How to make a rack with your own hands

Rack - a convenient, practical and multifunctional furniture design. It does not take up much space and at the same time has an impressive spaciousness. Open shelves allow you to avoid feeling cluttered and cramped. They do not prevent light from entering the room and free air circulation. Due to the absence of opening doors, racks help save, and if necessary, intelligently zone space. Especially popular in this sense are options that do not have a back wall, which do not obscure the fenced-off part of the room.

The design of this product is not complicated, so if you want to quite realistically build a rack with your own hands. The advantages of a self-made storage system are that it saves money. When developing, you can take into account the dimensions of the space reserved for it and the needs of the future owner.

Variety racks

There are many options for shelving. The choice of future design depends on:

  • the places of its dislocation are in the kitchen, bedroom, pantry, living room, nursery;
  • destinations - for books, flower pots, toys, decor, stationery, blanks. Filling directly affects the choice of material of manufacture and the dimensions of the shelves;
  • placement - along the wall, on the wall, in the middle of the room as a partition.

By design, the following types of racks can be distinguished:

  • frame - as a basis serves the wooden or metal frame on which regiments fasten;
  • beam - similar in design to the previous ones, but have a more solid framework;
  • modular - consist of individual modules, the location of which can be changed at their discretion;
  • cantilever - shelves are attached only to the rear wall, there are no sidewalls. It creates a feeling of increasing free space;
  • rope - for fixing horizontal surfaces used ropes. The shelves are held at the desired height with the help of limiting nodes. Rear and side walls are missing;
  • A-racks - at the heart of the bridge circuit. The shelves are attached to the side elements connected at an angle;
  • angular - are simply necessary in conditions of limited space, when the room does not indulge in dimensions and every centimeter is important. Corner racks help to correct the shortcomings of the existing layout, place the maximum number of things, make rational use of corners in the room. They are irreplaceable in the narrow, extended wardrobe. They help to solve the problem of storage on the balconies, when it is impossible to build a rectangular cabinet, since its end face will rest against the double-glazed window;
  • a rotating rack in the form of a cylinder is an interesting model that is more often used at exhibitions and in trade halls rather than in the interior of apartments;
  • built-in - for their construction requires a niche of suitable sizes. Shelves are attached to the side walls. Wood, particle board, plastic, glass will be suitable as a material for shelves.

By location:

  1. Stationary - are distinguished by thoroughness, for transportation they will have to be disassembled into separate components.
  2. Mobile - made of lightweight materials, often equipped with wheels, which makes it possible to move them.
  3. Mounted - their advantage in compactness. Fixed on the wall racks allow you to organize storage of things, without taking up space on the floor. Relevant for small areas.

Options for using shelving in the interior

The rack is an incredibly practical structure that will be appropriate in any room, regardless of its purpose.

Kitchen racks

During cooking, it is often necessary to quickly take the necessary spices, dishes, books with recipes from the shelf. From the shelves of the rack you can get everything you need in a second and just as quickly arrange the used items in places. Lack of need to open doors, to open boxes significantly saves time and forces of the hostess.

The shelving in the kitchen is a great place to store home-made items; it can partially replace the pantry. But it must be remembered that such a structure will have to withstand a considerable weight of cans with pickled vegetables and jam. This should be taken into account when designing a system and choosing materials for its manufacture.

Open surfaces - an ideal place to accommodate decorative items that adorn the kitchen and create comfort. Stylish jars with cereals, coffee, candied fruits, flower arrangements, fruit bowls, figurines fill the kitchen space with life, make it complete.

Shelving in the living room

In the living room shelves often perform a decorative function. They place a variety of accessories - souvenirs, designer creations, candles, figurines, photo frames. Such a system can be made of wood, glass, drywall.

If necessary, you can place a library in the common room. For the bookcase, a stationary design with strong bearing elements and wooden shelves of the required length and thickness will suit. Books have serious weight, and improper materials can cause shelves to sag and even destroy structures.

The living room is the largest room, relative to the rest of the rooms in the house. Therefore, it often successfully allocates additional functional areas - kitchen, dining room, bedroom, office. And one of the most popular types of partitions - shelving. It can be either completely open - not having a back and front wall, or closed on one side. Looks great design with glass shelves and walls. It does not prevent the passage of light, looks weightless and incredibly stylish and at the same time allows you to completely isolate individual zones.

Shelving in the room

Open racks in the bedroom are used to store personal belongings, a variety of decorative accessories, useful things. By adding baskets and boxes to the design, you can significantly increase the usable area and improve the functionality of the furniture.

Shelving in the bedroom is often placed along one of the walls, having built in it a television or audio system. An interesting option is to put the bed in such a way that its headboard becomes the center of the storage system composition. A good solution for elongated rooms is to build a rack along a short wall with a window on it. This will visually make the room more square and will allow not to occupy an already narrow space along the long walls.

With the help of the rack you can separate the work area. For this purpose, it is advisable to choose a construction with a blank wall so that the light from the improvised cabinet does not interfere with the sleeping family member. For papers and documents, you can place a hinged version. If space permits, install a full-fledged stationary system, in the center of which the desktop will be located. Office equipment and everything necessary for productive work will be located here conveniently.

Shelving in the nursery

Kavardak, which is usually present in the nursery - the headache of almost every mother. It is very difficult to maintain order if there is no convenient storage space in the child’s room. Laying out toys in cabinets and drawers takes a lot of time. An excellent way out is to install a rack with spacious baskets. These beautiful products also perform a decorative function. From now on, all that needs to be done is to walk around the room with a basket, gather toys into it and send it to the shelf.

The advantages of using racks in the nursery are that they:

  • occupy much less space compared to stationary cabinets, and this is very important for small rooms;
  • do not need additional space for opening doors and opening boxes;
  • do not require expensive facades and accessories;
  • unlike cabinets with doors, do not require replacement of hinges, closers, Push To Open opening systems, etc.
  • much easier to manufacture.

Cellar and Garage Racks

In the utility rooms, shelving equipment is more than justified. The main argument is their large capacity, easy access to the objects placed on them, high bearing characteristics.

The cellar is a traditional place to store stocks of vegetables, home-made vegetables, mushrooms, sausages, raw smoked products, home-made alcohol-wine, liqueurs and other things. The dimensions of the rack for this room depend on its dimensions and the number of products that are planned to be placed here. Shelves must be thick enough to support the weight of heavy cans and baskets.

In the garage design can be positioned along one of the walls. You must carefully consider the size of the rack to fit your needs. You will need both high shelves, for example, for a spare set of rubber, and small ones for tools and small parts. Since in the garage, in addition to accessories for a car, everything that does not fit in an apartment often contains lodges, sledges, rubber boats, beach umbrellas, tables and picnic chairs, deck chairs, remnants of building materials, paint cans, you need to make room for them. Often, the garage also serves as a pantry for homework. For cans with preservation, it is better to select a separate bookcase.

Shelving production materials

The choice of material for the rack due to the following positions:

  • in which room it will be located;
  • what they plan to post on it;
  • worth it.

What materials can I use?

  1. Wood - resistant to high loads, suitable for any room, fit into any interior.
  2. Metal - withstand significant loads, especially popular in business and warehouse, but just as often used in home interior - for storing books, flower pots, products, shoes, tools.
  3. Drywall - an inexpensive version of the rack. It is made on the basis of the frame of the metal profile. Requires finishing finish - puttying and painting or facing with ceramic tiles, mosaics. In wet areas - kitchen and bathroom is permissible to use only moisture-resistant version of the material. Gypsocratone is perfect for equipment garage, workshop.

Drywall is a fragile material, so you should not place too heavy objects on it. This can lead to deformation and breakage of the structure.

Independent production of wood racks

Wooden storage systems are suitable for placing a variety of items and perfectly fit into the design of any room. Assembling such a structure with your own hands is quite a feasible project, subject to the availability of all the necessary tools and materials.

Tools and materials

In the manufacture of wooden shelves, you must carefully select the main material. For this fit strong, durable and solid wood. Sheet wood-containing materials are better not to use, due to the lack of strength and durability of the latter. It is best to take pine, oak and other valuable species for such purposes. Boards should be prepared - treated with an antiseptic solution and left for several days to soak and dry.

The wood must be thoroughly dried - its moisture content should not exceed 12%. Otherwise, when dried, the tree can "lead."

What else is needed for the construction of a wooden rack?

  • shelf attachments;
  • metal corners;
  • furniture legs or castors - preferably metal;
  • wooden bars;
  • wood glue;
  • self-tapping screws;
  • lacquer or paint for finishing.

Instruments:

  • electric drill;
  • drills required calibers;
  • hammer;
  • electric jigsaw;
  • grinding machine;
  • level, tape measure, simple pencil.

Project and drawing

Shelving design begins with measuring the place to install it. If it is planned to manufacture the built-in structure, it is necessary to find out the height of the wall from the floor to the ceiling and the width of the niche. The dimensions of the shelves depend on the weight and size of the items that will be stored on them. For small accessories, souvenirs, toys, long shelves up to 1.5 meters are perfect. For heavy cans with preservation, seedlings their length should not exceed 90 cm. Otherwise, deflection may occur. The width depends on the size of the stored items. For books or cans, 25-40 cm is enough. For large instruments, this parameter is calculated taking into account their dimensions + 10-15 cm for convenient placement. Next, a detailed drawing of the future product is made, taking into account all the parameters.

Cutting material and assembly

Cutting the necessary parts is carried out in accordance with the drawing according to specified dimensions. Build read from below. For the bottom shelf, you must choose the thickest board, for which you can use self-tapping screws of 3 cm in size. The long shelf must be strengthened from the bottom with the help of wooden bars and slats. They will serve as additional ribs.

Next is the fixation of the side walls, which can be made of both boards and thick plywood. On the sides of the inside marked the place of fixation of the shelves. The most common intervals are 21 or 42 cm. With the correct alternation of these parameters, a convenient, aesthetic and functional cabinet is obtained.

The next step is cutting the shelves to the specified dimensions. The thickness of these parts should be at least 2.5 cm. If desired, they can be strengthened by fixing several wooden bars on the underside.

If necessary, the back wall is cut out of plywood. This step is optional. If the wall, which will have a rack, is satisfied with its appearance, you can do without this part.

Rack assembly:

  1. The rear wall is attached to the bottom shelf with small studs.
  2. Holders for future shelves are mounted on the side. If you plan to attach them with screws from the outside, this step is omitted.
  3. The side parts are connected to the bottom shelf with a corner and screws.
  4. Shelves are mounted on the shelves or fixed with screws. In the latter case, an assistant is needed who will hold the shelf while the assembler is screwing in the fasteners.

It is necessary to coat the holes after drilling with glue. This will provide greater strength and reliability of the design.




Product decor

Decorating wooden shelves comes down to processing them with varnish or paint. It is possible to pre-coat the product with linseed oil, stain it in any color suitable for a particular interior.

If for the manufacture of shelves was used chipboard or laminated chipboard, you will need a special melamine tape for edge processing. A strip of this material is superimposed on a sanded butt and glued with a hot iron. The product takes on a factory look.

Features of the assembly of a rack of metal profile

Metal products are more durable than wood. They withstand significant loads, are not susceptible to burning, the effects of fungus, bark beetles, do not rot. Racks from a metal profile are optimum for placement of a large number of things.
The most popular type of such a structure is a structure with a frame made from a metal profile, equipped with shelves made of wood, sheets of corrugated metal, chipboard or laminated chipboard.

When designing the rack, you must consider the following points:

  • weight of items that will be located on the shelves;
  • the length of the structure must be less than the length of the wall by 15 cm;
  • in height it is up to the ceiling or to the size of the profile;
  • the width of the shelves should not exceed 100 cm;
  • the height of the shelves is determined depending on the height of the items to be stored - 30-50 cm;
  • the height of the lower shelves is always greater.

For the manufacture of racks use a metal profile 3.5 cm or a profiled tube 2.5 cm. For the frame under the shelves - suitable profile with perforation 5x2.5 cm;

Stages of the frame construction:

  • Measure out the lengths of the profile of the desired length and cut them with the help of the grinder. For an additional fee, you can order cutting material in the store where it was bought.
  • We connect the elements of the frame together by welding or special bolts.

During the assembly process, be sure to use the building level for inspection. Subsequently, the curvature of the metal frame will be extremely difficult to fix.

  • Putting frame for shelves.
  • We attach it to the profile racks, after accurately noting the place of attachment.
  • On the assembled structure, apply a means that protects against corrosion, priming the surface and paint it in the desired color.
  • Prepare the shelves - cut them to size and fix on the frame. Wooden shelves must first be treated with linseed, painted and dried thoroughly.
  • For greater stability, fasten the rack to the wall and to the ceiling with anchors, brackets, struts.

Rack from old water pipes

An unexpected solution - the use in the manufacture of racks of water pipes. Nevertheless, this technique enjoys a well-known popularity. Most often, the tubes act as components of the racks and shelf holders. Separate sections of the pipe are assembled as a constructor with the help of adapters into various formations. Известны варианты дизайнерских стеллажей, когда предметы - книги, обувь, аксессуары, бытовая химия размещаются непосредственно на самих трубах. Преимущество данного материала в его прочности, так что не торопитесь избавляться от старого водопровода.Better give him the opportunity to serve you in a new capacity. This design is perfect for a garage or storeroom. With no less success, it will fit into a modern industrial interior.





Installation of a rack of plasterboard

Drywall allows you to create unique designs of various forms, designed for the goals and objectives of the future owner. At the same time the cost of such a design will not cause irreparable damage to your budget.

Design and layout

The first thing to do is create a sketch of the future structure. After that, a drawing is developed indicating all sizes. It is necessary to consider the dimensions of the shelves, their functionality and location, the required load. To reproduce complex curved shapes, it is necessary to develop special patterns.

It is necessary to determine in advance the filling of the rack. If light single accessories are located on it, there will be enough light, almost air shelves. The support in this case will be the drywall itself, and the profile will have a purely symbolic function.

If you want to create a sustainable design for placing a TV, music system and other heavy objects, the main task will be to perform the profile. Drywall will perform a purely decorative function.

The third option is intermediate when each cell has a specific role. On one it is supposed to place heavy equipment, on others a light decor.

The marking is transferred from the scheme to the walls with the help of a square, a tape measure. It is necessary to control the correctness of marking with the help of a building level.

Surface preparation

Preparing the wall before installing a drywall rack is reduced to the following steps:

  • cleaning the surface of old wallpaper, plaster;
  • smearing cracks;
  • wall treatment with antiseptic composition.

Frame assembly

The assembly principle may vary depending on the type of construction. In one case, the built-in structure is mounted on the wall, in the other - it is assembled separately and is fixed in finished form with the help of screws.

Stages of manufacture of the frame directly at the location of the future rack:

  • guides are attached to the wall with dowels;
  • guides symmetrically arranged on the floor and ceiling;
  • in the resulting base with screws are fixed rack;
  • on the vertical supports are fixed cut off rack for shelves.

Sheeting plasterboard

The prepared structure is sheathed with plasterboard parts cut to size. The fasteners are located with an interval of 12-15 cm. First of all, the side parts of the future rack are closed, and then the shelves themselves. The corners should be protected with metal corners, which are fastened with screws.

Finishing design

In order to eliminate the occurrence of cracks in the future, all corners of the structure are puttied and reinforced with a building mesh. Putty is applied in several layers, each of which must be allowed to dry well. Next, the surface should be treated with the skin. This will help make it perfectly flat and smooth. The next stage is the application of a primer in order to increase adhesion, strengthen and bond the loose base and reduce paint consumption. The primer is thoroughly mixed and applied to the surface with a brush. The final stage is staining.

Independent production of the rack allows you to save money and get a product that fully meets the needs of the owner.

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