Things You'll Need:
- Shelving boards (width = media width; length as desired)
- Wooden molding strip or similar (0.5" to 1" height)
- Shelving standards and brackets
- Wood screws and screw anchors
- Metal bookends or coat hanger wire
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Step 1
Measure the wall space where you want to build your shelves. Design the project before buying any materials. Determine how many shelves you'll need, how long they'll be, and how high they'll go.
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Step 2
Find the studs in your wall. You can do this by sound (tapping on the wall) or with a stud finding tool. The stud's actual location might require you to modify your shelving design.
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Step 3
Holding the standard at true vertical along the stud, mark screw holes with a pencil. Drill them wide enough to accept the screw anchors and deep enough for the screws to sink firmly into the stud.
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Step 4
Place the anchors in the drilled out holes. Screw the standards tightly into the wall. Set the brackets at appropriate heights, securing them with light hammer blows if necessary. Be sure to allow for the height of shelving boards and molding strips.
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Step 5
Cut the shelves to the desired length.
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Step 6
Nail or screw a strip of molding to the bottom outer edge of each shelf. This is the feature that will angle the shelves slightly upward to keep your media from falling off so easily.
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Step 7
Attach bookends to any shelf that doesn't abut a corner, doorframe or window frame. You can do this by screwing down stamped metal bookends, or by bending pieces of stiff wire coat hangers into bookend shapes and gluing them into small nail or drill holes on the end of the shelf.
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Step 8
Put the shelves in place and load them with your media.
