4 Tips For Making A Kitchen Shelf

If you want to make a functional, pretty and inexpensive kitchen shelf, be sure to check out our great ideas for making it here.

Have you just moved and you don’t yet have a kitchen shelf to store your utensils? If so, don’t worry! Here you will discover some great ideas to easily make your own kitchen shelf inexpensively. We guarantee that the rendering will be very original!

Kitchen shelves can be fixed to the wall, suspended or have a support on the floor. It will all depend on your needs and your creativity.  Before making your own piece of furniture, it is essential that you think about the materials you are going to use as well as a simple design that is easily customizable.

You will probably ask yourself the following question: what materials can you reuse to make a kitchen shelf? The answer is very simple: many objects can perform a different function than their original function. This is the case for frames, chair backs, breakfast trays, curtain rods …

Discover here four original ideas for making a kitchen shelf.

1. Wooden planks, the basic idea 

If you don’t have a lot of floor space, your walls are ideal.

You can attach several wooden boards to store your utensils.

• The classic shape. Fix several wooden planks horizontally, making sure to separate them from each other equally. You will need squares, which will support the planks.
• The original form. Secure the boards horizontally, creating a particular shape. Choose, for example, boards of different sizes, and arrange them to form a kind of pyramid. Not only does this design attract attention, but it will also allow you to store your items according to their frequency of use.
• The compound form. Fix a wooden or metal board on which you will then have three baskets through which it is possible to see the contents. This way you will easily find what you need. Wire mesh baskets look great in the kitchen.

2. A drawer or breakfast tray as a kitchen shelf 

Another good option is to recycle drawers from furniture that you no longer use.

To do this, the first thing to do is to remove the handles. Then wash your drawers well and decorate them according to your tastes. A little paint and a little varnish should do the trick.

The advantage with drawers and trays is that they can be fixed to the wall both horizontally and vertically.

3. An old box as a kitchen shelf 

The boxes wood are very versatile. Depending on their depth, they can make perfect kitchen shelves.

As with drawers and trays, boxes can be attached both vertically and horizontally.

4. Tubes 

Instead of using the wooden plank bases you find in hardware stores or furniture and home decor stores, you can make your own base with copper tubing.

As for the colors of your shelf, it will depend on your taste. Nevertheless, we recommend that you opt for white or neutral tones, as we hardly get tired of these colors.

Warning ! Remember to apply a suitable paint: the shelf being in the kitchen, it is very likely that a layer of grease will accumulate there. There are many varnish-type products designed to make cleaning easier.

Simple design will help you make a functional and pretty shelf. The most important thing is stability: make sure you put the different parts together, in order to have peace of mind later.

As you will have noticed after reading this article, it is possible to make your own shelf in an original and pretty way. So you have no more excuses to get started! Let’s go !