Floating Shelves Guide

Despite the availability of floating wall shelves in many materials and designs, I find it an interesting DIY project to make shelving for my home.

I made most of the shelves in my home, with little trouble and time invested. I find it interesting to make them on my own for many reasons, three of which I mention here.

Reason 1: Custom Designs

Nearly every shelf that I made finally acquires a unique design of its own as it conforms to the specific needs of storing particular items. For instance, one of the girls wished to have a shelf above her bed that could house her Barbie dolls in a particular fashion. Finally, she got one in the exactly required size with just the right combination of cubes and open space. I really wonder if such a shelf would have been readily available in the market!

Reason 2: Cost Reductions

Believe me, it works out economical to make your own shelving. While designing an ordinary bookcase, for instance, I take care to adjust the design to suit the normal dimensions of a standard-sized wood board, taking care to cut wood in such a manner that the left over pieces would fit into making of some other item. I realized that for buying a similar sized bookcase I would have spent more.

And let me tell you that I don’t go out to buy fresh wood for all the projects. These days I have taken a project to make a storage unit that sits and fits over the toilet of children’s bedroom. The wood for this project was gifted by one of my neighbors who would have thrown it anyway. Of course, I plan to buy new hardware, handles included. Yet I estimate the total expenditure to be about $13. And, mind you, this is not a standard sized item of the kind that one could buy in a store. I save money but over and above made an optimum use of the available space.

Reason 3: Enjoyment

In the process of saving money, I saved a few trees also! It really gives you a high, designing and making something for the loved ones is an extraordinary experience. In the garden shed I developed a reasonably big place for working on wood. Spending an hour or two out there and being creative really keeps me relaxed. That apart there is another big advantage of spending time with kids who are always more than eager to help designing the item to suit their ideas. In the process get to learn certain aspects of working with wood, home décor and how to plan things before hand. I expect these skills to help them in future as they find out how to design things as per the available means and materials. But, that’s not the end of it all. It’s really quality time with kids getting a thrill of having actually used a real tool rather than a toy. They also learn about safety and responsibility. Both the parties gain in this process.

So, that’s how it is. Even if you aren’t too sure of getting started with a DIY project on shelving, have the courage to take a chance and you won’t regret that decision. It’s not a matter of money, imagine the thrill of creating something on your own and the pleasure it brings!

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The ever-increasing number of domestic appliances that provide comfortable living with the corresponding shrinking sizes of modern houses, makes it necessary to look for additional storage of items. Industrial units too face the scarcity of space. Of the various options for storing of items that include closets and cabinets, shelving offers more advantages. Shelving forms a very flexible means of storing. Apart from being economical, it’s light also and that facilitates its movement and shifting. Such characteristics make them a favorite of consumers, both domestic and industrial. Shelving, while helping to organize varied items of use, make retrieval of the items very convenient and quick, whenever needed.

Talking of households, kitchen is one place that easily gets laden with variety of items. You have to store cooking ingredients and a host of edibles like fruits and vegetables that are needed daily. Add to that your cutlery and crockery. Then we have cooking pots and pans followed by quite many accessories and equipments that include a dishwasher, refrigerator, oven, a toaster plus many more. To keep the kitchen in order, you are essentially required to keep all the materials and machine organized, else there will be a big mess in the kitchen.

Kitchen shelving is an excellent option for keeping items organized, lest your kitchen gets chaotic. Yes, it has all the advantages of traditional shelving with a few more thrown in that makes it all the more useful for any kitchen.

There are some householders who feel that having kitchen shelving gives it the looks of factory, thus making kitchen devoid of its normal looks. They may be right if they saw or purchased a shelf meant for factories or industries. There is a different between the two as shelving for industrial applications is designed for a different purpose with different priorities. It is designed to hold heavier and bulkier items and containers that may contain dangerous chemicals.

Kitchen shelving, on the other hand is designed to be more functional and styled to look beautiful, manufacturers realizing that a kitchen form a very personal part of the house. There are many designs available in attractive colors to suit your taste and interiors

The large variety of designs and styles for kitchen shelves nearly confuses average homeowners to choose the most suitable. Should you have any inclination towards interior designing, you would love to browse thru the catalogues of different manufacturers to compare the designs and prices.

The large variety of the product necessarily results to a wide variation in prices also. It’s not easy finding good things at economical prices, more so when we talk of kitchen floating shelving. Come to think of it, you are spending a good part of your time and energy in the kitchen to turn out things for the family to enjoy. Why deprive yourself of the pleasure of working in a well-organized good-looking place! And, this is not a recurring expense. The shelving lasts for many years. Go out to buy a design that pleases you, while keeping in mind that primarily you are buying it to keep your kitchen items and machines in an organized manner to facilitate your working there.

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