Here's an idea for kitchen shelves that will take you about an hours time and $65. Here's what I used for this project, and everything was bought from Lowes...
- 1x10x6 board, cut in half
- Four Bluehawk shelf brackets
- Two 1/2 inch floor flanges
- 24" galvanized pipe
- Two 1/2 inch 90 degree elbows
- Two 1/2 inch 3 inch galvanized nipples
- Five S- Hooks that a 1/2 inch pipe will fit though (they are narrow enough that they can't come off once they are on. You have to slide the pipe through the middle).
- Miniwax dark walnut stain
First of all, if you're only making one cut on the board, have Lowes do it for you. It's Free! Once you get home, start by staining your wood so it has time to dry. Our next step is to find the studs in your wall. With hanging the pipe on the bottom shelf, I wouldn't suggest using plastic wall anchors, so borrow a stud finder from someone and finds those studs to drive into. They should be 16" apart so the board length should work for you as well.
They job is pretty easy. Just mount your shelf brackets using a decent length wood screw. I'd suggest then connecting the top shelf into the brackets using 5/8 inch screws. (3/4 might be too long if you have a 1 inch thick shelf.
For the bottom shelf, first slide the S-hooks onto the 24 inch galvanized pipe. Then connect your elbows, nipples and flanges. I would then attach the piping to your bottom shelf before you actually put your bottom shelf up on the wall. To connect the flanges, you need at least a #8 head screw with 5/8 length, although you could probably get away with 3/4 since the screw sits in the flange a bit. Once your pipe is connected, put the bottom shelf up on the wall and screw it into the brackets!
Like I said, a very easy project that can be done in a short amount of time !!!
