Building Attic Shelves

The attic has been turned into a storage space by creating shelves.

Building attic shelves.

I first screwed the back support. By adding shelves that are supported by 2 4 brackets attached to the rafters you can expand your useable attic storage space. Have more questions about hvac projects around your home. Watch this video to find out more.

The storage units may be open or closed ones to visually declutter the space and if your attic is small add more light to make it look bigger. Make wall mounted boxes and shelves to fit under the roof. You need everything that you have stored in the attic. Make sure you set aside quite a bit of time though.

Measure a vertical line from the roof to the floor. Order built in under the eaves compartments and drawers for clothes and shoes. Free woodworking plans to build 2 tier attic shelving system. Add sliding barn doors to cover knee wall storage.

So i cleared all the boxes and did lots of measuring. Attic storage can free up space in other areas of your house leaving closets and garages free of clutter. Storage space in attics is usually limited to the small floored area. I followed this tutorial by ana white which is an easy and cost effective way to make basic wood shelving for an attic basement or garage.

It is a great way to store items such as halloween costumes. Since i had the exposed studs to work with that made it easy to use as the legs of the shelves on that side. I was browsing online for something unrelated for my attic when i came across this atticmaxx shelving system it s a pretty ingenious system for attics that can t have wide shelves because they either use engineered roof trusses or include purlin bracing in the framing which can get in the way of regular shelves. Therefore wise is to build shelves in the attic using the roof structure for a better stability where you can store boxes filled with your stuff.

If you ve got a slanted ceiling or roof line shelves can be tough. Building boxes one simple way to create shelving in a sloped space is to build it free standing and install it just by pushing it into place. It is very simple and easy to do it. You need only two things 1 x 12 and 2 x 4 boards.

Attic storage still needs to be organized though. This is especially handy for puffy winter jackets that seem to take up half of the coat closet. The owner has then placed storage containers on the shelves. Building shelving is not a quick job.

Add a rod instead. Installing shelves for totes and boxes will help you keep things neat organized and easy to find.