18 Breathtakingly Beautiful DIY Shelves Integrating More Storage to your Home!

We often struggle with lack of space when it comes to storage. Those cupboards and closets never seem enough when it comes to keeping your stuff well-managed and easy to reach. Wall shelves not only enhance the decoration around the house, but also make the most of the existing spaces. Here are 18 breathtakingly beautiful DIY shelves that you can put together at home.

10. Rustic DIY Bookshelf with Ikea Ekby Brackets

Rustic DIY Bookshelf with Ikea Ekby Brackets

The Ekby brackets from Ikea are the sure shot show stealers of this otherwise rustic-looking DIY bookshelf. To make them match the texture and finish of the wooden boards better, the author chose to coat the brackets with a fine Rust-Oleum in Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint, finally placing the boards in perfect place before screwing the brackets.

DIY Details : ashadeofteal

11. DIY Floating Shelf

DIY Floating Shelf

Not just any ordinary floating shelf, this one is a one-in-a-million idea that hangs a beautiful round wooden board in mid-air! What holds the shelf in place is lots of yarn, wherein you tie a knot in the center of the board, making hanging ropes with yarn that you finally slide on the wooden plate. The shelf is going to look glamorous while holding small planters and pots.

DIY Details : placeofmytaste

12. Attach Shelves to Your Closet Door

Attach Shelves to Your Closet Door

Are you struggling with the almost exhausted space in your closet? The insides of the closet door can come to your rescue when you have got your hands on this incredible idea to add DIY shelves to the door. Lifehacker takes you through the process, wherein you attach an assembly of some plastic wooden boards to the door, and coat it with a bright spray paint.

DIY Details : lifehacker

13. DIY Ladder Shelf

DIY Ladder Shelf

The idea of building a ladder shelf with an old wooden ladder gets an all new twist to itself. This time, you constructed the whole storage solution right from the very scratch, assembling and attaching several wooden boards and strips together to get the look of a ladder shelf with storage boxes attached to each of the levels. Throw in a pastel paint and it’s already stunning!

DIY Details : makingitinthemountains

14. Popsicle Stick Hexagon Shelf

Popsicle Stick Hexagon Shelf

Speaking of art and craft, popsicle sticks have always gained a special spot when it comes to best-out-of-waste projects. But, the sticks can turn out to be an incredibly designed shelf for your home as well. Taking a hexagon shape as the foundation, hundreds of popsicle sticks are arranged on top of each other to form layers of a hexagon, finally placing it on the wall when you get the desired thickness.

DIY Details : makeanddocrew

15. Vintage Inspired DIY Shelves

Vintage Inspired DIY Shelves

We bet the milky white hue of these shelves can make just about anyone skip a heartbeat! The ultimate luxury, these DIY shelves are actually constructed using four wood scroll brackets and two stock sized laminate shelves. The vintage themed pretties have got drywall anchors coming into play to attach them to the wall.

DIY Details : hometalk

16. How to Build Your Own Wood Shelves

How to Build Your Own Wood Shelves

If you are worried about those eyesore of holes left in the wall after installing and removing a shelving system, these hanging wood shelves are what you need. A metal rod made of galvanized pipes, flanges and elbows is used to hang a bunch of wooden planks on the wall with the help of rope tied in knots and decorative coils. Let paint do wonders or leave it with its earthy appeal!

DIY Details : ehow

17. DIY Wooden Pallet Shelf

DIY Wooden Pallet Shelf

Once a pallet board – now an uber cool wall-mounted shelf! What you need to do is to cut a pallet board into four individual pieces as defined in the below pictorial guide. Just a matter of few steps rearranges the sections to form perfect shelves that can hold books, magazine, file holders and much more with surprising style. Surely, one of the most budget-friendly hacks!

DIY Details : pin.it

18. DIY Concrete Block Bookshelf

DIY Concrete Block Bookshelf

A DIY Shelf surely can’t be a big deal for concrete blocks when they can bring out the whole space to existence! Featuring alternating layers of sets of concrete pavers and thin same-sized pine boards adorned with a Minwax stain, this one’s a breathtaker! The pavers from Home Depot gardening section come in both rectangular and square shapes.

DIY Details : thecrazycraftlady

Each of the above DIY shelves are so glorious and of course, easy to build at the same time that it surely doesn’t have anything to do with how large your house is when it comes to bringing one or more of the ideas to life!