Closet Rod and Shelf

Build an out-of-the-way upper shelf to store all sorts of supplies and other odds and ends.

This project will save you hours of ironing and organizing. Now you can hang up your shirts and jackets as soon as they're out of the dryer. No more wrinkled shirts at the bottom of the basket.

Just go to your home center and get standard closet rod baskets, a closet rod and a precut 12-in.-deep Melamine shelf (all for about $25). Also pick up some drywall anchors, or if you have concrete, some plastic anchors and a corresponding masonry bit.


What to Do



1. Draw a level line about 78 in. above the floor and locate the studs behind the drywall. Fasten at least two of your closet rod brackets into wall studs (4 ft. apart) and then center the middle bracket with two 2-in.-long screws into wall anchors (inset).




2. Fasten your 12-in.-deep Melamine shelf onto the tops of the brackets with 1/2 in. screws. Next, insert your closet rod, drill 1/8-in. holes into the rod, and secure it to brackets with No. 6 x 1/2-in. sheet metal screws.

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