Books can be compactly placed on the shelves, where it is much more convenient to find and pull out the desired instance if necessary. As a rule, bookshelves for multi-tiered structures are made of wood or chipboard, but you can order completely metal structures or choose glass shelves - airy, transparent and seemingly weightless. When choosing a floor or wall model of a bookcase, it is advisable to take into account the interior design so that a number of shelves in several tiers harmoniously fit into the overall style.
At the heart of the design of a wooden or glass shelving is a metal rod to which brackets are attached to install shelves on them. When assembled, the structure looks like a sail. It is easy to hang it on the wall or strengthen it in the form of spacers between the floor and ceiling. There are very simple but very functional bookcase models for home spaces that you can quickly make and assemble with your own hands. Next, you will find step-by-step master classes with photos and visual video tutorials on making wooden (or chipboard, MDF) shelves and assembled on metal rods in several tiers for beautiful placement of books.
♦ STEP-BY-STEP WORKSHOPS:
VERY EASY WAY TO MAKE A FLOOR OR WALL BOOK RACK FROM MDF WITH FRAME SHELVES .
HOW MAKE A FLOOR RACK ON LEGS FROM WOODEN BOARDS.
LEARNING MAKE A MULTILAYER SERIES OF SHELVES FOR A HOME LIBRARY .
CLASSICAL OPTION OF A BOOK SHELF FROM WOODEN BOARDS AND METAL PIPES .
Another novelty is mobile metal racks on wheels for the home. In the apartment, they can be easily and freely moved, quickly installing where there is a need. This is a very comfortable and multifunctional piece of furniture. Shelving for the home can be used as a partition, dividing the room into zones. On it you can place not only books, but also install equipment. Such mobile racks can have a different shape. For example, a round wheeled cabinet has been released, the frame of which is made of aluminum, and other parts are made of transparent plastic. Shelves in mobile racks have a variety of shapes and colors. There are models with round, rectangular, curved shelves, as well as shelves in the form of boxes or boxes. These convenient multi-tiered structures are made of glass, metal, wood or plastic.
♦ OPTIONS FOR FLOOR AND WALL (SUSPENDED) RACKS FOR BOOK:
The design of many metal and wooden corner bookcases includes lighting. Small lamps can be inserted into the shelves, and glass showcases will be lit from below or from above. Often the shelves are illuminated from behind, which creates an unusual effect of a fairy tale in the room.
Furniture manufacturers took into account the interests of lovers of books and periodicals. For them, special shelves are produced on the entire wall, on the shelves of which it is possible to place the entire home library.
Multi-tiered systems with shelves of different sizes, developed by the Italian designer Bianchi, are distinguished by particular convenience and high practicality. These metal racks can be successfully placed in the corners of rooms. Bedside tables and wardrobes fit easily into the corner of the living space, as the only component of this furniture is a front panel with a revolving door. The lightweight structure can be mounted on corner walls that will also serve as cabinet walls.
Another interesting detail of such a cabinet or bedside table: the outside of the door can be made inside, and vice versa. If necessary, it can be left in a position where both sides are visible. Such furniture will be especially convenient in the hallway, as it can be used as a hanger. In the bedroom
it will serve as a chest of drawers, and in the office as furniture that organizes the workplace. In addition, toys and bedding can be hidden in closets. A low cabinet can easily be turned into a bar or TV stand.
♦ VIDEO TUTORIALS
Books, regardless of the genre of works, must always be kept in order. As a rule, special cabinets or mezzanines are used to store paper literature. Hanging shelves for books are very popular. These devices can be made independently. Next, we will figure out how to make a shelf for books with your own hands.
simple designs
The most common are book shelves, which consist of upright posts with holes drilled into them. Special pegs are inserted into them. On them, in fact, the shelf for books is kept. It is not difficult to make such a design with your own hands. Wooden bars or metal can be used as racks. Steel corners can be book shelf holders.
Shelving
They are different. Shelves for books of the simplest design are made using bars stacked on both sides. They fit on top. The dimensions of the shelves for books can also be different. It all depends on the number and dimensions of the publications themselves. For example, there may be shelves for books, the dimensions of which are 220x22x2 cm. It is recommended to use bars from larch, pine or fir. It is also quite possible to use chipboard or elements of old furniture. For the construction of a medium-sized rack (5 shelves), about 65 bars will be required. Metal structures are also popular. They are collapsible, as a rule. When increasing or decreasing the number of volumes, book shelves can be added or removed. You can mount the lamps on the back of the rack. If desired, bars and shelves can be painted, wallpapered. Such a simple design is suitable for a room decorated in a minimalist style.
Important point
When a do-it-yourself book shelf is assembled, the distance between the support bars should be at least 1.2 meters. Otherwise, the panel will sag under the weight of the literature. In general, such a design will look unattractive.
Is it possible to do without bars?
Can. Not everyone would like to see bars on the walls. There are two other ways to make a bookcase.
1. The first option. In this case, the rack looks like a box. It is built in between two walls. This is how a niche is formed. The vertical sides are not formed by a solid board. They are made up of scraps, the thickness and width of which is the same as that of a book shelf. These parts are supporting and are used instead of bars. The design is assembled like this:
The second option - invisible mounts
The shelf for books on the wall can be mounted so that the fixing elements are completely invisible. In this case, the boards are mounted on long screws (there should be 4 of them - 2 on each side). They are screwed using wooden plugs (rods). The part of the screw that protrudes from the wall will be the support for the shelf. To decorate the protruding element, you can use a plastic tube of the desired diameter. It can be transparent or dyed in any suitable color. Screws are recommended to be used with a round head. In the areas where these support elements will be screwed in, holes of the appropriate diameter should be drilled. Hardwood pins can be used instead of metal screws. Being also supporting elements, they must be included in the recesses that are made on the underside of each shelf. Difficulties may arise with the installation of pins strictly horizontally. To control the position (vertical/horizontal) it is necessary to use a level. There are also supports in the form of a violin, with a coupling or screw thread. It is enough to simply install shelves on them - both made of wood and glass. Such structures are quite durable and attractive in appearance. The holes for the support parts must be drilled precisely so that they are exactly parallel.
Cremaliers
You can install shelves along the wall without forming a niche. Here it would be possible to fix the consoles using rack-and-pinion brackets (kremaliers). There are different types of frame designs. For example, there are those where the vertical slats are covered with panels of lacquered or waxed wood or plywood, which is covered with material. As a result, only shelves and consoles are visible. This design allows you to completely mask any surface defects. You can also use metal or wooden racks, which are positioned from ceiling to floor. Blocks are fixed on them - quadrangular compartments. Shelves are fastened with expansion screws.
Hanging shelves
Instead of conventional designs, you can make hinged open shelves or cabinets without a back wall. They are easily fixed with two bolts and brackets. The first is screwed into the wall. Staples (pendants) are fixed to the shelves on the reverse side. The latter can also be fixed in racks with notches. In this case, they will be invisible. Such hinged shelves are assembled from chipboard. Two-centimeter boards are joined to each other using a plug-in spike, puttied and painted.
Rack "cubes"
This is what a children's bookshelf might look like. The construction device based on the principle of playing with cubes allows you to create fun structures, based on numerous combinations. By stacking individual drawers in a herringbone pattern in the center of the room, you can separate the two parts of the library with editions of different subjects. For example, it can be entertaining and educational literature. Bookshelves-boxes can also be placed along the walls at a certain distance between structures. The gaps between the boxes can also be used to increase the total amount of storage. Boxes are assembled from chipboard, the thickness of which is 1 cm. The dimensions of the boxes are 50x23x25 cm (approximately). In each box, two boards (top and bottom) of 50x23 cm can be used, the sides are 25x23 cm and the back wall is 48x23 cm. Since the width of all elements does not exceed 23 cm, you only need to cut the details along the length. When cutting, it is recommended to mark and cut the material one by one. You should not draw everything at once. This is due to the probable error when cutting in 3-4 mm.
Box assembly
The side walls are attached to the ribs of the rear side. For fixing, you can use carnations and / or glue. After that, the top board and the bottom are attached to the side and back parts. After that, the entire structure is dried (if glue was used). All sides of the box must be proportional and equal relative to each other. Edges are ground, sharp corners and edges are rounded off. At the end, the structure can be painted. If it is intended for storing children's books, then it can be decorated colorfully, make applications or use multi-colored paint. When choosing materials for finishing, it is necessary to take into account their safety for a person, especially for a child.
Rotating whatnot
It can be a piece of furniture and placed in a recreation area. Very convenient to use whatnot on roller wheels. This design, painted in two colors (red and white or white and ocher), looks very modern and attractive. In general, the design is quite simple to manufacture. The main difficulty can only be fitting and fixing the components at a right angle. To assemble the bookcase you will need:
Preparatory work
Identical shelves are cut from the boards. A support rod is made from a bar (the desired length is sawn off). Draw diagonals on the shelves and draw a square in the center of their intersection. Its cross section must exactly match. A through square is cut out in the upper and lower shelves. It should turn out so that the support beam enters it without difficulty. Sampling of wood can be done using a chisel. Next, side vertical walls-partitions are made. All finished elements are sanded. To facilitate the process, on the shelves - from the bottom and top sides - you need to put marks where the vertical partitions will be located.
Assembly technology
Four vertical partitions are glued and nailed to the support rod. This will form the first floor. The whole structure is glued and nailed to the bottom shelf. The upper edges of the vertical partitions are smeared with glue. The next shelf is mounted on the rod and nailed. Further, the vertical partitions of the next floor are fixed in a similar way. Carnations are clogged obliquely. Their hats need to be drowned with a riveted hammer. By the way, you can replace them. Next, the next shelf is glued and nailed. The work is repeated until all parts are installed. At the level of the last vertical partitions, the supporting central rod is cut off. Next, four side walls are glued and nailed. They should be of such length that their upper part protrudes 1, and the lower part protrudes 2 cm beyond the edges of the horizontal elements. Four rollers are fixed on the axles from below. Their total height is 9 cm. After that, the surfaces are again carefully sanded, all edges are smoothed, and the edges are polished. After completing these works, you can start finishing the whatnot. It can be painted, varnished or decorated with decorative carved elements. This design does not take up much space, compact and convenient.
Today, reading books is not as important as, say, a few years ago. Modern gadgets have successfully replaced paper sources of information and not only books. Nobody argues that a computer or a smartphone has a lot of advantages. A huge amount of information is placed here, and any book can be read online anywhere and at any time. However, nothing can replace the rustle of pages and the unique smell of a book. And now, as before, there are many lovers to sit with a book in hand.
Do-it-yourself bookcase - the perfect solution for any interior
The question of where to store your favorite publications is most often solved traditionally. For this, bookshelves or cabinets for an extensive library are used. You will say that the time of dusty bulky bookcases has sunk into oblivion. We agree, but they were replaced by unusual hinged shelves, interesting double-sided racks, glass display cabinets and similar design delights. In this article, we will figure out how to make a variety of bookshelves, as well as a bookcase and something else.
Choosing a place to place books and material for making shelves
All sorts of pieces of furniture designed to store books are not uncommon for modern stores. However, only do-it-yourself book shelves will fit into the interior of your home as well as possible. Such shelves or a cabinet built from improvised materials are a great opportunity to save on updating the decor. In addition, homemade furnishings can become a real art object that attracts the attention of guests.
Before you make a shelf, you will need to choose a suitable place for it. Remember, books are afraid of excessive moisture and bright sunlight. Therefore, when choosing the ideal place to store books, keep in mind that you can not place shelves for books near a source of moisture, as well as opposite a south window.
Design - the project of shelves or racks can be thought out independently. Usually such pieces of furniture are made of wood. Among the advantages of this material, availability and environmental friendliness should be indicated. In addition, you can use any other materials that can only be purchased at hardware stores:
- laminated MDF and chipboard;
- parquet boards;
- laminate;
- plastic.
Many of them do not even have to be adjusted to the required dimensions, their width often matches the width of the books.
Advice! Remember chipboard contains toxic compounds that can adversely affect health. If using this material, it is necessary to edge the parts with a malamine edge. It is easily glued with an iron.
Who said shelves are boring. Bookshelf a la wood, your children will definitely be delighted with this. A shelf in the form of a Christmas tree can be dressed up all year round, in addition, it is easily transported to another place. Consider how to make such a bookshelf with your own hands and at the same time bring joy to the little household.
It can be made from plywood. Having an approximate diagram at hand, it will not be difficult to create drawings with your own hands. The diagram in the figure is suitable as a starting point. It can be modified when preparing drawings of individual elements in accordance with the dimensions of the desired result.
Operating procedure:
- After the diagrams of the elements of the product are ready, transfer them to the material and cut out the parts with an electric jigsaw or a fine-toothed saw.
- Finished elements, connect with glue and carnations of a suitable size.
- You will need very small nails and must be handled carefully so as not to damage the fragile material.
- Before assembling the parts, treat the plywood with a special antiseptic solution. So you can extend the life of a wood product.
- Also, do not forget to process all the cuts with sandpaper. This will protect you and your children from splinters and abrasions.
- If there is a desire, the parts can be painted before assembly. To achieve the final resemblance to the forest beauty, use green paint.
A Christmas tree isn't the only thing your book stand can look like. Designs in the form of honeycombs look very unusual.
To create such beauty, you need to have minimal skills and knowledge, have a standard set of tools and materials, and of course desire.
It is very easy to make the scheme of such a shelf yourself. All wooden elements must have the same length and end cuts at an angle of 30º. It is only necessary to carefully consider the number of cells and their location.
It is advisable to immediately assemble the entire structure and only then fix it on the wall.
Operating procedure:
- Cut out the required number of wooden elements.
- Carefully sand the saw cuts with sandpaper or a grinder.
- Treat with a protective agent.
- Fasten the structure with glue and screws, bolts or metal brackets.
- Paint or stain, it will give the wood a more expensive look. Coat the product with varnish.
- After drying, place in the intended place.
For a small apartment and a small number of books, you can make a cozy hanging shelf, although it will also fit in the kitchen with success. Even a novice carpenter can make such bookshelves.
You only need suitable material (wooden boards, furniture boards or plywood), as well as ropes for attaching the structure.
Operating procedure:
- Make the required number of shelves according to your size.
- Drill holes for the rope.
- Process the blanks with a grinder or sandpaper.
- Cover with stain, paint, varnish (to your taste).
- It remains to secure the structure with a rope. To do this, strong knots are knitted or pegs are inserted.
- Such a shelf should be fixed to the wall using metal carbines and hooks.
Advice! When creating a shelf for a nursery, do not forget to ask the child to take part in decorating the product. So you will not only give him pleasure, but also let him feel his significance and the value of his advice to you.
classic shelving
Do-it-yourself racking is a bit more troublesome than just a shelf. Its production needs to be approached more deliberately. Let's figure out how to make a classic rack yourself.
This option for storing books seems to be the most preferable due to its functionality. The rack, depending on its size, can be attached to the wall, or it can help to zone the space in the room. You can use it not only for storing books, but also for placing various little things.
With the help of the rack you can zone the space.
To create a rack, you will need detailed drawings of the product. In addition, you should decide in advance on the choice of material from which it will be made, the budget of the event directly depends on this. Shelves made of precious wood look great in a classic interior. However, this is not a cheap option. In this case, we advise you to use modern means for coating wooden products. They will ennoble cheap material.
However, wood can be used if the interior of your house is designed in classical notes. If the apartment is dominated by high-tech or techno style, then it is advisable to prefer other materials. For example, drywall, which is perfect for creating wall structures.
To create a classic wooden shelving unit, you will need the usual carpenter's kit:
- material (wood, plywood, MDF, chipboard or other material at least 2 cm wide). The approximate width of the shelves of the bookcase is 20 cm;
- saw or jigsaw;
- sandpaper or grinder;
- self-tapping screws and a screwdriver;
- protective antiseptic;
- stain, paint, varnish (at your discretion);
- drill;
- level;
- roulette.
Operating procedure:
- First of all, you will need to prepare drawings of the desired result. It is also desirable to draw a scheme for cutting the material.
- Apply the drawings to the material and saw it into the required number of parts. You can use the services of the store where the material was purchased. Modern hardware stores offer services for sawing material, as well as its edging.
- Next, make notches at the junction of the vertical and horizontal parts. And through holes in the side walls at the attachment points. Attention, the diameter of the drill should be slightly smaller than the size of the screws.
- Treat the cut areas with a grinder.
- Using a screwdriver or screwdriver, connect the parts. Before joining, if necessary, treat the material with prepared means for protection and coloring, apply varnish.
- If a back wall is also needed, then it is best to make it from fiberboard. To do this, cut out a part of the appropriate size and attach it at the back.
It remains to install the manufactured piece of furniture.
Bookshelf
DIY bookcase, what could be better? It is this option with doors that is most suitable for storing books. Storing books in a closed place will keep them for a longer time and will also protect you from exposure to dust.
Before you make a bookcase, you need to carefully consider its design. Fortunately, there simply can not be restrictions. Cabinets can be:
- with or without doors;
- horizontal or vertical;
- case or built-in;
- modular, corner and so on.
To create a cabinet, it is preferable to use MDF boards, and for the back wall of fiberboard or masonite.
Traditionally, shelves in a cabinet are attached using brackets or corners, however, shelves cut into the sidewalls look more aesthetically pleasing, but this requires a milling tool and a special nozzle for routing the drill.
After all the details are ready, you can start assembling. It is recommended to fasten the shelves for structural strength using screws. However, you can get by with glue.
The cover is fastened with screws with preliminary countersinking. The faceplates are connected with glue and wooden dowels. The top and bottom pads are attached with glue and connecting pads screwed on from the inside.
For decoration, you can use moldings.
The bookcase is ready.
Storage space for books and small items from improvised materials
As you can see, making a storage place for books on your own is not a troublesome business, and if you use obsolete objects for this, then it is very affordable. To create bookshelves with your own hands from improvised materials, it is enough to show a little ingenuity and imagination, and an old unnecessary thing can get a second life.
Moreover, a shelf can be made from a book with your own hands.
Unusual will look and invisible coasters creating the effect of levitation of books.
Now you know how to make all kinds of bookshelves with your own hands. It remains to bring your most daring projects to life.
Bookshelves: drawings, photo. How to make bookshelves: DIY step by step
Modern bookshelves fulfill not only their intended purpose, but are also part of the interior, bring zest and emphasize the design of the room.
Bookshelves can be made with your own hands from improvised materials, it is enough to show imagination and possess minimal skills in working with wood.
How to make bookshelves.
To make a wooden shelf, you will need the following materials and tools:
- Chipboard, board or MDF.
- Fiberboard or plywood (if the shelf has a back wall).
- Furniture screws.
- Plastic plugs for furniture screws.
- Edge tape (if chipboard or MDF is used).
- Sandpaper.
- Drill with a drill (the diameter of the drill is slightly smaller than the thickness of the screws).
- Wrench for furniture screws.
- Square, tape measure, pencil.
- The hacksaw is fine-toothed.
Furniture screws, plugs and key.
Drawing of a bookshelf.
The photo shows several drawings of bookshelves.
How to make a bookshelf step by step
The first step is to make a sketch of the future bookshelf and make drawings. Further, the process of manufacturing the shelf is as follows:
According to the drawings, you need to cut the material, this can be done with an ordinary hacksaw for wood with small teeth. If boards are used as the material, then sawing them will not be difficult, if the shelves are made of chipboard or MDF, then sawing such material is much more difficult. Things will go faster if you cut with an electric jigsaw, but if you have never held an electric jigsaw in your hands, sawing off evenly will be quite difficult.
With the help of a tape measure and a square, we measure and mark the cut lines with a pencil, saw off strictly along the line. The ends of the cuts must be even.
When all the details of the shelf are ready, you need to make holes in the side boards for fastening with furniture screws. From the ends of the side parts, you need to measure a distance of half the thickness of the board, draw a line with a pencil.
Now you need to make marks on the lines, under the holes, for the screws, stepping back 50 mm from the edges of the board. We apply the ends of the boards to the joints, take a drill with a drill, the diameter of the drill should be slightly less than the thickness of the furniture screw and make holes for the length of the furniture screw. Attach the ends of the main boards and drill.
We assemble the shelves with furniture screws, screw the screws with a multi-faceted key, close the screw heads with plastic overlays to match the color of the wood.
If you used chipboard for the manufacture of shelves, then the edges must be sealed with self-adhesive edge tape in the color of the chipboard.
If you need to make a back wall for a bookshelf, you will need a piece of chipboard or thin plywood. It is necessary to attach the shelf to the chipboard sheet, outline the contours of the shelf, cut the chipboard with a hacksaw and fix it to the shelf with small carnations.
As you can see, making bookshelves with your own hands is not at all difficult, and with a creative approach, you can make a truly exclusive thing for your interior.
A shelf is the simplest piece of furniture that you can make with your own hands, their manufacture will not require any special skills, with the possible exception of two - moderation and accuracy, as Molchalin from the play “Woe from Wit” would say. At the place of installation, the shelves are wall-mounted, floor-mounted and suspended. If the floor shelf has a large height - from a meter and above, it is often called a rack. A few words about hanging ones: usually these are decorative structures that hang on a pipe or a specially driven bracket. This option is popular in those rooms where heating pipes run under the ceiling: they just ask to be hung on something. Shelves are hung on the pipe in the kitchen and in the bathroom: it is convenient there.
Types of shelves
They are made of wood, plywood, laminated chipboard, fiberboard, there are glass shelves. The same materials are used as racks, but they are also made of metal, plastics and other absolutely incredible things - for example, pipes or bottles.
In living rooms, it is not so important what material the shelf is made of. It is important that its design is in the same style as the interior. Even the functionality is not always important: some play an exclusively decorative role. On them, if there is something, then one or two items. Their role is to give the interior of the home a special style and color.
If we talk about shelves in technical rooms - the kitchen and the bathroom, in particular, then practicality requirements are added to aesthetic considerations almost everywhere. Even decorative shelves in the kitchen should be washed well. For shelves in the bathroom, in general, the requirements are high: periodically there is very high humidity and materials are required that tolerate it without any harm. There aren't many of them. It is plastic and stainless steel. They also make bathroom shelves from MDF, but they are normally used with good ventilation in the bathroom.
What are the shelves made of?
Perhaps, to implement the task of creating shelves on their own, almost any material is suitable, of course, within reason. Attaching bulky brick structures is hardly appropriate, as this will additionally conceal free space. However, any of the relatively other materials is fine:
- Wood- the classic option, since the vast majority of users choose it. It is very easy to work with such material due to its low weight (with small dimensions of the product) and it will last a long time if you use a wooden shelf in optimal conditions, that is, at a normal humidity value in the room.
- Glass- such shelves look very modern and will never go out of fashion. True, to create products from this material, you need to have a special tool for cutting glass.
- Plastic- Affordable material. It is easy to handle and is not subject to mold formation, as is the case with wood. Especially if the shelves are built to be placed on a loggia or balcony.
- Metal- to work with such material, a welding machine is needed if a completely metal shelf is planned. For combined products, it is enough to use a standard set of fasteners, and it is better if these areas are not visible to the eye.
- Chipboard or alternative - chipboard. The second of these materials is more wear-resistant due to increased resistance to indoor humidity, temperature extremes and mechanical deformations, such as abrasion.
- Drywall- most often used when the shelf is part of the design of the room, that is, through this material, a niche is formed in the wall.
The choice of option should be determined not only by the financial capabilities of the owner of the premises, but also by his skills in the construction field. Otherwise, the material will be irretrievably damaged, and the product at the output will turn out to be sloppy and generally unsuitable for use, especially in a conspicuous place.
Shelves on the wall
In any room on the wall there are places where you just need to hang something. After all, most modern furniture occupies only the lower part - sofas, tables, couches. The upper part remains empty and dissonance arises: an overloaded lower part of the room and a half-empty or completely empty upper part. These voids on the walls are organically filled with shelves.
Corner shelf - an excellent solution Structurally, most of the shelves consist of the actual shelves and jumpers. But these components are combined in such a number of options that it is impossible to count. A simple design is good: you can make any shelves with your own hands. Moreover, these products can be the first self-made things. It's really simple.
How and what to mount
It is not in vain that we start with fasteners. The design of the shelf on the wall largely depends on the type of fastening. Or maybe vice versa. Looking from what to dance ...
Traditional loops
There is a traditional way - on loops. It is suitable for wood and fiberboard, any other material that is thick enough to attach. Screwed on with screws on the sides. Then, between the centers of the holes of the loops, the distance is measured, deposited on the wall (watch for horizontality). At the marked points, holes are drilled for the dowel, the dowel is inserted and the dowel-nail with a small cap is screwed into it, which enters the loop or bracket (the pin is slightly bent upwards). Then a shelf is hung on them.
Not all materials can be drilled. For example, glass shelves. You definitely can't screw anything into them. Mounts for glass shelves are special: they consist of two parts, between which glass is inserted. Often, elastic spacers are installed between the holders. The bottom fastener usually has a small clamping screw for fixing.
Fasteners for glass shelves
The most popular mount for glass shelves is called "pelican" - for its peculiar shape. It looks good and is available in different colors. The thickness of the glass that it can hold is from 8mm to 34mm. You can insert into it not only glass, but also any other material of this thickness. It just looks cool with glass.
It is easy to make glass shelves on the wall with it: buy a mount, order pieces of glass with processed edges of the right size and shape in the glass workshop (or cut it yourself if you know how). What remains is the actual assembly:
- Attach the "pelicans" to the wall. Two dowels. The case is collapsible - the decorative overlay is removed, and there are two holes in the mounting plate. One in the case above, the second - below. Fixed, installed in place a decorative overlay.
- Inserted glass.
- Turned the screw. All.
There are other forms of similar fasteners. The photo below is a few of them.
Decorative brackets
Another type of fastening is brackets. They are reliable, some are decorative, so much so that they themselves are an ornament.
Concealed installation - shelves without support
And the most amazing device for secret mounting. It makes it possible to hide fasteners. At the end, a seat is cut out for the pin and the body of the holder and the shelf is simply put on it.
As you can see, even a simple board or a piece of glass on such mounts is already not bad. But there is still a sea of all sorts of ideas.
Shelf design options
Do-it-yourself shelf in the form of honeycombs
A nice shelf made in the form of honeycombs can be a cool addition to a non-standard interior. A fashionable design is formed from hexagonal modules creating original geometric compositions. Everyone can arrange the blocks in the best way for themselves.
Despite the non-standard look, hexagonal blocks are quite convenient and functional, and besides, they are the strongest and most stable.
To make such a shelf with your own hands, you will need a standard set of tools and simple blanks from rectangular boards. You can assemble a structure from ready-made honeycombs in different ways:
- fasten them to the wall separately;
- first connect the modules together and only then fix.
The second option is undoubtedly more practical, since dust will not accumulate between the individual elements.
Let's see how to make a shelf in the form of honeycombs in practice
To get the right hexagon, boards for future construction pruned at an angle of 30°.
Check again if they are the same size, proceed to assembly hexagons. Better to do it on the floor.
The block elements perfectly match one another and begin stick together boards using wood glue.
Attachment points for reliability amplify using L-shaped holders or screws. The brackets can be hidden by painting them the same color as the shelf.
Do the rest of the cells in the same way.
Finished modules carefully polished, then covered with stain and special varnish or painted. The shelf will look unusual if the honeycombs are painted in different colors.
It remains to fold the finished blocks side by side and drill one or two holes at the joints and twist them together.
Do-it-yourself shelf. Video instruction
DIY round shelf
The round shape of the shelf is an unusual and stylish solution for those who are not particularly concerned about how to place more things on it and save space in this way. It is easy to make such a shelf with your own hands. Success will be predetermined if you choose the right source material for the shelf and correctly calculate the dimensions of the parts.
The most affordable material, which is both strong enough and bends easily, is fiberboard sheet. Two strips of estimated length (l) are cut out of it. At the same time, a board of the desired length is also prepared as a central shelf. Obviously, all these parts should have the same width. Now about the length of the strips.
From the point of view of geometry, the central shelf is the diameter (d) of the outer contour of the future circle, and the stripes, respectively, are half the length of the contour, so they depend on each other and are interconnected by the formula - l=3.14 x d/2.
Let's say the dimensions of the board are 150 by 700 mm, then the length of the semicircle will be 3.14x700 / 2, that is, 1100 mm. Now let's calculate the length of the fiberboard strips, taking into account their overlap, say, 70 mm: 1100 + 2x70 = 1240 mm.
Now let's figure out how to make a shelf with your own hands using a fiberboard sheet.
Stepping back from the end sides by the amount of overlap, apply to the strips markup. Then proceed to form a circle.
The edges of the strips are pointed at each other according to the markings and fixed with clamps. Carefully, so that the material does not burst, the strips are slowly bent, overlapping the free edges on each other.
Before finally fixing all the parts with screws, you need to make sure that they are correctly fitted:
- check how well the central shelf rises. We note right away that with correct calculations, as a rule, there are no problems with this;
The do-it-yourself shelf is almost ready. It remains to finish it: cover by paint, varnish or other decorative composition. They hang it through the furniture eyes on screws screwed into the wall.
DIY hanging shelves
When choosing an interior for a small apartment, many are wondering if it is possible to make a compact bookshelf with your own hands so that it does not take up much space. One of the possible options is a suspended structure.
To get started you need
The work is carried out in two stages: shelves and fastenings.
Prepare shelves, sawn to size.
Along their edges, holes of the same size must be provided.
hanging shelves with their own hands. Photo instruction
The template is pressed against the board from the edge, say, with the help of clamps, and make two holes, but not to the end - approximately to the middle of the thickness of the shelf.
Shelves handle sandpaper and separate. For example, you can paint in a suitable design color.
The shelves are completely ready, it remains to hang them. Reliability in this case, given the impressive weight of the books, is no less important than aesthetics, so it is best to hang the structure cable.
It is cut into pieces in size and, using clamping clips, a loop is made at one end.
They are suspended and fixed along the entire length with the desired step. kegs.
Hooks with screws are attached strictly perpendicular to the wall, on which cables are hung, and already suspended shelves are attached to them.
Do-it-yourself hanging shelf-shelf
A charming hanging shelf in the kitchen with your own hands will allow you to rationally use the space. It will look great in a colonial living room, in a nautical-style children's room or in a Mediterranean-style bathroom. Anyone can cope with such work, since you can make a shelf with your own hands in just a few simple steps.
Blanks from a tree align both in shape and in size.
Mark places under holes and make them with a drill with a pen drill. In order to avoid problems in the future, the diameter of the drill is chosen larger than the diameter of the rope for which the whatnot will be hung.
Markup is easier to do pattern in the form of a 4x4 square cut out of paper. The template must be applied to the corner of the board and markup is made at the point of intersection of the diagonals of the square.
coloring boards.
There are many ways to make a shelf more interesting. You just need to show a little imagination, for example, paint it only from the ends.
Now the design can gather. The rope is folded in half and, stepping back about 30 cm, a knot is tied on each half. The ends are pulled through the holes on one side of the board and secured with another knot. The plank is thus fixed motionless between the two nodes. The process is repeated with each shelf, arranged with the desired step.
Do the same with the other side. The main thing that nodes on both sides are located at the same distance from each other.
The remaining free ends of the ropes are cut and unraveled to form brushes.
It remains to hang the finished bookcase on the wall.
Such a do-it-yourself shelf has several advantages:
DIY hanging shelves for photos
Is it possible and, most importantly, how to make a shelf on the wall so that it takes up very little space, and you can store a sufficient number of photos, albums, record collections and more there? Well, let's figure out how to make a shelf with your own hands so that it has a minimum depth.
This shelf actually represents several lath tied together with a rope. A bar is attached to them, which prevents photos, books, etc. from slipping off the shelf. In principle, there can be as many rails as you need, so first you need to decide on their location and number. So it will be much easier to calculate the width of the shelves and file blanks.
After the blanks skinned, planks are attached to the rails: they can be nailed or glued. The nail heads are carefully hidden under a layer of special putty, and the bar is sanded again.
Stepping back from the edges by 2 cm, two holes are drilled in the shelf with a diameter slightly larger than that of the rope.
From each end of the first shelf stretch rope, tightening at the ends along the knot.
It will be much easier to do this if you wrap the threaded edge of the rope with tape or, say, electrical tape.
Put on a second shelf.
The process is repeated until all are installed.
The free ends of the ropes are tied to screws with hooks screwed in at the correct height. This is perhaps the most crucial moment, since the bottom shelf should be located strictly horizontally, and all the rest will be aligned along it.
Horizontalness is checked by level, nevertheless, someone's help will be useful, because even knowing exactly how to make a shelf, it will be difficult for one to complete the last stage.
Christmas tree book shelf
A creative do-it-yourself bookshelf will help to delay the incomparable New Year's mood for a longer time. Instead of garlands and toys, it is decorated with books and various cute little things. Such Christmas tree shelves are especially to the liking of the kids.
This shelf can be made from ordinary plywood sheet.
First you need to prepare a small layout plan all details on a sheet of paper on a scale corresponding to the size of plywood with an indication of their dimensions.
Then you need to transfer everything to plywood in the original size and after carefully checking the location and dimensions of the parts cut out them with a saw or jigsaw.
The Christmas tree is assembled on carpentry glue and fixed with nails.
When the workpiece dries, it is covered paint and give it time to dry completely.
The tree shelf is ready to use. On New Year's Eve, you can decorate it to your liking and even put gifts on the branches-shelves.
Here's how a DIY shelf can help bring joy to loved ones.
Do-it-yourself shelf-rack
The functional and minimalistic industrial style is very popular today. A do-it-yourself shelf assembled on pipes will bring to your home the very industrial chic that you may be striving for.
Since the number of shelves, as well as the total length of the pipes, is easily adjustable, let's dwell on the general scheme for the manufacture of this designer furniture.
Work begins with the preparation of shelves from wood. They are applied with a special oil or wax to get a smooth textured surface.
It would be nice if the shelves initially had an interesting texture.
If you cover the shelves more and polyurethane varnish on a water basis, they will acquire even more magnificent radiance.
After allowing the structure to dry, in each corner of the lower shelf, round flanges about 2 cm from the edge.
The location of the connecting parts is marked with a pencil.
The shelves are stacked and clamped with clamps.
A pilot hole is drilled through the center of the flange through the first and second flanges. For the next boards in order, the size of the drill needs to be changed to a larger one, since pipes will pass through them in the future.
Start assembling.
Each flange is placed on the bottom shelf above the pilot hole and fixed to the surface.
Insert into holes galvanized pipes of the desired length, threaded at both ends and tightened in the flange with a wrench. A coupling is installed in the upper part.
When all the parts are mounted, flanges are screwed to the tops of the pipes and fixed to the top shelf.
The finished shelf can be made mobile if you install wheels on the bottom board.
The headset will be more stable if you attach it to the wall with special studs or install an L-shaped bracket.
Do-it-yourself kitchen shelf
Men will probably never understand why the housewives do not have enough shelves in the kitchen, but few will deny themselves the pleasure of surprising her with a simple but functional shelf in the kitchen with their own hands.
It is quite easy to make it. Need to make two boards, preferably from hard rocks of the same length. One of them will be installed horizontally for various utensils, and the other vertically. It will be fitted with wooden pegs on which you can hang cups, potholders and more. Board widths may vary slightly.
On a plate for cups mark out places for perches. It is better to apply the markings symmetrically, then the extreme ones will be at an equal distance from the edges of the plank.
Following the markup, drill holes corresponding to the diameter of the pole.
Using a jig, this is a special drilling tool, you can make several holes to connect both planks. In extreme cases, you can also use a countersink, then the recesses under the heads of the screws will need to be hidden with plugs.
wooden pole polished sandpaper and sawn into equal parts.
The holes for the perches are lubricated from the inside with carpentry glue and inserted pegs. They should perform the same. Excess adhesive mass is wiped off with a napkin.
If the pegs are very tight, you can use hammer.
Glued to their end circles either plywood or wood. Do the same with excess glue.
The shelf is generally ready, it remains polish fine emery and take care of the appearance: process wood stain and varnish or paint.
Two holes are drilled in the vertical board of the shelves, through which the shelf will be fixed to the wall with screws. The places for the heads of the screws are countersinked, and they themselves are closed with decorative plugs.
When installing shelves use a level.
Do-it-yourself plexiglass shelf
Such a shelf looks very light, without loading the interior with anything. Do-it-yourself transparent shelf is made from a strip plexiglass of a given size, which is installed on the original support of beads.
It is more convenient to cut it out of a sheet when buying immediately in a store.
Screws are selected on the basis that the diameter of its head must exceed the hole of the bead. If this is a problem, a washer can be used.
Beads before installation you need paint gold spray paint.
Paint the wooden beads with gold spray paint.
In the wall drilled pilot holes.
Six beads are put on the screw, screwed into the wall and leveled. The same is repeated with the second. For a concrete wall, dowels are used, in the case of a frame wall, the screws must enter the wooden racks.
A plexiglass plate is placed on the resulting supports.
The shelf thickness of 1.2 cm provides sufficient rigidity, but not so much as to lay out heavy objects on it.
Do-it-yourself hanging shelf on belts
To make such a design is extremely simple.
Need to prepare board a convenient size and sand the surfaces of all edges with sandpaper.
If the texture of the wood is not expressive enough and you would like to hide it, you can paint.
From two identical belts buckles are removed from leather (textile), as well as all other metal parts.
At the ends of each of them drill holes small diameter.
The belts are folded in half so that a the loop. They are fixed on the wall, positioned from each other at a distance slightly less than the length of the plank.
The board is inserted into the hinges and leveled so that it is parallel to the floor.
If you want to fix the board more securely, you can additionally fix the belt with a few screws from the bottom side.
Shelf of construction pallets
Times change, tastes change. Today, many are trying to use industrial decor in their homes, replacing elegant pieces of furniture with deliberately rough ones. Individual elements can be made independently, for example, a do-it-yourself shelf from wooden construction pallets.
For one bookcase, you need to disassemble two pallets. The result is:
The following parts are sawn from this material and polished either with sandpaper or with a special nozzle on a drill:
Boards: Quantity - Dimensions (mm)
- 4 - 640x145
- 2 - 680x145
- 2 - 840x145
- 2 - 290x145
- 2 - 640x100
- 2 - 840x100
- 2 - 290x50
Checkers: quantity - dimensions (mm)
The shelf is assembled in the following order:
For the base take two narrow boards 640x100 each and fasten along the edges of the checkers. Wide 290x145 are attached to the checkers perpendicular to the narrow boards, aligning them on equal sides.
To the end grounds two boards are fixed vertically with self-tapping screws: narrow (840x100) and wide (840x145). Repeat the same operation with the opposite end of the base.
Finishing up box future whatnot, fixing two wide boards (680x145) on top. To avoid cracking the wood, you can pre-drill holes in them with a thin drill.
Then two wide boards (640x145) are attached to the base. The bottom shelf is ready.
For the rest of the shelves you will need support bars. To do this, the narrowest boards (290x50) are attached at the desired height.
The remaining boards measuring 640x145 are attached to the installed planks. It is advisable to fix them with screws and from the ends. This will give the structure durability and greater reliability.
The resulting bookcase can be used as a rack for your favorite things, and as a shelf for shoes with your own hands.
DIY painting shelf
You won’t believe it, but you can make an unusual original shelf on the wall for your favorite picture yourself, and from a simple set that you can buy at any supermarket.
Creating this masterpiece will greatly simplify Dremel 300– multifunctional tool with a large number of high-quality attachments and a milling machine Dremel 231. The point is this: in order for the picture to slide off the shelf, a groove must be made on its surface.
The boards are placed on the milling table and turned upside down, mark the cut line for groove and using the guides on the milling table set the desired depth for it.
Perform a groove.
Wooden wall shelf paint desired color and allowed to dry.
Attached to her holders and strictly horizontally attached to the wall. The direction is regulated using the building level.
Do-it-yourself children's shelf in the form of a horse
From several wooden boards, you can create a fun bookshelf where your little one will happily store their books.
Required for work sample pony horses. You can draw it yourself or with the help of special computer programs. The template is printed out and a stencil of the main details of the future pony shelf is cut out: legs, head and tail.
Stencils are placed on separate boards, outlined along the contour and cut out parts with the appropriate tool.
Straight cuts are recommended to be done with a saw, and curved cuts with a jigsaw.
clean up surfaces of parts and edges with sandpaper.
The “legs” are attached to the “body” with furniture screws, then the head and tail are glued.
You can go over the product with sandpaper again.
"Horse" coloring.
In a few hours, the miracle shelf will be ready for use.
Shelf-shelf
Here are two bookcase ideas that you can easily make yourself.
The first of the 40 mm edged board is extremely simple. Bookcase assembled:
- of two boards, beveled at the top by 30° to provide support;
- shelves cut from a furniture board.
The height and width of the structure are arbitrary and are selected locally. If desired, the bookcase can be fixed in the upper part, and rubber heels can be stuffed along the bottom of the boards.
Second - S - shaped. For manufacturing, you can use trimming boards, plywood or chipboard. For one section of the structure, 16 rectangular blanks are needed, for example, 300x150 mm.
Blanks set in a certain order, at each stage three.
The first workpiece is placed on the floor. A second one is attached to it at a right angle, joining them in width on the left. The third in width is joined with the first along its length, starting from the far right corner.
The fourth, fifth, sixth - are assembled symmetrically, exactly the opposite.
It is very simple to check how correctly the figure has developed: the second, third and fourth boards should form the letter S.
Experienced craftsmen advise first to assemble the design in rough on wooden pins and fit the blanks, and when disassembling, number the parts from the end.
Every detail then sanded sandpaper and begin to collect them, according to the numbering. PVA glue is applied to the joint lines and grooves and tightly clamped, holding in this state for some time.
The assembled bookcase is varnished or painted.
DIY shoe rack
The main problem for the hallway at all times is shoes. How to deal with the perpetrators of the riots, and do it as economically as possible? The best solution is to make a shoe rack with your own hands.
Let's share some interesting ideas.
From plywood. More often they make a modular whatnot, which is attached to the wall and saves space. Using a jigsaw, plywood is cut into identical rectangular planks, then gently sanded. U-shaped structures are assembled from parts and “invested” one into the other, forming a structure resembling a labyrinth.
From tree. Blanks 250–350 mm wide and about 20 mm thick are cut out of a wooden board. The next steps are:
Saw the side walls about 800–900 mm long.
Cut out four shelves of 600-700 mm.
All additional details are being prepared: crossbeams and support rails.
All blanks are polished.
The support bars are fixed to the side walls with self-tapping screws.
Shelves are laid on them.
Metal corners are attached to the rear end part.
The finished product can be varnished or painted.
From profile. A galvanized or regular profile plus tempered glass is all you need to build a do-it-yourself shoe rack in a modern high-tech style.
A section of the profile of the desired length is applied to the wall and fixed for the time being with one self-tapping screw.
Check the horizontal level of the profile line.
Screw in the rest of the screws.
Assemble the frame.
Install glass shelves.
From boxes. This is the most economical option for a do-it-yourself shoe rack, both in terms of cost and dimensions.
The contours of the parts are drawn on the cardboard of the box.
They are cut out using a special cardboard knife.
Then boxes are folded from rectangles, which are superimposed on each other. This is how the recesses for the shoes are formed.
Fasteners are made with staples.
The shelf is assembled on the wall, then glued with a decorative film.
Photo of unusual shelves on the wall
An interesting composition on the wall of the living room, which combines several unusual shelving, made in the same style and color scheme, but different in configuration and size.
On the wall shelves you can store not only books, there is also a place for albums, glass and porcelain figurines, cute knick-knacks, flower pots.
Bright and eye-catching, the whimsical branches of the Flex Shelf give you extra space to compactly house books and magazines.
These shelves are a real art object on the wall, far from the traditional way of decorating the interior. The combination of classic and modern forms of shelves, scattered on the wall, instantly attracts attention.
The TV in this composition looks like a “modern picture” in a frame, inside which open shelves are asymmetrically located. They can be placed decorative elements, photographs and more.
A bright and creative shelf in the shape of a bat looks incredibly original. It will equally stylishly decorate the living room, bedroom or nursery of a lover of original solutions. 
80 more shelf options!
