Stud Wall Shelves - Built In

Built in Shelves - Stud Wall

https://youtu.be/x0xoi8NmlC8

This was a back closet room that was framed up for a sauna in our basement.

As you can see, i have lots of junk in my workshop that needs a place to go.

So i decided to see if i could leave the stud wall in place and add shelves to it.

By using 2x3's and 2x2's i was able to quickly and easily make a shelf centered on the studs.  Something to point out here though...the studs were not set right against the wall.  They were several inches off the wall to make room for the PVC sanitary pipe. 

Then using some scrap OSB the self was done.

And 16" on center 2x4's means that a 13" milk crate will fit perfectly.

A few more shelves and a few more milk crates and the amount of storage was starting to add up.

I left a little room to be able to reach in and see what's in the crates.

Time to build a lot more shelves.  These are 2x4's ripped in half.

And this is all the scrap wood i was thinking of using.

Just measure up from the previous shelf, then transfer the mark to 3 sides of the 2x4.

This is all of the support boards predrilled and ready to be screwed in.

Coming along nicely.

And the wall packed full.

For the back wall i had to do something different.  I didn't have room to center the board on the 2x4, i had to cantilever it to the front.

So i cut some triangular pieces of OSB and screwed them in.

But this allowed me to get a few more milk crates up and out of the way.

I'm really happy with how it turned out and how much storage space i got.  I never thought i would be able to store everything and have it easily accessible.  

The last thing will be to make labels, like in the last picture, with white hardboard and write down what's in all of the milk crates.

Transcript from Video:

if you're like me one of the biggest

issues you have been working in a

basement or garage workshop is running

out of space but we had this other room

and it was formed up I think for like a

sauna because it was all formed up but

there was walls and there's a drain in

it now we don't need a sauna room and I

was originally gonna tear down there

were there

studs put in here and I was originally

gonna tear them down and then I realized

16 inch on center studs means that a 13

inch wide milk crate fits perfectly in

there and I have a bunch of milk crates

don't I swear I got him but I have a

bunch of milk crates and they fit

perfect so I made some simple shelves

now I had some different ideas of how I

was gonna build the shelves originally I

was gonna have a BA a vertical board up

here and Ledger's or I was gonna run a

board all the way across and put the

shelves on that but then I realized if I

just ripped a 2x4 in half let me show

you if I just ripped a 2x4 in half and

cut it eight or ten inches long or

whatever two screws right into the stud

on either side and just took a piece of

OSB it couldn't be more simple

now these milk crates aren't that heavy

I have a couple heavy ones I have them

on the bottom sitting on the ground but

this holds it up no problem they fit

perfectly and when I first did this I

wasn't even sure if I was gonna use it

or liked it and I only built one row I

think I started with this row here and I

just built that and I'm like wow that

fits perfectly then I built another row

and I did a few more and then I went up

to the top so I didn't have any

intentions of building this whole room

the way I did I started with one or two

rows and then I realized hey I have all

these milk crates I could fill this

whole wall up and again I could have

made these shelves more complex with

boards coming off or a board running the

full width but I just felt this way was

simple and easy I could just cut a whole

bunch of these boards screw min and be

done I wouldn't have to mount anything

on the front or back or cantilevers and

anything to the ground this is just

simple and it works

eventually I'm going to make plates I

have all these pieces of white board I

cut and I'm going to mount them on the

front and label them kind of like how I

have I already have one labeled

electrical so I'll be able to come in

here and hopefully find everything I

need after I built it I was kind of

reminded back the old Mythbusters show

where they had that wall of big totes

and everything labeled it would be nice

to come in here and say okay wheels

right here here's all my wheels or come

in here again I have my electrical so it

would be nice to organize everything to

be able to find it that's the biggest

thing I found when we moved to the new

houses how many times I looked in

someone said oh I didn't even know I

have this I forgot I even had this weird

parts for a toilet I went out and bought

parts for a toilet Maria has already had

it I just couldn't find it so being able

to no one you haven't being able to find

it is huge let me show you a closer how

I built them all so here's a closer look

at the shelves themselves now one thing

to note is these studs were not right up

against the wall I had a lot of room in

the back which allowed me to Center the

boards on the middle if these boards

were right up against the back as like

these were I had to do shelves that

supports that stick out kind of

cantilevered shelves that held it up but

because these studs were off the wall

this distance I could Center that on

there and it was more balanced for when

I put the milk right on it's very solid

and stable if I had to have these

sticking out like this I would have had

to come up with a system more like this

where I cut triangles and they were

cantilever it out to support the shelves

but I was able to fit quite a few on

here some of these are different height

because there's a PVC plumbing pipe in

the back here that I had to cut out and

make room for I also have my reverse

osmosis water filter in there and

have all the filters so these are all

the filters for that in there more

filters filters but I've been able to

fit quite a few things in this little

room as long as they fit in the milk

crates I can fit them in here and I

could see okay here's all my electrical

stuff okay here's you know these will be

the hoses I'll be able to label

everything find everything I need

because as you can see right now it's a

complete mess okay here's all the stains

and rags old motors I kept the heavy

stuff on the bottom so I know this isn't

it's kind of a specific thing you're not

just gonna have a stud wall anywhere I'm

just like mine but I just found I didn't

know what I was gonna do how I'm gonna

go store all this stuff in that I

realize hey wait all the milk crates I

have fit perfectly in here just rip a

2x4 in half put some particle bore on it

and you have perfect shelving and

storage for all this stuff a room that's

packed full of stuff and it's not that

big of a room it's only six foot wide

but I'm able to keep a lot of stuff in

here at and it's not packed away it's

not like on this shelf here you know I

can't really even see what's back here I

can't find it I have to look for it here

everything is out in the open I can find

it immediately okay here's fittings and

cables and scrap wood and everything is

ready and I can get it immediately and

be able to see it and that's half the

battle is being able to remember what

you have and get to it when you need it

I hope it helps like I said organization

for me is a huge deal and especially

with this limited space that I have so I

hope it helps