Shelf in the shape of a horse made of wood. Workshop - wooden horse head. DIY hanging shelf with straps

Greetings to everyone who doesn’t have enough hands to get bored) For those who love creativity in the interior and creating furniture with their own hands, I would like to suggest making a bookshelf in the shape of a horse. If anyone likes the idea, below you can use the template and photo master class. Good luck to everyone and have a great mood!

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Horse with books. DIY creative shelf

For work we need following materials and tools:

boards or furniture board;
wood glue,
varnish or stain, brush or roller,
hacksaw, electric jigsaw;
pencil, measuring tape, building level;
sandpaper or Grinder;
a screwdriver and a set of short-length wood screws.

Below you can see a horse shaped book shelf template.

We print the templates, cut them out, attach them to the boards and cut along the contour

Using a drill or screwdriver, drill out the grooves:

Sand the cut parts and paint them

Assembling the shelf

Glue the head, tail and ears of the horse

This is how creative we got with the tail)

Helpful information.

Wooden products need at least impregnation with varnish, stain or wax treatment to preserve them. Untreated wood cracks and dries out, becoming deformed. A good option are several layers of yacht varnish, which perfectly protects the wood. Since during work there will be a lot unpleasant odor, it is better to move this stage to the balcony or garage, in as a last resort on staircase. If a design is being varnished, sometimes it is important to choose a varnish that does not cause yellowing. Yacht varnish is not suitable in this case; it is better to take car or acrylic varnish, but the latter is not very resistant to various atmospheric influences.

Wall shelves can open up new storage options or provide a cute backdrop for home decor. Small and large, book and kitchen, with hidden fastening and cantilever - almost any shelves can be made with your own hands, rather than bought in a store. In this material, we presented 3 simple and budget-friendly ways to make shelves for various purposes, as well as 70 photo ideas for inspiration.

Universal hanging shelf

Hanging shelves on ropes have become very popular for good reason. They look much more impressive than regular shelves, and at the same time they are truly functional and versatile. They can be adapted for storing heavy items such as dishes or flower pots, as well as light accessories. And thanks to the side holders, the shelf can also be used to store books.

DIY hanging kitchen shelf made from wooden planks and ropes

This cabinet shelf is suspended from the ceiling with ropes 2 cm thick. You can make such a shelf using our instructions with the only difference that in this case the hooks are attached to the ceiling and not to the wall

Such a homemade shelf made of rough wood and ropes will look great in an interior Scandinavian style, eco and country style, loft and rustic

And now we propose to move on to practice and make such a universal shelf with your own hands.

You will need:

4 wooden boards (2.5 cm thick and any desired length, for example, 1 m long as in our master class);
Rope rope about 8 mm thick and 4 m long;
Drill and feather drill with a diameter of 10 mm (the drill should be slightly thicker than a rope);
2 steel hooks and dowels for concrete with a diameter of 8 mm;
Pencil.

Basic materials needed to make a shelf

Master Class:

Drill and feather drill drill a hole in each corner of the board (draw the markings with a pencil first). Remember that the holes should not be located too close to the edges.

Paint your board with paint/stain, and then, when the coating is dry, treat it with matte varnish or wax (this is not necessary, but it is advisable if you want to protect the shelf from wet cleaning and scratches).

If you want to preserve the natural color and texture of the wood, then simply sand the board on all sides sandpaper coarse grit or sander.

Install the steel hooks on the wall: first make marks using a level, then use a hammer drill with an 8 mm concrete drill to drill holes, insert 8 mm dowels into the holes and finally screw the hooks into them.

Cut your 4 meter rope into 4 equal 1 meter lengths. Pass the ropes through the holes in the board, and then their ends with reverse side tie the boards in a knot as shown in the photo below.

Now that you have a pair of ropes on each short side of the board, tie the ends of each pair into a knot and hang them on the hooks. Make sure the shelf hangs level and adjust the top knots if necessary. By the way, in the future you will be able to adjust the length of the ropes using the upper knots.

You can experiment a little with methods of attaching ropes and make not only shelves, but even hanging racks with your own hands.

If you have an unnecessary drawer from a chest of drawers, then you can use it to make this beautiful shelf with dividers. You can store something in it that should always be at hand or in sight.

You will need:

Box;
Paint the desired color and brush;
Wax or matte varnish;
Wooden board or plywood of small thickness;
Wood glue or liquid nails;
Shelf hinges;
Two 8 mm dowels and screws for them;
Hammer and concrete drill 8 mm;
Phillips screwdriver;
Jigsaw;
Medium grit sandpaper;
A piece of wallpaper for decorating the back wall;
Wood putty.

Master Class:

Cut from plywood/ wooden board dividers to the desired size using a jigsaw, then sand them on all sides with sandpaper.
If the drawer has handles, remove them and fill the holes with putty.
Paint the box in 2-3 layers, allowing each layer to dry completely. If you want to achieve a distressed effect, rub the drawer in some places with sandpaper.
On back wall Glue a piece of wallpaper on the shelf, cut exactly to its size. You can glue the wallpaper using wallpaper glue or any universal glue.

Install the dividers using wood glue or liquid nails.

Next, coat the box with wax or matte varnish to protect the top coating from damage and moisture.
Nail or screw two metal loops onto the back of the shelf.
Make two holes on the wall, having previously made markings using a level, insert dowels into the holes, and screw screws into them, but not all the way, but leaving about 5 mm. Well, that's all, now you can hang the shelf on the wall.

Shelf-hanger from... the back of a chair

If you have an old wooden chair, or rather the back of a chair, then you can use it to make a cute shelf with hooks. It can be hung in the kitchen to be used for storing kitchen towels and aprons, in the bathroom, and in the hallway.

This is how the back of the chair was before the alteration...

...and this is what I became after!

You will need:

Wooden chair back;
A small board made of wood or plywood;
Three metal hooks;
Wood pendulum saw, grinder or jigsaw;
5 or more wood screws and a screwdriver;
Drill and drill bit 3 mm;
Medium-grit sandpaper (for removing old varnish/paint from the back of a chair) and coarse-grit sandpaper (for sanding a wooden shelf);
Black paint (if you want to create a worn effect), white paint or any other desired color, brush;
Wax or matte varnish;
Wood putty;
Wood glue.

Master Class:

Cut the back of the chair to the desired size, after marking it.

In this project, the wooden base of a former hanger was successfully used to make the top shelf. You can use a board made of wood or plywood - you need to cut it to the required size, and then sand all the ends. If possible, it is advisable to shape the edges of the workpiece with a router.

Use medium-grain sandpaper (for example, 220 microns) to remove the old coating from the back of the chair, then paint both parts with black paint and leave to dry. This is necessary so that in the future the black layer will show through the abrasions of the top coating.
It's time to attach the board to the back of the chair. To do this, drill a small hole from each edge (from the outside, where you want to fasten the parts), then screw in the screws, drowning them flush. If your chair back has vertical slats like in this project, then it is advisable to attach them to the shelf with wood glue.

Mask the attachment points with wood putty, following the manufacturer's instructions.

Now screw the hooks to the bottom rail of your shelf, having previously made markings. If necessary, the hooks can be painted (before attaching to the craft).

If desired, screw a sign above each hook. The sign itself can also be decorated with numbers using a stencil, a small brush and black acrylic paint. However, you can come up with your own way to decorate the shelf.
Paint the entire craft in White color(or whatever color you chose) and then rub sandpaper in some areas to expose the black layer of paint.
Finally, coat the shelf with a matte varnish or, better yet, wax it to protect the top coat from chips, moisture, and scratches.

In fact, chairs can be used to make shelves in a variety of configurations. Here are some more photo ideas for your inspiration.

Bathroom shelf from the back of a chair

Want to make a shoe rack without using a jigsaw or drill? It's possible, you just need to find/purchase wooden pallet(pallet) and modify it a little.

Used pallets are often given away for free or sold for 100-200 rubles on flea market sites like Avito. You can also ask around for used pallets at local construction sites, warehouses and wholesale stores. New pallets can be ordered in specialized online stores for only 200-250 rubles.

How to turn it with your own hands old pallet in this cute country style shoe rack? Take some free time and follow the following step-by-step instructions.

You will need:

Wooden pallet;
Manual/electric grinding machine with triangular and standard nozzle or Sander. If you don't have a machine, use a small one wooden block and wrap it with sandpaper;
Sandpaper with grits, 40, 80 and 120;
Brush;
Gloves;
Soft rags;
Protective dust mask;
Moisture-proof primer for wood (preferably with an antiseptic);
Paint/stain and brush;
Wax or matte varnish.

Master Class:

Sand your pallet on all sides or just the part that will be visible: use coarse-grit sandpaper first to remove the roughest bumps, knots and dirt. Then continue sanding with medium to fine grit sandpaper. Next, remove the dust with a brush, vacuum the entire pallet and finally wipe it with a damp cloth.

This is what your pallet will look like after sanding

Apply a water-repellent primer to the entire (!) pallet. It will protect the wood from rotting and moisture that will drain from the shoes, and prepare the surface for painting.
Once the primer is dry, start painting the shelf. You can paint the entire pallet or just the “front” part like in this project.

When the paint is dry, coat the tray with matte varnish or wax. If you want to preserve the texture and pattern of wood, treat the pallet with a stain of the desired tone or completely cover the shelf with only matte varnish/wax.
Using a stencil, acrylic paint and a brush, write “Shoes!” in the center of the top of the shelf. like in this project or any other word/drawing.

The top of the shelf can be decorated indoor plants, for example, succulents in containers and buckets for baking bread.

You can upgrade your shoe rack by incorporating a bottom of wood strips into the middle and top tiers (these just need to be cut to size and nailed in place).

Here are some more photo ideas for making a shoe rack with your own hands.

With a little work with a nail puller, a hammer and a jigsaw, you can transform a tray into a kitchen shelf, display shelf, flower or tool rack.

Homemade kitchen shelf from a pallet

Homemade kitchen display shelf from a pallet

Display shelf made from a pallet in the living room

Photo gallery of ideas

If none of the methods we suggested for making a shelf appeal to you, we suggest looking for ideas in our photo gallery. Here we have collected other examples of wall shelves that you can make with your own hands from wooden boards, the same pallets, boxes and other readily available “lumber”.

Making your own corner shelf couldn't be easier. To make one shelf as in the photo below, cut out a triangular blank of the desired size and with the required angle (rarely internal corners walls are exactly 90 degrees) made of plywood or wood 1.5-2.5 cm thick, as well as two small support strips (the length of one strip should correspond to the leg of the triangular workpiece, and the length of the second strip should be calculated using the formula: leg length minus width first plank).

All parts need to be thoroughly sanded and then painted or simply treated with wax/varnish. Next, make markings using a building level both on the walls and on the planks (note that the holes will be through!). Drill holes in the walls, insert dowels into them, and then hang the supports using screws using the through-hole method. It is important to choose the correct screw length - it should be calculated using the formula: dowel length + thickness of support bar + screw diameter. Finally, all you have to do is install the shelves and secure them either with wood glue or wood nails/screws. If you want to hide the heads of the screws, use wood putty, and then paint over the “patches” with paint to match the shelf.

You can screw hooks for mugs into the bottom of the kitchen corner shelf

DIY Corner Bathroom Shelf

Homemade corner shelves different sizes

To make a shelf out of a skateboard, you need to remove the wheels from it and then hang it on the wall using brackets.

Shelf in a baguette

A shelf framed by a frame is easy to make: first you need to put together a frame of boards according to the size of the frame, then you need to install several divider strips inside the box.

Shelf with flywheel hooks

If you have a simple wooden shelf for the bathroom, decorate it with cross ceramic mixer handles. It’s hard to imagine a more stylish thing!

Wall storage system

Boxes are almost ready-made shelves that you just need to hang on the wall.

From several boxes of a single type you can make a full-fledged modular system storage

Hanging shelves made of wooden boards and leather straps

From a wooden board and a couple of leather straps, you can make just such a stylish hanging shelf with your own hands.

Shelf for storing fruits and vegetables

As you know, some fruits and vegetables need to be stored at room temperature. But where can we find a place for this? Our answer is on the wall using a shelf like this made of wooden boards and metal baskets.

Pallet shelves

Roughly crafted from pallet wood, this mini shelf is perfect for storing bills and keys.

Here are some more ideas for shelves and wall organizers that you can make from pallets or pallet boards.

Homemade wine rack

The following video instructions will help you make a wine rack like in the photo above.

The Amur Jewelry workshop has begun work on a new creative project- Wooden horse head.
The life-size sculpture of the head will hang outside.
The material we chose was cedar.
The head covering will be Belinka Toplasur (Rosewood).
First, we made a model of the horse's head, which we agreed with the customer.

Date of work done:

What is done:

Purchased lumber (dry cedar).
Lumber was sawn into boards.
The lumber is cut into bars for gluing the horse's head.

Cedar boards were sawn into slats and planed:

We drew a template of the head on thick cardboard, from which we will “assemble” the blank from the slats.

March 29, 2016

Our creative process continues.

The necessary calculations have been made to assemble the head blank.
The bars for bonding have been calibrated.
Unity of the massif (neck).

Putting together an array for sculpture is not a quick process (the glue needs to dry). We glue it so that our workpiece does not crack (about 20 years ago I didn’t glue, I made animal heads from a whole piece of wood and over time it became covered with cracks):

March 30, 2016

Work in the workshop continues.

Glued boards for gluing a wooden block.

April 1, 2016

Work on assembling the workpiece continues.

Rally wooden boards for neck.
The shields are being welded together for the blanks for the thread.

April 2, 2016

Work continues in the workshop:

Consolidation of an array of cedar panels, which in turn are consolidated from calibrated bars (for the neck).
Rallying an array of shields (for the head).

We will not publish photographs, as we have some secrets that we would like to leave behind the scenes.
We will post the photo as soon as we assemble an array of blanks for a whole head from the shields. The process is not fast, as the glue must dry very well.
We have high-quality wood glue, we have been using it for many years: Kleberit D3 leim 300. There are no complaints!
The creative process is interesting and exciting!
If our guests have any questions, we will be happy to answer them right there on the website page!

April 5, 2016.

We continue to work on an interesting creative project!
The array for work is not yet fully knitted, since we immediately saw out and cut the main character traits horses (ears, cheeks, eyes), and then it all comes together into a single whole.
We'll still show you a few photos):

April 7, 2016

We welcome all our guests to our workshop!
The horse's head takes on its own shape, becoming more complete and understandable.
We show a couple of photos:

The shields have not yet been glued together, but the outlines are already visible:

Work continues.
You will definitely see what the final result of the creative process will look like if you come into our workshop!

April 12, 2016

We continue to work on creating the sculpture.

What was done:

The neck blank is welded together.
The back is solidified.
The front of the head is solidified.
A horse sculpture assembled for carving.

The wooden block is ready, now armed with a carpenter's hatchet, large chisels and chisels, we turn the cedar blank into a classic horse's head. You can see how we do this in the photographs.
The massif was assembled using wooden dowels to strengthen the structure.

Gluing the nose blank:

We glue the neck and the back of the head: first we mark everything, then we drill holes for wooden dowels and glue them together using clamps:

Carving the horse's mane: remove the excess until the head is completely glued together, otherwise it will be difficult to trim later:

Here we cut out the neck (showing the larynx), also cutting while it is convenient. We make markings for wooden dowels and glue the blanks of the neck and back of the head:

Glue the back of the head to the neck. Glue the nose. Once the glue has dried completely, we begin carving. Now you need to give the required form(we do this using a sharpened hatchet):

Use an ax to give it the desired shape:

Wood carving:

Cut out the mouth. The basic shape of the head has already been given to the workpiece:

Now we need some detailed detailing of the head.

April 19, 2016

The Amur Jewelry workshop continues to work on creating a sculpture of a horse's head.

Carving of the horse's mane and forelock.
Eye carving.
Carving: ear.

Working on the mane:

Here the eye is already cropped. Now let's give the ear a shape:

The bangs should be beautiful, trimmed :) :

Work continues. Soon our horse carved from wood will be ready!
You also need a good medallion backing for it!
Come visit us, we will show you how and what happens in our workshop!
We are glad to see all our guests!

April 20, 2016

Today we finished carving a horse's head from solid cedar.
Now it needs to be thoroughly sanded and painted.

All remaining elements of the horse's head were finished with a chisel.

We will place the sculpture of the horse's head on a wooden base, which also must first be fused into a cedar shield.
But this is the next stage of work.
Come to our workshop, we welcome guests!

April 21, 2016

We continue to work in our workshop.

Polished wooden sculpture.
The shield for the medallion is assembled (the lumber is sawn, loosened into slats, and the shield is glued together).

We sand the head using a grinder, but only use our hands in particularly difficult areas. This is how the wooden sculpture of the horse’s head turned out:

Cedar shield for medallion:

The carved horse will be tinted and covered with a protective coating!

April 22, 2016

The workshop has finished carving the medallion.

All that remains is to paint the medallion and our wooden horse!

April 26, 2016

The hinges are placed on the stand.
Horse head painted (3 times).
The backing-stand is painted.
Installation of sculpture.
Assembled parcel box from plywood.

In the photo it was painted for the first time, without polishing.

Horse with books. DIY creative shelf

Horse with books. DIY creative shelf

For work we will need the following materials and tools:

boards or furniture board;
wood glue,
varnish or stain, brush or roller,
hacksaw, electric jigsaw;
pencil, measuring tape, building level;
sandpaper or grinder;
a screwdriver and a set of short-length wood screws.

Below you can see a horse shaped book shelf template.

We print the templates, cut them out, attach them to the boards and cut along the contour

Using a drill or screwdriver, drill out the grooves:

Sand the cut parts and paint them

Assembling the shelf

Glue the head, tail and ears of the horse

This is how creative we got with the tail)

Helpful information.

Wooden products need at least impregnation with varnish, stain or wax treatment to preserve them. Untreated wood cracks and dries out, becoming deformed. A good option is several layers of yacht varnish, which perfectly protects the wood. Since there will be a lot of unpleasant odor during work, it is better to move this stage to the balcony or garage, or at least to the stairwell. If a design is being varnished, sometimes it is important to choose a varnish that does not cause yellowing. Yacht varnish is not suitable in this case; it is better to take car or acrylic varnish, but the latter is not very resistant to various atmospheric influences.

A shelf is the simplest piece of furniture that you can make with your own hands; their manufacture will not require any special skills, with the exception, probably, of two - moderation and accuracy, as Molchalin from the play “Woe from Wit” would say. Depending on the installation location, shelves can be wall-mounted, floor-mounted or hanging. If the floor shelf has a large height - from a meter and above, it is often called a rack. A few words about hanging ones: usually these are decorative structures that hang on a pipe or a specially driven bracket. This option is popular in rooms where heating pipes run under the ceiling: they just beg to have something hung on them. Shelves are hung on the pipe in the kitchen and bathroom: it’s convenient there.

Types of shelves

They are made from wood, plywood, laminated chipboards, fiberboard, there are glass shelves. The same materials are used as stands, but they are also made from metal, plastic and other absolutely incredible things - for example, pipes or bottles.

IN living rooms It doesn’t really matter what material the shelf is made of. It is important that its design is in the same style as the interior. Even functionality is not always important: some play a purely decorative role. If they have anything on them, it’s only one or two items. Their role is to give the interior of the home a special style and flavor.

If we talk about shelves in technical rooms - the kitchen and bathroom, in particular, then in addition to aesthetic considerations, practicality requirements are almost universally added. Even decorative shelves The kitchen must be cleaned well. For bathroom shelves, the requirements are generally high: periodically there is very high humidity and materials are required that can withstand it without any harm. There aren't many of them. It's plastic and stainless steel. They also make bathroom shelves from MDF, but they can be used normally if there is good ventilation in the bathroom.

What are the shelves made of?

Perhaps, to implement the task of creating shelves on our own Almost any material will do, within reason, of course. It is hardly appropriate to attach bulky brick structures, as this will additionally hide the free space. However, any of the relatively other materials is quite suitable:

Tree - classic version, since the vast majority of users choose it. It is very easy to work with such material due to its low weight (with small dimensions of the product) and it will last a long time if you use the wooden shelf in optimal conditions, that is, at normal humidity in the room.
Glass- such shelves look very modern and will never go out of style. True, to create products from this material you need to have a special tool for cutting glass.
Plastic- affordable material. Easy to handle and not susceptible to mold, as is the case with wood. Especially if the shelves are built to be placed on a loggia or balcony.
Metal- to work with such material you need welding machine, if planned completely metal shelf. For combined products, it is enough to use a standard set of fasteners, and it is better if these areas are not visible to the eye.
Chipboard or Alternative option - laminated chipboard. The second of these materials is more wear-resistant due to its increased resistance to indoor humidity, temperature changes and mechanical deformation, such as abrasion.
Drywall- most often used when the shelf is part of the room design, that is, through of this material a niche is formed in the wall.

The choice of option should be determined not only by the financial capabilities of the owner of the premises, but also by his skills in the construction field. Otherwise, the material will be irretrievably damaged, and the final product will be sloppy and generally unsuitable for use, especially in a visible place.

Shelves on the wall

In any room there are places on the wall where you just need to hang something. After all, the majority modern furniture occupies only the lower part - sofas, tables, couches. The upper part remains empty and dissonance arises: the lower part of the room is overloaded and the upper part is half empty or completely empty. These voids on the walls are organically filled with shelves.

Corner shelf is an excellent solution. Structurally, most shelves consist of actual shelves and lintels. But these components are combined into so many options that it is impossible to count. Simple design This is good: you can make any shelves with your own hands. Moreover, these products may be the first self-made things. It's really simple.

How and what to attach it to

It’s not for nothing that we start with fasteners. The design of a wall shelf largely depends on the type of mounting. Or maybe it's the other way around. It depends on what to dance from...

Traditional hinges

There is a traditional way - on loops. It is suitable for wood and fiberboard, any other material that is thick enough to attach. Screwed onto the sides with self-tapping screws. Then the distance between the centers of the loop holes is measured and marked on the wall (make sure it is horizontal). At the marked points, holes are drilled for the dowel, the dowel is inserted and a dowel-nail with a small head is screwed into it, which fits into a loop or bracket (a pin slightly bent upward). Then a shelf is hung on them.

Not all materials can be drilled. For example, glass shelves. You definitely can't screw anything into them. Fastenings for glass shelves are special: they consist of two parts, between which glass is inserted. Often elastic pads are installed between the holders. The bottom mount usually has a small clamping screw to secure it in place.

Fasteners for glass shelves

The most popular mount for glass shelves is called “pelican” - for its unique shape. It looks good on its own and is available in different colors. The thickness of the glass that it can hold is from 8 to 34 mm. You can insert not only glass into it, but also any other material of such thickness. It just looks stylish with glass.

It’s easy to make glass shelves on the wall with it: you buy a mount, order it from a glass workshop the right size and shape pieces of glass with processed edges (or cut them yourself if you know how). All that remains is the assembly itself:

Attach the pelicans to the wall. Two dowels each. The case is collapsible - the decorative trim is removable, and there are two holes in the mounting plate. One in the body is higher, the second is lower. We secured it and put the decorative trim in place.
Glass was installed.
Tightened the screw. All.

There are other forms of similar fasteners. The photo below shows a few of them.

Decorative brackets

Another type of fastening is brackets. They are reliable, some are decorative, so much so that they themselves are decorations.

Hidden installation - shelves without support

And the most amazing device for hidden installation. It makes it possible to hide the fasteners. It is cut out at the end seat under the pin and body of the holder and the shelf is simply put on it.

As you can see, even simple board or a piece of glass on such mounts is already quite good. But there is still a sea of all sorts of ideas.

Shelf design options

DIY shelf in the shape of a honeycomb

A cute honeycomb-shaped shelf can be a cool addition to a non-standard interior. The fashionable design is formed from hex modules, creating original geometric compositions. Everyone can arrange the blocks in the optimal way for themselves.

Despite their non-standard appearance, hexagonal blocks are quite convenient and functional, and they are also the strongest and most stable.

To make such a shelf with your own hands, you will need a standard set of tools and simple blanks from rectangular boards. You can assemble a structure from ready-made honeycombs in different ways:

attach them to the wall separately;
first connect the modules together and only then secure them.

The second option is undoubtedly more practical, since dust will not accumulate between the individual elements.

Let's see how to make a shelf in the form of a honeycomb in practice

To get the correct hexagon, boards for future construction pruned at an angle of 30°.

Check again if they are the same size and start assembling hexagons. It's better to do it on the floor.

The elements of the block fit perfectly one to another and begin glue boards using wood glue.

Mounting points for reliability strengthen using L-shaped holders or screws. You can hide the brackets by painting them the same color as the shelf.

The rest of the honeycombs are made in the same way.

Finished modules carefully polished, then covered with stain and special varnish or painted. The shelf will look unusual if the honeycombs are painted in different colors.

All that remains is to fold ready-made blocks side by side and drill one or two holes at the joints and screw them together.

DIY shelf. Video instruction

DIY round shelf

The round shape of the shelf is unusual and stylish solution for those who don’t particularly care about how to place more things on it and thus save space. It’s easy to make such a shelf with your own hands. Success will be predetermined if you choose the right source material for the shelf and correctly calculate the dimensions of the parts.

Most available material, which is both strong enough and bends easily - this is fiberboard sheet . Two strips of estimated length (l) are cut out of it. At the same time, a board of the desired length is also prepared as a central shelf. Obviously, all these parts must have the same width. Now about the length of the strips.

From the point of view of geometry, the central shelf is the diameter (d) of the outer contour of the future circle, and the stripes are, accordingly, half the length of the contour, therefore they depend on each other and are related to each other by the formula - l=3.14 x d/2.

Let's say the dimensions of the board are 150 by 700 mm, then the length of the semicircle will be equal to 3.14x700/2, that is, 1100 mm. Now let’s calculate the length of the fiberboard strips, taking into account their overlap, say, 70 mm: 1100 + 2x70 = 1240 mm.

Now let's look at how to make a shelf with your own hands using a sheet of fiberboard.

Stepping back from the end sides by the amount of overlap, apply to the strips marking. Then they begin to form a circle.

The edges of the strips are aligned with each other according to the markings and fixed using clamps. Careful so that the material does not burst, the strips are slowly bent, overlapping the free edges over each other.

Before you finally fix all the parts with screws, you need to make sure that they are correctly adjusted:

check how well the central shelf fits. Let us immediately note that when correct calculations, problems with this, as a rule, do not arise;

The DIY shelf is almost ready. All that remains is to finish it: cover by paint, varnish or other decorative composition. They hang it through furniture eyelets on screws screwed into the wall.

DIY hanging shelves

When choosing the interior for a small apartment, many people wonder whether it is possible to make a compact bookshelf with your own hands so that it does not take up much space. One of the possible options is a suspended structure.

First you need

The work is carried out in two stages: shelves and fastenings.

Prepare shelves, sawn to size.

Along their edges it is necessary to provide holes of the same size.

DIY hanging shelves. Photo instructions

The template is pressed to the board from the edge, say, using clamps, and make two holes, but not all the way - approximately to the middle of the thickness of the shelf.

The shelves are being processed sandpaper and finish. For example, you can paint it in a color that suits your design.

The shelves are completely ready, all that remains is to hang them. Reliability in this case, given the impressive weight of books, is no less important than aesthetics, so it is best suited for hanging a structure cable.

It is cut into pieces to size and a loop is made at one end using clamping clips.

They are suspended and fixed along the entire length with the required pitch. kegs.

Hooks with screws are attached strictly perpendicular to the wall, on which the cables are hung, and then hanging shelves are attached to them.

DIY hanging shelf-shelf

A charming hanging shelf for the kitchen with your own hands will allow you to rationally use the space. It will look great in a colonial living room, in a children's room in nautical style or a Mediterranean bath. Anyone can handle this kind of work, since you can make a shelf with your own hands in just a few simple steps.

Blanks made of wood are aligned both in shape and size.

Mark the places under holes and do them with a drill with a feather drill. To avoid problems in the future, choose the diameter of the drill large diameter rope by which the bookcase will be suspended.

It is easier to markup using template in the form of a 4x4 square cut out of paper. The template needs to be placed on the corner of the board and marked at the point of intersection of the diagonals of the square.

Color planks.

There are many options on how to make a shelf more interesting. You just need to show a little imagination, for example, paint it only from the ends.

Now the design can be gather. The rope is folded in half and, retreating approximately 30 cm, a knot is tied on each half. The ends are pulled through the holes on one side of the board and secured with another knot. The board thus becomes motionlessly fixed between two nodes. The process is repeated with each shelf, positioned in the required increments.

Do the same with the other side. The main thing that nodes on both sides are located at the same distance from each other.

The remaining free ends of the ropes are cut and unraveled to form tassels.

All that remains is to hang the finished bookcase on the wall.

This DIY shelf has several advantages:

DIY hanging shelves for photos

Is it possible and, most importantly, how to make a shelf on the wall so that it takes up very little space, and you can store a sufficient number of photos, albums, record collections and more there? Well, let's figure out how to make a shelf with your own hands so that it has a minimum depth

This shelf is actually several slats tied together with a rope. They have a bar attached to them that prevents photos, books, etc. from sliding off the shelf. In principle, there can be as many slats as you need, so first you need to decide on their location and quantity. This will make it much easier to calculate the width of the shelves and cut blanks.

After the preparations are sanded, the planks are attached to the slats: they can be nailed or glued. The nail heads are carefully hidden under a layer of special putty, and the plank is sanded again.

Stepping back 2 cm from the edges, drill two holes in the shelf with a diameter slightly larger than that of the rope.

From each end of the first shelf they stretch rope, tightening the ends in a knot.

It will be much easier to do this if you wrap the threaded edge of the rope with tape or, say, electrical tape.

Put on the second shelf.

The process is repeated until all are installed.

The free ends of the ropes are tied to screws with hooks, screwed in at the required height. This is perhaps the most crucial moment, since the bottom shelf should be positioned strictly horizontally, and all the others will be aligned along it.

Horizontalness is checked by level, however, it would be useful to have someone’s help, because even if you know exactly how to make a shelf, you can do it alone final stage it will be a little difficult.

Book shelf in the form of a Christmas tree

Delay the incomparable longer Christmas mood A creative DIY bookshelf will help. Instead of garlands and toys, it is decorated with books and various cute little things. Children especially like these Christmas tree shelves.

This shelf can be made from ordinary sheet of plywood.

First you need to prepare a small layout plan all parts on a sheet of paper on a scale corresponding to the size of the plywood, indicating their dimensions.

Then you need to transfer everything to the plywood in its original size and after carefully checking the location and dimensions of the parts cut them with a saw or jigsaw.

The tree is assembled using wood glue and secured with nails.

When the workpiece dries, it is coated paint and give it time to dry completely.

The Christmas tree shelf is ready for use. Under New Year You can decorate it to your liking and even put gifts on the branches and shelves.

Here's how a DIY shelf can help bring joy to your loved ones.

DIY shelf-rack

Functional and minimalist industrial style is very popular today. A DIY shelf assembled on pipes will bring into your home that very industrial chic that you may be striving for

Since the number of shelves, as well as the total length of the pipes, is easily adjustable, we will dwell on the general scheme for manufacturing this designer furniture.

Work begins with preparing shelves from wood. Special oil or wax is applied to them to obtain a smooth textured surface.

It would be nice if the shelves initially had an interesting texture.

If you cover the shelves also polyurethane varnish on water based they will acquire an even more magnificent shine.

After allowing the structure to dry, round ones are installed in each corner of the bottom shelf. flanges approximately 2 cm from the edge.

The location of the connecting parts is marked with a pencil.

The shelves are stacked and clamped using clamps.

A pilot hole is drilled through the center of the flange through the first and second flanges. For the next boards in order, the drill size needs to be changed to a larger one, since pipes will pass through them in the future.

Start assembly.

Each flange is placed on the lower shelf above the guide hole and secured to the surface.

Insert into the holes galvanized pipesrequired length threaded at both ends and tightened into the flange wrench. A coupling is installed at the top.

When all the parts are mounted, flanges are screwed to the tops of the pipes and fixed to the top shelf.

The finished shelf can be made mobile if you install wheels on the bottom board.

The set will be more stable if you attach it to the wall using special studs or install an L-shaped bracket.

DIY kitchen shelf

Men will probably never understand why housewives never have enough shelves in the kitchen, but few will deny themselves the pleasure of surprising her with a simple but functional kitchen shelf with their own hands.

Making it is not difficult at all. You need to prepare two boards, preferably from hard rocks the same length. One of them will be installed horizontally for various utensils, and the other – vertically. It will have wooden pegs, on which you can hang cups, potholders and more. The width of the boards may vary slightly.

On a board for cups mark places for perches. It is better to apply the markings symmetrically, then the outermost ones will be at an equal distance from the edges of the board.

Following the markings, drill holes, corresponding to the diameter of the pole.

Using a jig, a special drilling device, you can make several holes to connect both planks. In extreme cases, you can use a countersink, then the recesses under the screw heads will need to be hidden with plugs.

Wooden pole polished sandpaper and cut into equal parts.

The holes for the perches are greased from the inside with wood glue and inserted pegs. They must perform equally. Excess adhesive is wiped off with a napkin.

If the pegs are very tight, you can use with a hammer.

Glued to their end part circles either plywood or wood. Do the same with excess glue.

The shelf is generally ready, it remains polish fine sandpaper and start appearance: handle stain and varnish or paint.

Two holes are drilled in the vertical board of the shelf, through which the shelf will be fixed to the wall with screws. The places for the screw heads are countersunk, and they themselves are covered with decorative plugs.

When installing shelves, use a level.

DIY plexiglass shelf

This shelf looks very light, without loading the interior with anything. Do-it-yourself transparent shelf is made from strips plexiglass of a given size, which is installed on original bead supports.

It is more convenient to cut it from a sheet if you buy it directly in the store.

The screws are selected on the basis that the diameter of its head should exceed the hole of the bead. If you have problems with this, you can use a washer.

Before installation, beads need to be paint gold spray paint.

Paint the wooden beads with gold spray paint.

In the wall drill pilot holes.

Six beads are put on a screw, screwed into the wall and leveled. The same is repeated with the second one. For a concrete wall, dowels are used; for a frame wall, the screws must fit into the wooden studs.

The plexiglass plate is placed on the resulting supports.

The shelf's thickness of 1.2 cm provides sufficient rigidity, but not so much that heavy objects can be placed on it.

DIY hanging shelf with straps

Making such a design is extremely simple.

Need to prepare board convenient size and sand the surfaces of all edges with sandpaper.

If the wood texture is not expressive enough and you would like to hide it, you can paint.

From two identical belts Buckles are removed from leather (textile), as well as all other metal parts.

The ends of each of them are drilled holes small diameter.

The belts are folded in half so as to form a loop. They are fixed on the wall, positioned from each other at a distance not much less than the length of the board.

The board is inserted into the hinges and aligned so that it is parallel to the floor.

If you want to secure the board more securely, you can additionally secure the belt with several screws on the bottom side.

Shelf made from construction pallets

Times change, tastes change. Today, many are trying to use industrial decor in their homes, replacing elegant pieces of furniture with deliberately rough ones. Individual elements You can make it yourself, for example, a do-it-yourself shelf from wooden construction pallets.

For one shelf you need to disassemble two pallets. The result is:

The following parts are sawn from this material and sanded either with sandpaper or using a special attachment on a drill:

Boards: Quantity - Dimensions (mm)

4 - 640x145
2 - 680x145
2 - 840x145
2 - 290x145
2 - 640x100
2 - 840x100
2 - 290x50

Checkers: quantity - dimensions (mm)

The shelf is assembled in the following order:

For the base take two narrow boards 640x100 each and attach the checkers along the edges. Wide 290x145 boards are attached to the checkers perpendicular to the narrow boards, aligning them on equal sides.

To the end part grounds Two boards are fastened vertically with self-tapping screws: narrow (840x100) and wide (840x145). Repeat the same operation with the opposite end of the base.

They are finishing construction box future bookcase, securing two on top wide boards(680x145). To avoid cracking the wood, you can use a thin drill to pre-make holes in them.

Then two wide boards (640x145) are attached to the base. The bottom shelf is ready.

For the remaining shelves you will need support strips. To do this, the narrowest boards (290x50) are fixed at the required height.

The remaining boards measuring 640x145 are attached to the installed planks. It is advisable to secure them with self-tapping screws at the ends. This will give the structure durability and greater reliability.

The resulting bookcase can be used both as a rack for your favorite things, and as a shelf for your own shoes.

DIY painting shelf

You won’t believe it, but you can make an unusual original shelf on the wall for your favorite painting yourself, and from a simple kit that you can buy in any supermarket.

Creating this masterpiece will greatly simplify Dremel 300– multifunctional tool with a large number of high-quality attachments and milling machine Dremel 231. The point is this: in order for the painting to slide off the shelf, you need to make a groove on its surface.

The boards are laid on milling table and turn it upside down, mark the cutting line for groove and using guides on the milling table, set the desired depth for it.

A groove is made.

Wooden wall shelf paint to the desired color and let it dry.

They screw it to her holders and strictly horizontally attached to the wall. The direction is adjusted using a building level.

DIY children's shelf in the shape of a horse

Using a few wooden planks, you can create a fun bookshelf where your little one will happily put his books.

For work you will need sample pony horses. You can draw it yourself or using special computer programs. The template is printed and a stencil of the main parts of the future pony shelf is cut out: legs, head and tail.

The stencils are placed on separate boards, traced along the contour and sawed out parts with the appropriate tool.

It is recommended to make straight cuts with a saw, and curved cuts with a jigsaw.

Cleaning up surfaces of parts and edges with sandpaper.

The “legs” are attached to the “body” with furniture screws, then the head and tail are glued.

You can go over the product with sandpaper again.

"Horse" coloring.

In just a few hours the miracle shelf will be ready for use.

Shelf-shelf

We present to your attention two ideas for shelving shelves that you can easily implement yourself.

First of edged boards 40 mm is extremely simple. The bookcase is assembled:

made of two boards, beveled at the top by 30° to provide support;
shelves cut from furniture board.

The height and width of the structure are arbitrary and selected locally. If desired, the bookcase can be fixed in the upper part, and rubber heels can be placed along the bottom of the boards.

Second - S - shaped. For manufacturing, you can use scrap boards, plywood or chipboard. One section of the structure requires 16 rectangular blanks, for example, 300x150 mm.

Blanks installed in a certain order, three at each stage.

The first blank is placed on the floor. A second one is attached to it at a right angle, joining them widthwise on the left. The third in width is joined to the first in its length, starting from the far right corner.

The fourth, fifth, sixth are assembled symmetrically, exactly the opposite.

It is very simple to check how correctly the figure has formed: the second, third and fourth boards should form the letter S.

Experienced craftsmen advise first assembling the structure roughly on wooden pins and fit the workpieces, and when disassembling them, number the parts at the end.

Every detail then sand sandpaper and begin to collect them, according to the numbering. PVA glue is applied to the joint lines and grooves and clamped tightly, holding it in this state for some time.

The assembled shelf is varnished or painted.

DIY shoe rack

The main problem for the hallway at all times remains shoes. How to deal with the perpetrators of the unrest, and do it as economically as possible? The optimal solution is to make a shoe rack with your own hands.

Let's share some interesting ideas.

From plywood. More often they make a modular shelf that is attached to the wall and saves space. Using a jigsaw, the plywood is cut into identical rectangular planks, then carefully sanded. U-shaped structures are assembled from the parts and “nested” one into the other, forming a structure resembling a labyrinth.

From tree. Blanks 250–350 mm wide and about 20 mm thick are cut from a wooden board. The next steps are as follows:

Sawed out side walls approximately 800–900 mm long.

Four shelves of 600–700 mm each are cut out.

All additional parts are prepared: crossbars and support rails.

All workpieces are sanded.

The support bars are fixed to the side walls with self-tapping screws.

Shelves are laid on them.

Metal corners are attached to the rear end part.

The finished product can be varnished or painted.

From profile. Galvanized or regular profile plus strained glass- everything you need to build a shoe rack with your own hands in modern style high tech.

A section of the profile of the required length is applied to the wall and fixed with one screw for now.

Check the level of the horizontal profile line.

Screw in the remaining screws.

Assembling the frame.

Install prepared glass shelves.

From boxes. This is the most economical option do-it-yourself shoe shelves, both in cost and in size.

The outlines of the parts are drawn on the cardboard of the box.

They are cut out using a special cardboard knife.

Then the rectangles are made into boxes, which are placed on top of each other. This is how recesses for shoes are formed.

Fastening is done with staples.

The shelf is assembled on the wall, then covered with decorative film.

Photo of unusual shelves on the wall

An interesting composition on the wall of the living room, which combines several unusual shelving, made in the same style and color scheme, but different in configuration and size.

Not only books can be stored on wall shelves; there is also room for albums, glass and porcelain figurines, cute trinkets, and flower pots.

Bright and eye-catching, whimsical branches of the Flex Shelf tree shelf will give extra space, where books and magazines will be compactly placed.

These shelves are a real art object on the wall, far from the traditional way of interior decoration. A combination of classic and modern forms shelves scattered along the wall instantly attracts attention.

The TV in this composition looks like a “modern painting” in a frame, inside of which open shelves are located asymmetrically. You can place them on decorative elements, photographs and more.

Bright and creative shaped shelf bat looks incredibly original. It will equally stylishly decorate a living room, bedroom or nursery for those who love original solutions.