For an economical and hardworking owner, there is nothing more pleasant than doing useful things for home with your own hands. And if the construction of large -sized furniture like beds and cabinets requires special locksmith skills, then even amateurs can make a shelf in the kitchen. In this article you will learn everything about how to build a beautiful and functional kitchen shelf.
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General characteristics
The kitchen is the heart and soul of every house, because it is here that all family members gather to enjoy delicious food, talk and relax. Therefore, it is very important that a favorable, calm atmosphere reign in the kitchen, and the key to comfort is always the order. If everything lies in its place, you do not need to spend time and nerves in search - just stretch your hand. That is why each kitchen needs to arrange all kinds of shelves and cabinets.
The main requirement for any shelves is compliance with the general interior design, and this applies not only to color, but also to the shape and size of the structure.
The most common mistakes when choosing and installing kitchen shelves:
- The shelf is not suitable for texture or color to the main furniture. For example, if light pastel shades dominate the kitchen, then a massive shelf with a metal edging will be clearly inappropriate, and vice versa.
- The dimensions and characteristics of the shelf must correspond to its functional purpose. So, if you need a shelf-drying for dishes, then you should not use massive narrow boards, since water will spoil the tree very quickly-it will swell and “bloom”. In this case, stainless metal products with drain holes are suitable. Metal shelves in the kitchen will withstand the weight of the dishes, and the water on them will not stagnate.
- The brackets and fasteners should be in harmony in color with the shelf and wall as much as possible. If this condition does not comply, the regiment will be knocked out of the common interior and striking in the eyes of a unpretentious spot.
Choosing design
The choice of the design of future shelves should be approached as carefully as possible. The design should be understood not only the appearance (decor), but also functionality.
The following recommendations will help you choose shelves for kitchens made in different styles:
- For a Hi-Tech kitchen, minimalism in everything is suitable-choose neat shelves of strict shapes, with a small thickness. It is permissible to use LED backlight. Optimal materials for the construction of the shelf: metal, glass, plastic.
- The cuisine in the Scandinavian style can decorate the shelves of massive natural wood, light chipboard, pallets and vegetable boxes. The interior allows you to “take a walk” and fantasize, using the most non -traditional materials, for example, logs or wood, wrapped in the sea.
- If your kitchen is made in the style of country, provence or classic, install light decorative shelves on thin metal legs. Graceful forging will give lightness and charm. Artificially aged threads with carvings will also look interesting.
- For kitchens in the modern style, glass structures with metal inserts are suitable.
- The modern style of the interior accepts the use of shelves or wine racks.
- The corner regiment in the kitchen will save space using the allocated area to the maximum.
The easiest way is to make a rectangular shelf made of wooden chipboard, so if you are not confident in your abilities, it is better to start with elementary structures. The main thing is to remember that the sizes and thickness of the shelf must correspond to the dimensions of the things placed on them. So, for storing spices a fairly narrow plastic shelf, and for cereals and conservations, something is much more powerful.
The shelves should be placed in such a way that all family members can reach them, or vice versa, could not if we are talking about young children.
If you want to use space along the entire wall, you can make hinged shelves in the kitchen in several rows.
Methods of fastening shelves
Methods of attaching kitchen shelves depend on many factors: the materials from which they are made, loads, design, etc. However, the defining criterion is still the material. Below we will tell in detail how and from what you can build a shelf for the kitchen. Before sharing shelves by type, it should be noted that the structures for the construction are hinged, flooring and sliding. And if with the first two are more and more less clear, then the retractable regiments in the kitchen should be considered in more detail.
Natural wood and chipboard
The most common look. Even a teenager will be able to make wooden shelves in the kitchen with his own hands, which will certainly delight his mother.
To make a shelf made of wood will need the following tools and materials:
- actually the material itself - chipboard, boards or wooden boxes;
- punch (drill a concrete wall to install fasteners);
- electrician (cut a tree);
- screwdriver or screwdriver;
- hammer;
- sandpaper of various granularity (grind the surface of the tree);
- compass (if rounded elements are present);
- pencil;
- ruler;
- brackets or collected consoles for hanging shelves;
- wood stain (if you tint);
- brush;
- alquid varnish (it is better to take alkyd varnish because it is more resistant to moisture).
The shape of the wooden shelves can be any, but it is better to make them traditionally rectangular or triangular if placed in the corner. Round or oval shelves are not suitable for every kitchen and are mainly suitable for spacious rooms.
In order for the wooden coating to last as long as possible, pay attention to its decoration and protection - use varnishes, tape for edging, do not expose the tree excessive moisture.
Useful advice: for a small kitchen, you should not make thick bulky regiments. It will not look soundly and comfortable, but very bulky.
Gypsum cardboard for shelves
Gypsum plasters kitchen shelves are suitable only for storing dry and lightweight objects. They should be placed as far as possible from the sink, stoves, doubles or multicoars. Since gypsum is very sensitive to moisture and is not able to withstand heavy loads, it is better to install a drywall of drywall closer to the windows and rather for decorative purposes.
To increase the strength of the drywall shelf, it is necessary to strengthen it with metal profiles on the back. What can be put on such a shelf? Place small music columns, figurines, vases with dry plants or spices on it.
Gypsum plasterboard regiments look very at ease and accurately, especially when it comes to interiors in a romantic style.
For work, you will need:
- drywall;
- metal profile;
- mounting tape for overlapping joints;
- self-tapping screws "Giprok-Derevo" or "Metal";
- fasteners "corners";
- putty;
- materials for decor (paint, fabric, wallpaper, mosaic, etc.).
Decorative shelves
Quite often, decorative shelves in the kitchen are made in the same style to organize a small complex where you can store beautiful collectible dishes, original figurines or salt shakers bought during travel.
Useful advice: small decorative shelves can be fixed with ready -made fasteners, creating spectacular contrasting combinations using color or texture. For example, colored consoles for a shelf of pastel blue shade or black brackets for a shelf made of coarse wood.
Shelves are a bottle
This is a separate “elite breed” of shelves that will take root in the kitchen of true connoisseurs of a noble drink. The bottles are designed specifically for storing wine in proper conditions. Each sommelier knows that wine requires a careful and respectful attitude, otherwise it will quickly lose its taste.
The unique properties of the bouquet are preserved only with proper storage of the bottle - in a strictly horizontal position. What is happening with wine that just stands in a closet or refrigerator? Through the cork, oxygen, destructive for blend, penetrates slowly but surely. It reacts with wine bacteria and changes the taste of the drink.
The bottles allow you to store bottles in an inverted inclined position, completely overlapping oxygen access. In addition, what can I say, such shelves look very exquisite.
Of course, for one kitchen there are enough shelves for 3-5 bottles, otherwise it will turn into a wine cellar.
Drawers
Gradually, we approached the most interesting and most popular type of kitchen shelves. Legal regiments today are becoming more and more in demand every day. Minimalism is in fashion for more than 3 years, and this trend continues to hold on, diluting only with new trends like eco-style. The retractable mechanism allows you to save maximum free space, save the owners from unnecessary body movements and use every useful centimeter of the area.
There are several types of drawers: the shelves themselves, panels for storing lids, baskets for products, bottles, breadbaskets, etc.
The advantages of drawers are obvious, especially when it comes to small kitchens. So, from the most ordinary cramped “Khrushchev” you can easily make a functional and pleasant kitchen using this technology. In addition to sliding shelves, sliding tables, seats, beds, etc. are also popular. Minimalism combined with ergonomics is an ideal solution for a modern mistress.
For a small kitchen, the best option is drawing shelves-baskets. In them you can store vegetables, cereals, bread or other products that need regular ventilation.
Corner shelf in the kitchen with your own hands
You can do any furniture with your own hands, and if you show a bit of imagination, then ordinary items can become exclusive interior decorations. This rule applies to kitchen shelves. The instructions described below will help you make an original and convenient corner shelf for dishes, pickles or bulk products.
The material for the manufacture of the structure was the trimming of chipboard, which remained after the construction of the kitchen set. Such scraps can be bought at any furniture workshop for a low price. Anyone who knows how to hold a drill in their hands will cope with the construction of such a shelf, and a maximum of 7 hours will take to work.
What tools will be needed:
- electric jigsaw;
- screwdriver or screwdriver;
- grinder or sandpaper;
- iron;
- drill on wood of various diameters;
- hexagon for 4 mm;
- knife-cut (you can ordinary strong stationery knife);
- pencil;
- square;
- compass;
- roulette.
Accessories (can be purchased in any construction or furniture store):
- confirmation - 16 pcs;
- smoke tape, suitable in tone for chipboard - 10 m (preferably 12 m);
- hinged loop - 4 pcs;
- screw - 8 pcs;
- the plug is 16 pcs.
Creating a sketch
Before proceeding with the construction of something, it is necessary to create a sketch on paper or, as in our case, on a computer.
Detailing the future product:
- Two shelves with a radius of 19x90 cm.
- Two shelves more with a radius of 19x110 cm.
- Two racks 60x26.5 cm.
- Two racks 44x26.5 cm.
Making shelf
Contact the sketch to the dimensions of your kitchen, prepare the necessary materials and proceed to the construction of the shelf.
The course of work:
- First of all, the sidewalls should be cut. Make markings on the LDSP sheets, starting from an even area of \u200b\u200b3-10 cm. If there are clamps, you can fasten two sheets with them and cut out two identical sides in one fell swoop.
- There is no upper ledge on the inner rack, and its dimensions are slightly smaller than external. Please note that even if you use a new saw in the jigsaw, chips can form along the edges. This can be fixed with a grinder or manual grinding.
- Pour the details with thermolent. To do this, attach the tape to the side cut, cover the cotton rags and heat with an iron. Move as the tape is glued to the chipboard. When processing the internal bends, put the iron only with a nose. The tape is always slightly wider than the end, so the untied part should be cropped with an office knife.
- When the excesses are cut off, treat the corners with fine sandpaper to remove contrasting adhesive strip. As a result, you get two neat racks.
- Now you can collect the structure. As a crossbar, use rectangular segments of the same chipboard equal in length. Carefully choose the width so that the shelf does not protrude behind the vertical rack.
- To make the shelf look original, cut the inner rack in two places. The length of the slot should correspond to the width of the shelf.
- Fix the lower and upper stand with confirmation using a square or an angular clamp.
- 8 mm from the edge by a drill suitable for the confirmation, make a hole, deepening the second stage of the cutter by no more than 2 mm.
- When the hole is ready, fasten the details with a confirmation. Tighten to the very stop so that the joint between the details completely disappears. The main indicator is a slight cracking during puff.
- Attach the inner vertical rack at any suitable distance from the external.
- Install the upper shelf, attaching it first to the outer rack.
- Drill it and fix it with confirmation. During the drilling, keep the drill clearly perpendicular to the shelf so that after twisting the confirmation, the bulge does not form.
- Attach the shelf to the inner rack in the same way.
- It remains only to stick decorative plugs to hide the places of fasteners and hang the shelf in its rightful place. In this case, no additional fasteners should be used on the corner, since the chipboard is quite strong and it is almost impossible to bend it (in any case, the weight of the cans and dishes for this will not be enough).
Creative ideas
Finally, we offer you material for inspiration - a photo selection of interesting options for kitchen shelves that can easily be done with your own hands:
Original shelf in the kitchen (photo) from an ordinary pallet:
