19 Insanely Creative DIY Shelving Ideas
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These inspiring DIY shelves are easy to make, and many of them repurpose around-the-house items that would otherwise be destined for the landfill.
A DIY Shelf Can Be Easy to Make
Your home decor shows off who you are. Add your personality to a room with impressive and creative DIY shelving that looks as though it was made professionally custom-made for you. With a little time and effort, you can build shelves over a weekend or in a matter of hours.
Suited for Souvenirs
Vintage suitcases are perfect for displaying travel souvenirs and airplane reading material. Mount a small valise that you own, pick up a pair from a local thrift store, or shop with Etsy seller DoubleDeckerVintage and put the time you saved making them toward planning your next trip.
Get Off the Street and Onto the Walls
Breathe new life into a worn-down skateboard by converting it into a shelf. With or without wheels, anchor the deck to the wall using L-brackets, as Tetiana at CapsBoardStore did. If you don’t have a skateboard hanging around in your garage or basement, you can find one at the local big-box retailer. If a skateboard sports a design you don’t like, simply give it a coat of new paint.
Say Goodbye to Your Junk Drawer
When life gives you more drawers than you need—perhaps you found a dresser on the curb?—turn the spares into a curio wall shelf like this one, spotted at Madjda L’s shop on Etsy. Line the drawer bottoms with leftover wallpaper for added personality, then start arranging the drawers and hanging them on the wall.
From Shoes to Shelf
Need another reason to buy shoes? Those boxes are handy for all kinds of storage ideas. To turn them into shelves, choose boxes in good condition (no bent corners or flimsy cardboard), and decorate them with paint or scrapbook paper. Finish by nailing the boxes to the wall. Voila! An inexpensive way to showcase your tchotchkes.
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Reach a High Note
This formerly beat-up guitar’s second life is music to our eyes. After cutting an opening in its front and sanding off the finish, an old guitar becomes a ready shell for shelves, like these shelves from KidqweenyGoods. Hang the instrument from a hook on the wall to store a CD collection or non-music-related memorabilia.
DIY This Crafty Supply
Amaryllis Buffin at ohohdeco.com
If you’re a weekend-warrior DIYer, chances are you have more than a few paint buckets lying around the garage from past projects. Dress them up with a coat of plastic-friendly paint, as seen on the home decor crafting blog, Ohoh deco, then put them to work as cubby shelves in a playroom, nursery, or office.
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Bring the Outdoors Inside
This imaginative structure designed by TheBirchHomeCo incorporates birch tree trimmings as an accent for wood shelves, elevating storage to new natural heights. The sturdy and smooth lumber used for the other three sides of this shelf offer stability and structure to hold your knick-knacks. The result of combining natural birch with lumber planks? A shelf that warms up a home with comforting, rustic appeal.
Hang Up Heavy-Duty Storage
Shelving is a great place to experiment with the trendy industrial look. As Justin from JTIndustrialDesigns demonstrates, those galvanized metal pipes deliver the sturdy support needed to hold a wooden plank or two, perfect for a single shelf or rows of beloved books. Attach some hooks to the pipes and you can increase the shelf’s usefulness.
Gamer's Choice
Fans of the addictive video game may enjoy this new way to one-up themselves: a set of Tetris-inspired shelves for the home. They’re relatively straightforward and you can build them from plywood fairly quickly, but if you don’t want to take on the project yourself you can always buy them from WoodmadeCreation on Etsy. Choose colors that match your decor for a fun and stylish result.
Related: 12 Amazing Things Made with Plywood
All Tied Up
Put your Boy Scout skills to the test with a set of shelves supported and secured by nothing more sophisticated than rope knots. We love this scheme from SensibleConcepts because it leaves room for so many options, including variations of knots and all different types of rope. Make sure your knots are secure before stocking your shelves with items.
Coastal Vibes
Driftwood is a wonderful reminder of carefree time at the beach. These simple floating shelves made from found driftwood can bring you back to memories of those long summer days. RowdyRustics shows off how these casual and different shelves can enhance a home. When making these shelves, find a floating shelf bracket that’s the right size for the driftwood and installation should be quite quick.
A Space-Saving Bookshelf
Instead of keeping your books on a traditional-style bookshelf, store them on an angle, like these shelves available from BeardCraftWoodWorks. The slim profile of this DIY shelving makes it easy to store your books virtually anywhere, and you can make it as tall or short as you need to fit a mini library. These shelves require some skill with a saw, but the design is completely customizable.
Step Up Your Ladder Game
Have you replaced your ladder but you’re not sure what to do with the old one? Grab some wood planks and turn the ladder rungs into sturdy shelves for your plants, collectibles, or books. Gina from Funond uses a folding ladder in her design, showing off how charming this DIY shelving can be. Replicate the look at home with a metal or wood ladder.
Incorporate Other Materials, Like Leather
