Building A Pantry Shelf

We ve lived in our home for four months now and we re finally nearing the end of the pantry project.

Building a pantry shelf.

This pantry has high end looks with a diy concept. 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. How to build pantry shelves getting started. Using several pieces of scrap 2 x 8 birch plywood i cut out 5 pantry shelves each approximately 37 x 14 25.

With the design materials and walls ready it was time to start building the pantry closet shelving. I m almost ready to show you the whole glorious project. They were custom cut to fit inside our. 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.

Cutting wood for the pantry closet shelves. They can also be made to rotate and stack in layers expanding and collapsing in on each other. To install the wall braces you ll need to find the studs in your wall s and mark their location. Then decide on the height and number of shelves you will use and mark their placements.

But today i m sharing how we. The top four shelves are 11 inches deep. How to build your own pantry system. Have your local home improvement cut the shelves for you.

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. Custom shelving in a nook. Although they re still tbp to be painted i m so excited to share how we built pantry shelving for our beach house. We patched the holes and painted the the pantry then began installing our wall braces.

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. 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. 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. 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.