To help keep a bedroom clean, storage is a must. This storage can be in the form of shelving wall unit. Build a wall unit for your bedroom to fit whatever needs you have. Make shelves of different heights or build around other structures that might be in the room, such as dressers or heating elements. Bedroom wall units can take up an entire wall or be built to fit in a small area of wasted space.
Instructions
1. Measure the area where you want to put the wall unit. Measure how wide you want the wall unit to be as well as how tall. Go all the way to the ceiling to get the most use of the space you have. Take into account any unmovable objects that you have to work around such as radiators.
2. Draw out what you want you shelving unit to look like. Use graph paper and draw the shelves in scale. This will be helpful when it comes to deciding how much lumber you need to purchase. Include not only the width of the shelves but also the number of shelves you want in the unit.
3. Cut the pine to the lengths you need for the side pieces. Depending on the width you want your unit, you may want to build it in sections that you can attach together later when they are all complete. This also helps if you want a large unit and would not be able to put it all together and then move it to the location you want.
4. Use the saw to cut the pieces for the shelves.
5. Lay one of the side pieces on your work surface. Measure and mark off where you want to place the shelves. Set the other side piece next to the first one and transfer the marks in the same positions so the shelf will line up square. Use a level to double-check your markings.
6. Stand all the shelf pieces of pine on their ends on your work surface. Place one of the side pieces of top. Use your marks to drill screws through the side into the shelf to hold it in place. Use about three screws per shelf.
7. Flip the unit over carefully. Get a couple of friends to help if necessary to keep the screwed-in shelves from tearing the wood. Repeat the last step to attach the other side to the unit.
8. Repeat all the steps to make any remaining sections of the wall unit. Stain or paint the units as desired.
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