Building A Pantry Shelf

To install the wall braces you ll need to find the studs in your wall s and mark their location.

Building a pantry shelf.

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. With the design materials and walls ready it was time to start building the pantry closet shelving. How to build your own pantry system. Custom shelving in a nook.

We ve lived in our home for four months now and we re finally nearing the end of the pantry project. Apply an interior semi gloss paint on both sides of each shelf and allow to dry image 2. But today i m sharing how we. I m almost ready to show you the whole glorious project.

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. They re surprisingly straightforward to construct they re made entirely of two things. 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.

Cutting wood for the pantry closet shelves. How to build pantry shelves getting started. Customize the shelves using a jigsaw. Using several pieces of scrap 2 x 8 birch plywood i cut out 5 pantry shelves each approximately 37 x 14 25.

They were custom cut to fit inside our. Then decide on the height and number of shelves you will use and mark their placements. The top four shelves are 11 inches deep. Have your local home improvement cut the shelves for you.

Although they re still tbp to be painted i m so excited to share how we built pantry shelving for our beach house. Learn how to build strong and sturdy pantry shelving or walk in closet shelving or garage shelves with this detailed tutorial. Plan out how you want your shelves to be installed in the pantry. 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.

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. We patched the holes and painted the the pantry then began installing our wall braces.