Shelving ideas

15 Awesome Shelving Ideas For Your Home

Shelves make up an important and to some extent a decorative part of your home. Storage shelving, apart from this, also gives you ample opportunities to utilize empty walls in your home in unique ways. The best way to brighten up your empty walls without spending umpteen amounts of money is to put up shelves that cost less. An additional advantage of such shelves is that you can build them yourself. When you have the choice to build something, it is definitely going to be built exactly the way you want it to be. We have given here few awesome shelving ideas that you can use when building shelves for your home.

1. Reclaimed wood self

This idea of building a shelf seems to be one of the best shelving ideas for you. Built from reclaimed wood, it hardly costs you much money. On an additional note, these shelves are so easy to build that several can be built in a single day.

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2. Rustic log shelf

If you are looking to put up a useful yet attractive shelf in your room then this log shelf may just be the right choice for you. Easy to make and cheaper in cost, all you will require is a piece of log which you are to cut lengthwise. You can have it as thick as per your requirement, apply a coat of paint and attach it to your wall with brackets. You will then have rustic storage shelving for placing things and adding décor.

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3. Modular stacking shelves

These modular stacking shelves displayed in the picture below are quite easy to make. You would require easy-to-build boxes and hollow-core doors.

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4. Box shelves

These box shelves can give a creative edge to your wall storage shelves. These shelves can be built with a few varyingly shaped plywood boxes. You can then arrange them in any creative manner you want to, by simply clipping them together with black metal clamps. To add color to your hand-made shelf, you may color the interior of your plywood boxes with paint.

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5. Built-in kitchen wall shelf

If you have enough pine wood, you can build this awesome built-in wall shelf in your kitchen. You can also add a rod for hanging your pots and pans. This open storage shelving idea gives your kitchen an elegant look.

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6. Wine crate wall shelves

Simple to make and probably utilizing waste, these wine crate shelves add an artistic touch to your wall. You only need to decorate your wine crates with a fancy paper and attach the shelves on your wall with appropriate hanging hardware.

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7. Reclaimed shutter shelf

This reclaimed shutter shelf is easy to build with the only requirement of old shutters. You can place such storage shelves in any corner of your home.

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8. Wooden crate bathroom shelves

Dark wooden crates give a rustic look to your bathroom. These shelves are easy to build requiring a pair of wooden crates and decorative brackets, and you have a rustic storage shelf for your towels.

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9. Ladder bathroom storage shelves

This shelving idea is one of the best for your bathroom, especially if you have enough space to utilize. With a few wood shelves and pine boards, this easy-to-build ladder shelves make a great storage shelf for your bathroom.

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10. Kitchen storage shelf and pot rack

This storage shelving can be built with oak or pine boards and attaching a few hooks on the boards. This shelf adds a rustic yet elegant look to your kitchen.

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11. Leather Belt Shelves

Worn leather and recycled pieces of wood make up a great DIY shelving idea. Nailing down two worn leather belts and fitting a couple of recycled wood pieces on to the wall will make a great shelving space for you.

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12. Honeycomb Shelves

The honeycomb shelves are quite easy to build. All you will require are old fence planks and few drywall screws. Fixing up the planks in the shape of honeycomb, you can build and place as many shelves as you want and in any pattern you want.

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13. Fascinating Wall Shelving

This storage shelf is quite easy to make and put up on your wall. Picking out a few cardboard boxes of the shape and sizes of your liking is all you want. Paint them the color you want and then fix them up the wall in the pattern you want.

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14. Cabinet wall shelf

If in search of shelving ideas for your kids’ rooms then this built-in cabinet wall shelf is probably the best for you. Attached with a chain on both sides, this can be used as a storage unit for all your kids’ stuff.

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15. Garage shelves

If you have a garage that needs plenty of storage space for various items, then the cabinet shelves shown in the picture below are a great option for you. To build this cabinet shelf, all you need to do is to arrange several plywood cabinets on your garage wall.

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These shelving ideas that we have shared with you here are sure to prove useful when you are set out to build shelves for your home. You can always use your own creative side and make changes to the designs shown in the pictures above, to suit your choice and requirements.

L Gracy
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