Build A Closet Shelf

For this basic closet you can mark a level line on the closet walls at 68 inches and nail 1 by 4 cleats along this line.

Build a closet shelf.

The cleat supports the shelf and provides an anchor point where rod supports can be installed to secure the closet rod. Closet shelves can be made from either solid wood plywood or a composite material such as medium density fiberboard. Using our kreg jig mini and a small clamp we made pocket holes in the pieces we cut. With the help of our big clamp we dry fitted our pieces together.

Six 11 7 8 inch square shelves for the central unit. While solid wood is stronger and doesn t sag as much plywood and composite material cost less. Six 1 x 3 inch boards with lengths based on the back and side wall measurements in step 1. Cut the wood for diy closet shelves.

Simply cut another 1 x2 board to the length of your shelves minus three inches. How to build wood diy closet shelves. Two 11 7 8 inch wide long closet shelves to the length that fits the width of your closet in step 1. If you are building simple shelves rather than cubbies you also need to add a long shelf support along the back wall of the closet.

Make sure it is level and then screw this support to the studs along the back wall. We placed one 10 5 piece with the pockets facing. We made 2 pockets on the 10 5 pieces one on each. To create the cubby dividers cut more mdf to size.

A basic bedroom closet gets a cost cutting single rod and shelf. My closets already had existing shelves so i didn t have to build everything from scratch thankfully.