DIY shelves

Shelves are a very special kind of piece of furniture. It is both an interior item and a place to store a wide variety of items. In addition, making shelves with your own hands is quite simple for a professional craftsman or designer, as well as for a beginner. This article is devoted to different ways of making this furniture. A tastefully selected shelf will emphasize the stylishness of the interior and help bring original touches to it.

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Classification

Depending on the design, these types of shelves are distinguished:

• Classic. Classical-style shelves are simple in shape; they are easy to make on their own.
• Corner Convenient for use in small rooms. Their peculiarity is that they have the shape of a triangle and are fixed immediately on two walls. Such shelves can be external, they are convenient for the kitchen, bathroom or bathroom.
• Mounted. Most often they are located above the average level and do not occupy much useful space.
• Floor standing. Such furniture is often located on legs. For greater strength, floor shelves are fixed to the wall.
• Moduses. These are shelves with various sizes of used parts. Suitable for use in interiors of modern styles.
• Exclusive. Such products have an unusual design. Shelves from old drawers, a TV, an old suitcase or plastic pipes that have served their age, look beautiful.

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Hallway

The first thing a person needs when he enters an apartment is a place to place shoes:

• Shelves for the hallway are usually floor, but there is also a wall option.
• Most often, such products are made of wood or plywood sheets. The simplest option is a few boards knocked together by means of crossbars. Dimensions and shape of the finished product may be different. It all depends on what materials you have and on the footage of the room.
• As for the finish, the most common algorithm is this. The finished product is annealed with a blowtorch, then coated with stain and varnish.

Important! To anneal or not is a matter of taste, but it is desirable to varnish the surface, since the varnish makes the shelves completed by sight and protects the surface from moisture.

If you use chipboard for the manufacture of shelves, you need to take care of the processing of the ends and edges. To do this, there is a special melamine tape of various shades and sizes. Stick melamine tape with an iron.

Shelf for little things

It is made from chipboard. Such products are well suited for storing hats and small items. Homemade furniture with built-in lamps looks especially original.

Important! The most uncomplicated option is to use a regular LED flashlight. If, on the contrary, you place a mirror, you get a beautiful and cozy interior.

A jigsaw is used for cutting curly elements, preferably an electric one. If the work is not a sheet material, but a board made of natural wood, then use a special burning jigsaw equipped with nichrome thread. This results in an already annealed surface with beautiful streaks of stripes.

Important! Used for the manufacture of shelves and metal wire. It turns out a mesh structure in several tiers. Individual elements are welded or braided.

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Kitchen

This is one of the places in the house where shelves are indispensable. When making them, it is necessary to take into account that they are in harmony with the overall design and are convenient for the hostess of the house.

Important! Another requirement is reliability. They can be used for storing kitchen utensils, cutlery and food.

An interesting option for the kitchen is a shelf for storing bottles:

• Two bars or boards are fastened together by means of a thorn-groove connection or on self-tapping screws.
• In the main bracket, a hole for the neck of the bottle is drilled with a jigsaw or drill.
• The structure is varnished and fixed on the wall.

Important! The best option is a shelf for storing 3 to 5 bottles. Otherwise, there is a chance to pass for an experienced sommelier. It is advisable to place such a shelf in a dark place, since good wines are stored in a dark place.

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Shelves for flowers

Home flowers are an important factor in maintaining an optimal indoor climate. Design can be very different - from classic to exclusive.

Old suitcases are great for making shelves for home plants. As a rule, their surface is made of waterproof material. Therefore, the product is not afraid of water when watering plants.

To make such a product is quite simple.

1. Saw off part of the suitcase.
2. Make a frame from the planks so that the entire structure does not bend under the weight of flower pots.
3. Attach the frame to the base of waterproof plywood.
4. Fix the structure to the wall using screws, angles or dowels.
5. Treat the surface of the suitcase with your own decor.

Shelves on the wall with their own hands are ready! Now there is a place to place several more flowerpots with flowers.

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DIY bookshelf

This option is for those who have a lot of books in the apartment. Despite the dominance of electronic sources of information, classic paper books do not lose ground. Making a shelf with your own hands to place literature is a simple process:

1. Saw a few veneers of the same width.
2. Fix them at different heights.
3. Paint the structure or coat it with stain.

The place to store books is ready! It remains only to fix the shelves with your own hands on the wall.

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Children

A beautiful shelf with your own hands for a children's room will come in handy. As a rule, children have many toys. In addition to the usual wood, you can use other materials. For example, PVC pipes.

How to make a shelf on the wall with your own hands from pipe segments:

• Take pipes with a diameter of 10 cm.
• Cut identical pieces 30 cm long.
• Fix the segments with each other using special glue or tightening.

Important! The fixing order can be different - bee honeycombs, in a checkerboard pattern.

• Sand the ends of the pipes for safety.
• Paint the structure or glue it with a special self-adhesive film.

Important! It is desirable that bright colors prevail in the nursery, so you can use dyes of different colors.

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Bathroom

Do-it-yourself shelves on the wall for the bathroom have their own peculiarity, namely: they must be made of material that is not afraid of water.

The procedure for making shelves in the bathroom is quite simple:

• Take the plastic window sill, cut it into pieces of the desired length and fix them on the wall.
• Close end sections with plugs.
• You can fix the plastic as you like - up or down shoulder. In the latter case, a protective edge is obtained.

Important! It is advisable to use the mount hidden, in the form of chrome holders or brackets. They can be purchased at the plumbing store.

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Useful manufacturing tips

Before you make a shelf with your own hands made of wood, check out our helpful tips to help you avoid annoying mistakes when working with wood:

• Choose dry wood that is free from knots and cracks for work.
• When fastening parts with screws, it is advisable to drill holes for screws with a smaller diameter than the screws themselves. Conventional self-tapping screws can be replaced with furniture mounts - confirmates.
• To connect parts using grooves, recesses or dowels, it is desirable to use solid wood: ash, maple, oak.
• To screw it into the solid wood better, rub it on a piece of soap.

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Stock footage

Do not be afraid to show imagination and creativity. Making shelves with your own hands is possible not only from familiar materials, but also from old things - guitars, TVs, wooden boxes or pallets. Unusual and original products will help to make the interior unique.