Brackets are crucial to support a wall-mounted shelf. But buying one that matches the style of your shelf(s) is difficult. Luckily, you can easily make shelf brackets with a single material, and I shall help you learn all this with these 8 DIY shelf bracket ideas. You will learn what is best for you because I have included so many variations. So, let's get started!
DIY Shelf Bracket Ideas For All Skill Levels
Shelves are kind of useless if nothing is down to support them. But with these DIY bracket ideas for shelves, you will find best practices to make your own. Whether somewhat stylish, hidden, or made by repurposing items and even that can hold many shelves at once, you will find everything here in this list.
DIY Wood Shelf Brackets
Even shelf brackets can be well-detailed and attractive enough to grab attention. And this stylishly carved DIY wooden bracket will be a great example. It is perfect if you want to make your home look appealing from the smallest angle. Due to its thickness, it can bear heavy weight and thus play heavy duty with heavy studs. In the tutorial, you will find a FREE template to cut the scrap wood piece in this pretty form. All you need will be the best tools to perform this task. Painting in a matching color is not a bad idea to give a beautiful finishing touch.
How To Make Strong Shelf Supports
Material choice for the shelf brackets does not matter if you know how to present it well. In this DIY plumbing fitting bracket, you will learn exactly the same. All you need is some pipe floor flanges, elbows, and shorter and longer pipe nipples, and attach them together in brackets shape (the L). After painting it well, attach the bracket to the shelf and wall. Was it not easy? Overall, it will provide strong support for the shelves and give a farmhouse look to the shelving.
DIY Metal Shelf Brackets
Creativity always finds its way, and this DIY shelf bracket made from a bicycle sprout has the same. It is a great option if you want to dedicate a spot to your bicycle or motorcycle essentials. Only using one sprout, can you have four brackets like this so that you can handle a long shelf too cheaply. Cut the sprout in ¼ part and weld it with L-shaped bars. The sprout is here not only to provide great support but also to describe your love for bicycles.
Easy DIY Floating Shelf with Brackets
If you want to support the shelves without exposing the shelf bracket, this idea will help you. It does this by replacing the traditional bracket shape L with T (made of a rectangular bar and long pipe). To make your shelf hide bracket, you will also need modifications to the shelf. i.e. drilling long holes to insert pipe in. After everything has been done, screw two brackets on a wall with specific spacing and then insert the shelf inside the pipes of the brackets. Make sure the position of the holes matches the positions of the wall where you attach the brackets. This wise idea gives a modern look!
How To Make Strong Shelf Supports
If you have a lot of stuff to organize, more shelves and, as a result, more brackets are needed. But instead of making separate brackets for each shelf and each side, try this multi-shelf bracket. It is based on the idea of attaching two or more wood teeth (support) along a long vertical wooden bar. In this way, depending on the length of your shelves, you have to attach the brackets to a wall and put the shelves over each tooth. Since it is a video tutorial, you can watch every step!
Build A Branch Bracket Wall Shelf
When you need everything in farmhouse style, the things should not go out of nature. For instance, this DIY branch bracket is perfect if the shelf is mainly for nature study books, planters, etc. The steep challenge will be to find a straight, smooth branch, mainly in the "Y" shape. Once you go it, drill the branch bracket with the wall as the tutorial will teach.
DIY Modern Wood Shelf Brackets
When you think of modern style, it should be simple, decent, and not messy. You can learn the same with this shelf bracket from wood, which is quick and easy. It will consist of an unpainted L bracket supported by two dowels at an angle. It is, however, suitable for smaller shelves, which may be a little less strong.
How To Make Farmhouse Shelf Brackets Out Of Metal
If you have tools and little experience bending the metal and drilling, this DIY bracket will be easy. You can make many in few minutes.
