These 3 Easy DIY wall supports make it easy to add a shelf where you need it, from your kitchen or bathroom to the living room or the bedroom.
3 Easy DIY DIY WOOD WOODER
Building a shelf is a DIY project of great start, economy, requires minimal tools and easy to customize. You can buy economic shelf supports to make open shelves in any home improvement store or even Walmart … or you can pick up some pieces of wood from the scrap bourge and do your own!
The best part of making your own DIY supports is to control the support size for a personalized adjustment for the depth of your desired shelf: you can even paste 2 supports for a thicker shelf support.
In this blog post, we will show you 3 ways to build a wooden shelf supportwith different supports and size styles to adapt to what you need. You will only need the wood of your choice and some basic tools.
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Materials and tools to build a DIY wall shelf support
- Woods: Depending on the shelf support style, you will want a 1 × 8, 2 × 8 or 2 × 10, or 4 × 4 board. The basic pine is the cheapest and takes well paint; If you are looking for a beautiful stained wood shelf support, consider investing in hard wooden boards.
- Groin and/or puzzle saw
- Drill
Note: These shelf supports combined with a wood shelf of 1 1/2 ″ are strong enough to decorate and other lighter items. For heavy loads, such as books or dishes, shelves must be installed safely in wall bolts.
Simple DIY DIY WALL WALL SUPPORT
For this simple decorative decorative support, all you need is a piece of 4 × 4 wood (or larger), a groin saw and a drill to hang the shelf support on the wall.
Sarah showed us how to do these simple corbel shelf supports step by step:
- Cort the lower part of the support board to the angle you want. Most groin mountains will be cut at an angle of 45 degrees. To cut a more pronounced angle for a longer support face, just follow Justin’s instructions here to use a piece of wood to create a new fence and cut an angle of 50 degrees (or more) with an groin saw.
- Then measure 1-3 ″ up from the top of the groin cut and cut the upper part of the support at an angle of 90 degrees, to hold the shelf.
- Repeat to create a second shelf support.
- Stain or paint the shelf support (and the shelf) as you want.
To hang the supports of the supports, PREDRILLEN 2 holes through the angled edge of the support and to the posts on the wall, then make sure with 3 -inch screws. (If there are no wall bolts where you want the shelf, use plaster panel anchors). Use a laser level to make sure the supports are level at the same height.
Cort the 2 × 6, 2 × 8 or 2 × 10 table at the length of the desired shelf, and adhere to the supports with wood glue and 1-2 screws through the shelf to each support.
Basic curved wall shelf support
It is very easy to make your own curvilinear wood shelf, and this is a great project to use a little junk wood * and * to practice cutting curves with your puzzle or parchment saw. You will need a 2 × 8 table or remains, a puzzle, a drill and 2 lock eye hangers.
Ananda gave us the easy wood support instructions step by step (including a printable template!):
- Draw your curved support (or use the free printable template) and trace 2 on the 2 × 8 plate.
- Use a puzzle to cut both curved edges.
- Tighten the 2 pieces and sand the rough edges along the soft curves to match.
- Attach a lock eye hanger on the back of each support. The hanger can be joined at rake or use a router or a small forest drill to recess the hanger slightly on the back of the support.
Use wooden glue and screws or nails to join a board to the top of the supports to form the shelf. (Or, be creative and use old books to make a shelf as Ananda did!) Install screws in the asparagus (or wall anchors) to hang the shelf with the hangers of the lock.
If you have a router, you can dress the simple curvilinear support as Sara did it in its extra wives here.
Wall shelf support in vintage layers
This layer support in layers is a beautiful combination of a thick support and a curved support, and so simple to do! Simply take your puzzle, a 1 × 8 and a 2 × 10 (complete boards or remains) and a bit of wood glue to add this decorative element to your shelf.
Amy shared step by step instructions, and can Download the printable template here.
- Trace 2 pieces of external support in the 1 × 8 and 1 support piece of the 1 × 10.
- Cut the 3 pieces of the support with a puzzle (or scroll or band saw sierra) and gently sand the rough sections to remove pencil marks.
- Paste and nail the parts of the external support to the internal support piece, one on each side, flush with the upper part and fall approximately 1/4 ″ at the curved edges.
- Measure and cut a piece of 3/4 ″ wood from thickness to approximately 1 ″ x 8 ″ to fill the upper part of the decorative section. Paste and nail it instead.
To hang the shelf supports, you can pierce holes through the central section of the support or use keyboard eyebills on the back of the support. Like the other shelf supports, you will join the shelf to the supports with glue with nails or screws through the shelf and towards the support.
Other uses for DIY shelf supports
The supports are functional support for the shelves, and can also be a beautiful visual addition to other horizontal shelves in their home, such as the island of your kitchen, a shelf or even a door.
The supports can also be used as a holder on an open shelf, simply turns the back upside down like this simple IKEA shelf trick. (This will reduce the weight limit on the shelf, for your information).
And if you need a cheap and easy open shelves system with strong brackets, see how we did the cheapest and easiest open shelves with supports that disappear.
Frequent DIY shelf support questions
How much weight can contain the DIY WOODER SUPPORTS?
The weight limit of the shelf is partly determined by the materials and partly by the attachment to the asparagus. For these 3 types of shelves, using a 1 1/2 ″ shelf around 30 ″ or less length and safely attached to 2 posts, I would estimate that shelves can easily contain more than 20 pounds (10 lbs per study accessory) and probably even more, that is a conservative estimate!
If you want to add additional strength to the DIY supports, use this trick that we saw in the house parade: add a horizontal support table along the shelf. This installation also uses some additional vertical tables for a clean and pleasant appearance.
Should the shelves excel the supports?
Yes, from a visual and structural point of view, shelves can excel. However, the front edge of the shelf should not be more than a couple of inches on the front of the support.
What size should the shelf supports be?
As a general rule for shelves, the shelf support must be higher than deep, and the depth of the support must be at least 2/3 of the depth of the shelf (and more will be stronger). The shelf support must connect to the bolts in 2 locations, and to the shelf in 2 points, minimum.
Is it first attached in parentheses to a wall or shelf?
Either, depending on the project. Attaching the supports to the shelf first guarantees that they are level and square with the shelf, but unite the supports to the wall can first be easier to guarantee a safe accessory to the wall (without the shelf on the road).
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Lorene has been behind the scene here in Reodelaholic for more than a decade! She believes that planning projects and completing them are two different hobbies, but that does not prevent her from planning at least a dozen projects at a given time. He spends his free time creating memories with her husband and 5 children, traveling to where she can pay and participating in the books in any way available.
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