Built-in Kitchen Wall Shelves!
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$75
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I spent my winter vacation building these shelves into the wall of my little kitchen. It's a fun project if you're looking to upgrade your kitchen and have a couple days to burn.
Finished!
Now its time to fill this bad boy up!
My wife had an idea of what she wanted on each shelf, so I measured accordingly.
I stained some thin grainy plywood for the back of the shelves and then waxed the whole thing with teak.
I went with one coat of a black and brown mixture and then lightly sanded it for a distressed look.
I cut a "molding" type pattern in the wall and used the scrap wood from the wall to cut more pieces. The trim is cedar wood I bought for the shelving.
Found you guys! The opposite side of this wall is your everyday drywall. The side you see is plywood. I used a jigsaw, a mini craft saw and all my patience to cut along the studs.
This is my lovely non-load-bearing "interior" kitchen wall. I jigsawed out a peephole to check where in the world my studs are hiding. My stud finder was acting bonkers on me.
Be extra cautious of wires in the wall!
Be extra cautious of wires in the wall!
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Carolon Mar 28, 2019Simply beautiful! 😃
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Beverly Wadfordon Mar 29, 2019VERY PRETTY!
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I have a small kitchen with the only free walls being exterior. Would this project be do-able with them.? I need storage desperately! There is plenty of wall space but no storage. Any ideas on a built in storage other than cabinets?
You could use wooden crats/boxes an attach to wall.
Beautifully done. Do I detect a little lip on the front of shelves to keep stuff from being easily knocked off? I am in the process of improving my kitchen until I can afford to renovate and I think this idea will work well in a couple places, though I will have to wall mount them instead of cutting into the walls because they are exterior and/or load bearing. (Every wall in my kitchen except the one with the fridge and stove is load bearing. Crazy)
Yes, I put lips on the shelves. We get a ton of earthquakes in Japan. Please take pictures and make a post for you kitchen project. I'd love to see.
It looks like you carefully cut out the drywall leaving it in place fronting the studs. Wouldn’t it have been easier to just rip-off all the drywall and simply tacked on the decorative top “molding”, or did you leave the drywall on top of the studs to add extra depth?
I did it this way for depth. It's easy with a jigsaw and you also won't need to deal with the drywall nails/screws.