How To Build Heavy Duty Wall Shelves

I've got a little home office that doubles as a craft and sewing room.

How To Build Heavy Duty Wall Shelves. Garage shelving is where many people opt to store a wide variety of items in their home. Wondering how to build a wall shelf that can hold a lot of weight.

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And here's how we built it. (trust me….it's so much easier than it looks). The downside to these brackets, though, is how the diagonal support bar takes up a the other option is to use use vertical shelf tracks and then mount adjustable shelf brackets onto them.

My shelves were surrounded on three sides by walls;

Since the shelf has little support, it needs to be flush against a wall, or have some sort of similar flat backing. Properly built, the shelves are strong enough one can climb up the front of them. Drill (this is my absolute favorite because it's lightweight enough for me but gets the job done!) measuring tape (has built in marker). These are stronger than chipboard and are suitable for heavy duty items, like tools and appliances kept in the garage.