How To Cover Wire Shelves With Wood

You know the thicker foam board you find with poster boards in the store.

How to cover wire shelves with wood. The simplest way to cover a shelving unit is installing flat panel curtains on the front with hook and loop tape. Mine is 12 inches deep and xx inches long. So i recently saw a tip on covering wire shelves with foam board. With my brother in law s help to construct the shelf covers i just added these wood covers to five shelves in my pantry and laundry room.

See more ideas about wire shelving home diy shelves. Instead of putting up with it we made a wood overlay to cover the wire shelving in our laundry room. The first step to making the wood covers for wire shelving is to measure your shelf. At our home in the half bath we have a roomy closet with sliding wood doors.

4x8 foot paneling you will be using this paneling to sit on top of the wire shelves. Such a huge improvement at a very low cost. Finished side panels. It wasn t the real thing.

Things don t sit quite right and everything falls through the cracks plus it doesn t look great. May 25 2016 explore theresa s board covering wire shelves on pinterest. In my heart i knew. The paneling is the cheapest thing i found to cover this much space.

Here s what you ll need total amounts needed will depend on how much wire shelving you have. They fall over the place and end up in the floor. I used a scrap piece of inch plywood from my garage and cut it to size using my miter saw. I will show you how to diy your own wood covers for that ugly wire shelving.

It just wasn t enough. Supplies these are affiliate links disclosures here. Anyone else hate wire shelving. How to cover wire shelves.

But wire shelves and bottles don t get along. And the overlay simply sits on top of the original wire shelf. I painted mine with primer and two coats of semi gloss paint to match the painted cabinets in my house. We started by taking out all the old wire shelving which i plan to donate.

And then marking on the wall where the new shelves will go. Measure cut and sand. I just completed an 85 laundry room makeover. And here is the diy way to easily cover wire shelves with wood.