Cabinets, cabinets, shelves, boxes, bedside tables - all these pieces of furniture are called to help a person streamlining his living space. Today we consider wooden shelves, their varieties, features and purpose.
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Actually, all racks have one purpose - to place the necessary items in orderly, but accessible. So that you do not have to turn a bunch of trash in search of the right thing.
In addition, a wooden rack is a rather simple design that is easy to build with your own hands.
What can be wooden racks for the home
- Stationary rack. These racks are the basis of racks and crosses and shelves laid on this basis. To increase the strength of this design, often the frame is attached to the wall. The desktoped wooden rack can also be attributed to stationary.
- Mobile. This type of structures involves the presence of wheels to freely change their location without mandatory unloading the contents.
- Rotating. It is very convenient for placing small things that are needed at hand all the time.
- Hanging shelves of wooden shelter. These structures with a stretch can be called racks, rather shelves. But their use is justified where the entire floor space is occupied, and empty only under the ceiling. Scattered shelves-stalls can be placed in several parts of the room, where there is free space.
What will be needed for the production of wooden racks
- Benches from boards with a thickness of 15-25 mm, chipboard, plywood for shelves.
- Bars made of wood with a thickness of 100 mm for vertical racks and horizontal crossbars.
- Metal corners.
- Screwdrivers and screws (or drill and drill).
- Pliers.
- Bolts and nuts.
- Paint or varnish.
- A primer for wood.
- Spatula.
- Brushes or roller.
- Eskaric paper or grinding machine.
- Roulette and pencil for marking.
How to make a wooden rack
- Decide what size and what masses will be objects for which a rack is made. The height and width of the shelves will depend on this.
- Evaluate the existing empty space, measuring it with your needs. The highest departments are usually made the highest, planning to place the most overall and heavy objects there. For example, when solving the problem of how to make a rack in the garage, it is necessary to provide a high lower shelf for storage of canister, tires and containers with oils.
- Take the necessary measurements using roulette and pencil.
- Make a drawing indicating the size. There is no need to be a great drawing, it is enough to portray an approximate pattern-plan.
- Cut the bars into parts of the required length (according to measurements) and polish.
- With a pencil, mark the location of future shelves.
- In places of markings to vertical racks, fasten metal corners with screws using a screwdriver.
- On the other hand, attach the transverse bars on which the shelves will hold on to the corners.
- Process the frame with a water -repellent composition, grind and paint.
- Install the frame in place.
- If necessary (if the rack is conceived for storing very massive contents), attach vertical guides directly to the wall.
- Paint the blanks of the shelves, let them dry.
- Place the shelves on horizontal bars, screw them with self -tapping screws.
What should you pay attention to when planning wooden racks
- The width of the rack should be equal to the width of the empty space against the wall minus 5-10 cm, for the convenience of installation.
- Make shelves no longer than 1.5 m to avoid sagging and deformations. The optimal size is 1 m.
- The depth of the shelves should not be more than 0.5-0.6 m, otherwise it will be difficult to get the contents from the bowels.
- The optimal height of the shelves is 0.25-0.6 m. The lower shelf can be built with a height of 0.8-1 m, if you think about storing large things on it.
- The installation of the rack is more comfortable in a horizontal plane, and then install vertically.
This, of course, is the most primitive example of a wooden rack, the price of which will be equal to the cost of supplies spent on its production. Such will be appropriate in the pantry, in the garage or basement. By the way, as an option for constrained conditions, you can make a wooden corner rack. In this case, two racks join at an angle of 45⁰, which should be reflected in the drawing plan. Accordingly, the configuration of angular blanks for shelves and the length of the crossbars will differ from the standard option.
The development and creation of racks is an extensive space for the manifestation of imagination and imagination. Wooden racks presented in the photo below can easily perform not only the task of placing objects, but also a decorative function.
The creation of a wood rack can be based on any method of connecting the shelves among themselves. Whether it is a fastening with the help of metal corners, screws, bolts and nuts, special glue, and even ropes, the main thing is to remember what weight the design is designed for. As for the design and decoration, there are also a lot of options. The rack can simply be polished and opened with stain or varnish, you can paint. Painting, Krakelura, Decoupage - all this can be appropriate. It is important that such a decor does not “fall out” from the overall picture.
Fantasize and dare! Maybe you will get something masterpiece?!
