The DIY wall cubbies serve the same purpose as open shelving, except I could ditch the brackets because each cubby has at least a couple points of contact with a stud. Plus, after five years, I just craved a change because this temporary kitchen reno is going to be around for a little bit longer.Īlong with adding paneling and painting just the dining room side of the cabinetry, the diy wall cubbies made this (still temporary, I swear!) kitchen feel brand new. I decided to steal the brackets from the kitchen and reuse the shelves – plus some extra wood – to make little DIY wall cubbies instead! It solved two problems: office closet storage and remedying the kitchen open shelving problem. We did a major closet reorganization recently and I needed brackets for some storage shelving.
The shelving always bugged me the tiniest bit though.
Cubby shelves full#
But because the turquoise kitchen makeover was intended to tide us over until we saved for a full reno, I didn’t want to sink more money into it. My brain either needs full symmetry or total asymmetry – it can’t be at peace with one thing being slightly off. I wish we had just done blocking while the drywall was open ( like we did for the floating bathroom vanity) and then we could have put the brackets wherever we wanted! But we didn’t because I was rushing, so we were tethered to the location of the studs, which resulted in the shelves and brackets being slightly off centered. Hubby wanted the brackets on studs because they were so weighed down with glassware. Truth be told, I kind of messed up that open shelving when we first tackled this kitchen makeover.
Cubby shelves how to#
Honestly, once you start making DIY wall cubbies you will want them in every room ( I do, haha!), because they’re an easy and inexpensive way to add some storage anywhere.īefore I show you how to build DIY wall cubbies, maybe I should explain why I wanted DIY wall cubbies when I had perfectly good open shelving. Today I’m going to show you how to build DIY wall cubbies – for me it’s a fresh take on kitchen open shelving, but I already had a lot of people message me on Instagram to say it’s a fun idea for book storage too.
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