Sunday, July 21, 2013

Shelves for the Basement

I've have made some progress taming our basement with shelving. Here are some cantilevered shelves that I use to store tools over the work bench.

I also added 30" deep storage shelves on either side of our basement fire place. Here is a before/after of the basement.
         

Where did all the junk go? On to these big shelves, of course
Here is how they were made: 2"x3"s hung from the rafters define the frame and then two shelves with 2"x3" cross-bracing hold the plywood tops.

Finally, I installed shelves inside the fireplace to hold our house paint. Here is a before/after set of pictures. The shelves were recycled from old 2"xWides" that the carpenters used to install the windows.

5 comments:

  1. Nice work, Toby! Love the paint shelves especially. What did you guys do with that hutch?

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  2. Thanks. The hutch is in the garage right now. It's really the shell of a hutch. There is no back etc.

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  4. Lot of paint there. You guys have that many different colors around the house? I need some cantilevered shelves myself, or a peg board. Ian

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  5. Yes, the house has been painted many different colors -- different for each room and the hallways. Also trim colors, exterior colors etc. I need to put a pegboard up in the basement next ;).

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