Original hanging shelves do it yourself

Simple wooden shelves on a rope or a rope will help not only to rationally organize the space, but also to decorate the room with handicraft, add exclusivity and a special charm. These shelves fit perfectly into eco-style and country style, and fit to minimalist interiors and loft rooms.

Creating hanging shelves with your own hands is not as difficult as it may seem at first glance. There are several advantages to this solution: first, the product will turn out to be exclusive, the second one will not have exactly the same. Secondly, it will not be necessary to make a mass of holes in the wall in order to hang several shelves at once.

If you like to bring various souvenirs from trips, to build decorative compositions for holidays, for example, fabulous villages for the New Year - try to make a convenient and original shelf for them with your own hands.

Required tools and materials:

Drill with a drill;
rope or thick rope;
scissors;
paint brushes (optional);
wooden blanks for shelves;
optional: construction clamps.

Blanks

Wood blanks align in size and shape - they must match. If necessary, saw it with a hacksaw; it is necessary that the shelves hang straight. Then carefully process the workpiece with the skin - first coarse, then small.

Holes

The crucial step in the manufacture of shelves on the rope is the drilling of holes. Fold the shelves of the future together, and firmly fasten together. This is best done with construction clamps. If they are not there, you will have to mark the places for drilling holes on each shelf separately, while trying to keep them exactly in the same places, strictly one under the other - otherwise the shelf will warp when hung.

Drill choose a diameter that your rope or rope easily passed into the hole. So, if the diameter of the rope is about 10 mm, then the drill should be about 16 mm in diameter.

Coloring

To make the hanging shelves, made with your own hands, look more interesting, you can paint them - in whole or in part, for example, only the end parts. Select colors in accordance with the colors of your interior. They can merge with the general background, or be contrasted, playing the role of a decorative accent. Here you can experiment and show your artistic taste and fantasy.

Rope

You will need four ropes of the same length. What - it depends on the height of the ceilings and the level at which the shelf will hang. Taking into account knots, it is necessary to add a small margin to the measured length. Excess can always be cut off.

Assembly

Making original shelves with their own hands almost finished. It remains to collect all the pieces together. To do this, tie a rope on a knot on each of the segments, on which the lower part will rest. Thread through the holes, tie a knot on each rope again - these knots will hold the shelf motionless.

Measure the distance to the second shelf, tie the knot again, pass the holes in the second shelf, and again make a knot on each rope. The main thing is that the distances from the knot to the knot are the same on all parts of the rope.

Your shelf on the rope is ready! Now you need to connect all four pieces together with a reliable knot and hang it. Depending on the length of the structure, it can be attached either directly to the knot, or an additional rope of the required length can be tied to it.