color and allowed to dry.
Attached to her holders and strictly horizontally attached to the wall. The direction is regulated using the building level.
Do-it-yourself children's shelf in the form of a horse
From several wooden boards, you can create a fun bookshelf where your little one will happily store their books.
Required for work sample pony horses. You can draw it yourself or with the help of special computer programs. The template is printed out and a stencil of the main details of the future pony shelf is cut out: legs, head and tail.
Do-it-yourself children's shelf. A photo
Stencils are placed on separate boards, outlined along the contour and cut out parts with the appropriate tool.
clean up surfaces of parts and edges with sandpaper.
The “legs” are attached to the “body” with furniture screws, then the head and tail are glued.
You can go over the product with sandpaper again.
"Horse" coloring.
In a few hours, the miracle shelf will be ready for use.
Shelf-shelf
Here are two bookcase ideas that you can easily make yourself.
The first of the 40 mm edged board is extremely simple. Bookcase assembled:
The height and width of the structure are arbitrary and are selected locally. If desired, the bookcase can be fixed in the upper part, and rubber heels can be stuffed along the bottom of the boards.
Second - S - figurative. For manufacturing, you can use trimming boards, plywood or chipboard. For one section of the structure, 16 rectangular blanks are needed, for example, 300x150 mm.
Blanks set in a certain order, at each stage three.
The first workpiece is placed on the floor. A second one is attached to it at a right angle, joining them in width on the left. The third in width is joined with the first along its length, starting from the far right corner.
The fourth, fifth, sixth - are assembled symmetrically, exactly the opposite.
It is very simple to check how correctly the figure has developed: the second, third and fourth boards should form the letter S.
Experienced craftsmen advise first to assemble the design in rough on wooden pins and fit the blanks, and when disassembling, number the parts from the end.
Every detail then sanded sandpaper and begin to collect them, according to the numbering. PVA glue is applied to the joint lines and grooves and tightly clamped, holding in this state for some time.
The assembled bookcase is varnished or painted.
DIY shoe rack
The main problem for the hallway at all times is shoes. How to deal with the perpetrators of the riots, and do it as economically as possible? The best solution is to make a shoe rack with your own hands.
Let's share some interesting ideas.
From plywood. More often they make a modular whatnot, which is attached to the wall and saves space. Using a jigsaw, plywood is cut into identical rectangular planks, then gently sanded. U-shaped structures are assembled from parts and “invested” one into the other, forming a structure resembling a labyrinth.
From tree. From a wooden board cut blanks with a width of 250-350 mm and a thickness of about 20 mm. The next steps are:
Saw the side walls about 800-900 mm long.
Cut out four shelves of 600-700 mm.
All additional details are being prepared: crossbeams and support rails.
All blanks are polished.
The support bars are fixed to the side walls with self-tapping screws.
Shelves are laid on them.
Metal corners are attached to the rear end part.
The finished product can be varnished or painted.
From profile. A galvanized or regular profile plus tempered glass is all you need to build a do-it-yourself shoe rack in a modern high-tech style.
A section of the profile of the desired length is applied to the wall and fixed for the time being with one self-tapping screw.
Check the horizontal level of the profile line.
Screw in the rest of the screws.
Assemble the frame.
Install glass shelves.
From boxes. This is the most economical option for a do-it-yourself shoe rack, both in terms of cost and dimensions.
The contours of the parts are drawn on the cardboard of the box.
They are cut out using a special cardboard knife.
Then boxes are folded from rectangles, which are superimposed on each other. This is how the recesses for the shoes are formed.
Fasteners are made with staples.
The shelf is assembled on the wall, then glued with a decorative film.
Photo of unusual shelves on the wall
An interesting composition on the wall of the living room, which combines several unusual shelving, made in the same style and color scheme, but different in configuration and size.
On the wall shelves you can store not only books, there is also a place for albums, glass and porcelain figurines, cute knick-knacks, flower pots.
Bright and eye-catching, the whimsical branches of the Flex Shelf give you extra space to compactly house books and magazines.
These shelves are a real art object on the wall, far from the traditional way of decorating the interior. The combination of classic and modern forms of shelves, scattered on the wall, instantly attracts attention.
The TV in this composition looks like a “modern picture” in a frame, inside which open shelves are asymmetrically located. They can be placed decorative elements, photographs and more.
A bright and creative shelf in the shape of a bat looks incredibly original. It will equally stylishly decorate the living room, bedroom or nursery of a lover of original solutions. 
In a new review, the author has collected examples of shelving and shelves that you can concoct with your own hands. They must be used, of course, for their intended purpose. Having looked at the photographs collected here, you can easily make sure that there is nothing fundamentally complicated in the proposed version.
1. In the shape of a circle
The original round shelf, the edging of which is made of thin fiberboard, and the shelves themselves are made of an ordinary board, painted white. Of course, this design is not suitable for storing the entire home library, but it can accommodate a few educational books, a small houseplant and a couple of framed pictures.
2. Hanging shelf
An adorable hanging shelf that can be made from a few used books or notebooks of the same size. Such a shelf is not only suitable for storing cosmetics and small decor items, but in itself will be a wonderful decoration for any wall.
3. Arrow
Stylish bookshelf in the form of an illuminated arrow, made from the remnants of metal water pipes, will perfectly fit into the interior of a teenage boy's room or a bachelor's apartment.
4. Practical and unusual
An original and practical shelf that can be made from a small tray from an old cart and a few wooden bars. Such a shelf is reliable and spacious and is suitable for storing a variety of things.
5. Charming shelving
Stylish and original rack, made from a slightly modified and white-painted door. Filled with favorite books, candles, family photos and small decor items, this shelving unit will be a real highlight of any space.
6. Narrow slats
Old skis that have been gathering dust in the pantry for many years can be used to create unusual shelves. Such shelves will perfectly fit into the interior of the nursery and are suitable for storing toys and books.
7. Stylish copper
Massive shelves made of wood, pasted over with a stylish copper-colored film, are perfect for placing house plants.
8. Old pallet
An old wooden pallet is easy enough to turn into an original shelf for storing magazines and family pictures.
9. Industrial style
Stylish storage system in the current industrial style, which can be made of wood or MDF boards, painted gray and interconnected by a structure of metal water pipes.
10. Bright honeycombs
Original shelves made of bright gift hexagonal boxes attached to mirrors of the same shape. Of course, this design is not suitable for storing large heavy items, but it is suitable for storing small things and decor items dear to the heart, and will also become a unique wall decoration.
11. Stylish transformation
The drawers of an old discarded table can be used to create original shelves. Neatly painted and customized, the boxes can be mounted to the wall, both vertically and horizontally, and used to store a variety of things.
12. Rough design
Rough shelves made of untreated wood, opened with varnish or paint, will perfectly fit into the interior of a room decorated in a rustic or country style.
13. Abundance of cells
A huge wall-to-wall shelving unit made from many brightly colored wooden crates can be a stylish and budget-friendly alternative to a massive store-bought wardrobe.
14. Wicker basket
MDF shelves.
Compact MDF shelves with fruit slices painted under them will become a bright and functional decoration of the kitchen wall.
17. Rustic style
A solid piece of bark or unfinished wood can be turned into a fantastic hanging shelf that is an ingenious alternative to a standard bedside table.
Such a shelf will perfectly fit into the middle of a bare wall, remove the look of emptiness and make your home more comfortable and functional.
You can put books, photo frames, various figurines and much more on the shelf.
The shelf has zoning, as a result, you can put everything in a row and it will not look like a mess.
For work, we need a sheet of plywood and a woodworking tool. Nothing scarce, everything can be found in almost any garage.
We mark the sheet of plywood according to the sketch I made earlier. I took all sizes by eye, according to my idea. So look and change as you like, you may not like such a large size of coca I took.
We cut the sheet into strips of the width we need. Then we draw a hemispherical surface. In the role of a compass, I used a rope and a simple pencil.
We cut out six identical elements.
Then we align the edges and remove bumps and burrs with a grinder.
I sawed out the grooves with a jigsaw. Trying to put together a shelf. If everything is fine and nothing interferes, and does not stick out, we disassemble. Lubricate the joints with glue and re-assemble the entire structure.
Then we paint. You can walk with a stain in a couple of layers, and varnish on top. And you can immediately varnish with dye.
The shelf is fixed to the wall with the help of such fasteners, which you can easily buy at any store that sells fasteners.
Two fasteners will be enough.