With these shelves only being 18″ I did not feel that it was necessary.Īfter I had all four braces in place, and I confirmed that everything was level (for the second time), I was ready to install the shelf piece. Note: If you do plan on storing heavy stuff, you could always install a third brace along the back wall. They also will not be holding anything too heavy, so I anticipate this method working fine.
This was not my ideal plan, I would have preferred securing it to a stud, but there is really no way for my braces to slide given that they are up against the corner bead. So I used a 3 inch screw to really connect it to the stud, and then secured the rest of it with MANY brad nails using my nail gun. I also want to note that I only had one stud on each side. How I underestimated such a discrepancy over a foot and a half of floor, I do not know, I should be used to this by now! Otherwise, you may end up like me, with your left side being an inch off from the right and needing to unsecure it from the wall for a redo. Then work towards the next shelf in a similar fashion. Get one brace in place at the desired height, and then use a level to do the one opposite it. Do not measure both sides up from the floor. It took some searching in every dark corner, but I came up with the perfect number of pieces – both 3/4-inch for the frame and 1/2-inch for the shelves.A slight cautionary tale, if you know your house is uneven. I really wanted to make the closet storage shelf unit from scrap plywood – I just hoped I had enough. I went down to the basement to survey my wood supply. With that, we’d have room for two 9 3/8-inch hanger rods on either side of the closet storage shelves for Handan’s vests. Since I was planning on using 3/4-inch plywood for the cabinet, that would make the overall width 12 1/2 inches. That’s just enough space to fit the Bissell Barfinator and the storage baskets. We decided that 21 inches was a good depth, and we settled on an 11-inch width for the shelves. That would mean we’d have to move the main coat bar and top shelf up from where they were, but that would be perfectly fine. We measured the space in the closet to see how tall I’d need to make the shelf cabinet to be able to hang Handan’s impressive vest collection without them brushing the floor and determined that 35 inches would do it. I was merely tapped to bring her vision to reality.
Ok, the truth of the matter is that the idea and design are all Handan’s. If nothing else, it was due for a coat of cleansing paint. If you recall from the Coat Closet Makeover Plan post, the closet was a scuffed up mess with one wretched wire shelf. Regardless, we’ve got a coat problem, and the only solution is to more efficiently utilize the coat closet space we’ve been given. So it’s infinitely bewildering to me that when we terminated six years in the bleak and frigid wilds of central Connecticut to take up residence in sunny Georgia (a place where spring starts in February!), we didn’t immediately burn our winter paraphernalia in a celebratory bonfire in the back yard!Įither she knows something the rest of us don’t vis-à vis a second Ice Age or she’s been spending a little too much time on the banana farm. If anyone on this insane ball of rock and water is better suited to hot weather than my babes, I haven’t seen or heard of them. Which is kinda weird, ya know? This is a woman who was born and bred in the hot and humid Mediterranean, who lived and worked in the scorching deserts of The Middle East, who flourished in the tropical hothouse of Vietnam and who laughed at the roaring Indian Monsoons. The whole reason behind this coat closet makeover is her refusal to give up the trappings of The North. Our DIY coat closet storage shelves gave us a little more storage room in a small space and allowed us to add two additional hanger bars to hold more coats.
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