This
week we are going to add a shelf to one of the walls of the garage
building. I would normally wait to add shelves until after I was
further along with the building but I decided it would be much easier
to film the process without the roof in the way.
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| Now what should I put there??? |
Ever
since I did the tour of the Toy Store a while back I have been
getting requests to do a tutorial on how to put up shelves similar to
the ones I had on the wall in there. These are super easy and can be
used in so many mini rooms that I decided it was a priority to get
this one out to you all.
The
first step is to decided where you want the shelf to be. You need to
be really sure about this since we are gluing this shelf to the wall.
Once it is up there is no going back without re-doing the entire
wall. Once you are sure mark the placement and make a straight, level
line. Don't eyeball this, go get a real level, again this isn't going
anywhere once we glue it in so take a few moments and be sure of
where to put it.
Now
that you have a placement line you need to cut a bracket. You can use
a single bracket that runs most of the length of the shelf or you can
cut small pieces and have separate brackets at each end. I like the
look of the single one for this project because it seems like it will
look stronger.
I
used a piece of ¼” by ¼” Basswood for my bracket. If you want
to dress the shelf up you can use a piece of a molding.
For
the shelf I like to use jumbo craft sticks. They are a good size and
weight of wood and I buy them by the huge box so I always have a
bunch on hand. Just cut off the rounded ends and you are ready to go.
If you need to have a longer shelf that the craft stick will provide
I suggest using a piece of ¾” by 1/16” Basswood. Balsa wood
would not be a good choice for this because it is too soft.
If
you are going to paint or otherwise finish your shelf and/or bracket
you will need to do that before you glue it. For this project I am
leaving mine as just the bare wood. You can finish you shelf anyway
you want to fit into almost any setting.
Now
it is time to glue the bracket to the wall. I like a really thick
tacky glue for this with a few dots of a super glue along the length.
The tacky glue will hold long term and the super glue acts like a
clamp to keep the shelf from slipping before the tacky glue is dry.
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| Bracket glued to the wall |
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| Inspection time, did we get that bracket on straight? |
Allow
the glues some time to set up, at least let the super glue get good
and set up before you proceed.
Now
run another bead of both glues on the top of the bracket and place
the shelf in the desired location.
Once
both the glues are completely dry you can put your minis on the
shelf.
See
that was really easy wasn't it?
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