Then decide on the height and number of shelves you will use and mark their placements.
Building a pantry shelf.
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.
Although they re still tbp to be painted i m so excited to share how we built pantry shelving for our beach house.
The middle two shelves are installed 12 inches apart.
Learn how to build strong and sturdy pantry shelving or walk in closet shelving or garage shelves with this detailed tutorial.
They re surprisingly straightforward to construct they re made entirely of two things.
How to build your own pantry system.
They can also be made to rotate and stack in layers expanding and collapsing in on each other.
But today i m sharing how we.
Plan out how you want your shelves to be installed in the pantry.
We patched the holes and painted the the pantry then began installing our wall braces.
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.
With the design materials and walls ready it was time to start building the pantry closet shelving.
They were custom cut to fit inside our.
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.
The top four shelves are 11 inches deep.
Custom shelving in a nook.
Apply an interior semi gloss paint on both sides of each shelf and allow to dry image 2.
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 ve lived in our home for four months now and we re finally nearing the end of the pantry project.
Customize the shelves using a jigsaw.
Cutting wood for the pantry closet shelves.
Using several pieces of scrap 2 x 8 birch plywood i cut out 5 pantry shelves each approximately 37 x 14 25.
The diyer who created this pantry shelving project made use of a natural stepback in the house s layout to create pantry shelving flush to the wall.
Have your local home improvement cut the shelves for you.
I m almost ready to show you the whole glorious project.
How to build pantry shelves getting started.