Cover Wire Shelves With Wood

Wire shelving makes me want to scream.

Cover wire shelves with wood.

Available in translucent polypropylene colored pvc acrylic or even hardwood. And then marking on the wall where the new shelves will go. Then i ran a line of wood glue along. I just completed an 85 laundry room makeover.

Things are always falling through the cracks and tipping over on the uneven surface. I painted mine with primer and two coats of semi gloss paint to match the painted cabinets in my house. Renew wire shelf covers offers a practical and cost effective solution to remodeling your closet shelving without having to rip out the old wire shelving. In my heart i knew.

Wood glue staple gun. Creating the look of a chunky wood shelf for only 20. Paint or stain of your choice you ll also need a drill. Tool and materials you will need plywood sheathing 1 4 inch x 4 ft x 8 ft.

Our hardwood shelf liners are the perfect addition to our wire kitchen carts to create additional counter space and the pvc liners allow you balance heavier or more unusually shaped items without having to worry about the gaps in the wires on your shelves. It wasn t the real thing. Instead of putting up with it we made a wood overlay to cover the wire shelving in our laundry room. Such a huge improvement at a very low cost.

The number of sheets needed will depend on the number of shelves you will be. Anyone else hate wire shelving. I used mostly screws we had left over from other projects all around 3 4 inches something like these that are. Things don t sit quite right and everything falls through the cracks plus it doesn t look great.

3 4 inch x 3 1 2 inch these are for the facing of the. And the overlay simply sits on top of the original wire shelf. In the past we have made wood overlays to cover the wire shelving in both our laundry room and our front coat closet. Either 1x4 whitewood boards or 1x6x8 fence pickets you ll need enough to cover the entire length of your wire shelves.

With my brother in law s help to construct the shelf covers i just added these wood covers to five shelves in my pantry and laundry room. You can make a wood overlay to cover wire shelving. And while i absolutely love the way these shelves have turned out i decided to try something a little. In the residential and commercial world of remodeling we are constantly getting requests from people to tear out wire shelving and replace it with custom wood shelves just like the old days.

Select pine board 1 inch x 4 inch x 6 ft. I really wanted to switch those bad boy wire shelves out for some custom looking solid wood shelves. We started by taking out all the old wire shelving which i plan to donate. Glue together after sanding i wiped down both pieces with a clean rag.