Cover Wire Shelves With Wood

Tool and materials you will need plywood sheathing 1 4 inch x 4 ft x 8 ft.

Cover wire shelves with wood.

Renew wire shelf covers offers a practical and cost effective solution to remodeling your closet shelving without having to rip out the old wire shelving. And here is the diy way to easily cover wire shelves with wood. Wood glue staple gun. Things don t sit quite right and everything falls through the cracks plus it doesn t look great.

Paint or stain of your choice you ll also need a drill. Then i ran a line of wood glue along. Wire shelving makes me want to scream. Instead of putting up with it we made a wood overlay to cover the wire shelving in our laundry room.

I painted mine with primer and two coats of semi gloss paint to match the painted cabinets in my house. And then marking on the wall where the new shelves will go. In the residential and commercial world of remodeling we are constantly getting requests from people to tear out wire shelving and replace it with custom wood shelves just like the old days. And the overlay simply sits on top of the original wire shelf.

Such a huge improvement at a very low cost. Things are always falling through the cracks and tipping over on the uneven surface. Select pine board 1 inch x 4 inch x 6 ft. I used mostly screws we had left over from other projects all around 3 4 inches something like these that are.

It wasn t the real thing. Glue together after sanding i wiped down both pieces with a clean rag. The number of sheets needed will depend on the number of shelves you will be. Creating the look of a chunky wood shelf for only 20.

Either 1x4 whitewood boards or 1x6x8 fence pickets you ll need enough to cover the entire length of your wire shelves. And while i absolutely love the way these shelves have turned out i decided to try something a little. 3 4 inch x 3 1 2 inch these are for the facing of the. We started by taking out all the old wire shelving which i plan to donate.

You can make a wood overlay to cover wire shelving. Measure cut and sand the first step to making the wood covers for wire shelving is to measure your shelf. Our hardwood shelf liners are the perfect addition to our wire kitchen carts to create additional counter space and the pvc liners allow you balance heavier or more unusually shaped items without having to worry about the gaps in the wires on your shelves. I really wanted to switch those bad boy wire shelves out for some custom looking solid wood shelves.

Available in translucent polypropylene colored pvc acrylic or even hardwood. It just wasn t enough. In my heart i knew. I just completed an 85 laundry room makeover.