(Of course, I don’t have a picture of this. While still clamped, we used a nail gun to secure the overhang to the shelf. After sanding it, we used wood glue, and then clamped the front onto the larger shelf piece. Please Note: You will need a dowel jig for properly placing the wood dowels, and clamps to hold the wood pieces together while the wood glue dries.Īfter the glue had completely dried, we sanded the boards with our Orbital Sander, starting with an 80 grit sandpaper, and working up to a 220 grit.īecause there is an overhang to the wire shelf, we cut the last post to create the front lip of the shelf. Our shelf has a depth of 20″, so we attached four of the fence posts together using 5/16″ dowels and wood glue (the fifth fence post will be used for the overhang). When we bought the posts, they were really wet, so we laid them out to dry.Īs noted, we cut off one inch from the tops of the posts, where they were angled. Our shelf was 71″ long, and the posts were 72″ (perfect because there was a 1″ cutout at the top of each post… great for a picket fence, not great for a shelf). Instead, we found some cedar fence posts they are lightweight and $2.25 per post (we needed 5). (You pay for the whole piece, unless you can find something in the scrap pile for 70% off which I could not). Initially, I thought we’d cut a large piece of plywood down to size, but it was expensive. Instead, I wanted to create an overlay that would mimic a chunky wood shelf.
That’s a towel I used to prevent things from falling through the cracks.īecause I had a limited budget of $100, I knew I wasn’t going to replace the shelf. This is what our laundry room shelf looked like prior to the start of this project… Yep. But this DIY Wood Shelf has got to be my favorite thing. So far I have painted walls, painted the dryer (to match the washer), created a lint box (from a cereal box), used a piece of cardboard to create a chalkboard Laundry sign, and more. It is week 5 of the One Room Challenge, and we are working on a $100 Laundry Room Makeover. Instead of putting up with it, we made a wood overlay to cover the wire shelving in our laundry room and the overlay simply sits on top of the original wire shelf.
#Diy wire rack plus#
Anyone else hate wire shelving? Things don’t sit quite right and everything falls through the cracks… plus it doesn’t look great.
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