Utilize Vertical Space In your Kitchen! -DIY Farm Style Shelf

You will need 6 planks at 1/4″ thick, a saw, a nail file or sandpaper, a paper towel or measuring device, wood glue, paint and primer of your choice, and some clamps.

Probably a pen or pencil also. Don’t worry about marks when painting a project. But if you choose a different finish, or want to keep the natural wood look, then I would opt for the pencil and keep any lines drawn on the inside or bottom-facing pieces. I couldn’t fully get the stickers off of the pieces I got so I did keep those facing down.

I used a staple gun also, which will only be necessary if you plan on adding weight to this shelf. (over around 5 lbs.) I prefer to make everything versatile so I just used this on mine, but this is an optional step.

Cut all of your materials to length. I marked all pieces of wood at the lengths I needed. To simplify everything I held out the paper towel to the wood and drew lines on it so you don’t even need to use a measuring tape on this. I knew the paper towel would work. Paper Towels were also something I could easily check length while at the store.

I cut three pieces to the length of the paper towel from opposite ends. I cut one of the planks into 4 sections from the width of the paper towel. The last two planks I cut in half. This left me with 3 (almost square) pieces as extra cuts, In this, I used 2 as the front legs, and had a spare.

You will want to have 6 pieces of the longer length and 4 of the short length from the paper towel sizes to make the rustic, pallet shelves. You will need to be able to make 2 of these for the tiered shelf. keep the longest pieces and those little pieces for now.

Now is the fun part with the glue and waiting, or glue and staples and clamping and waiting. This part is the longest for sure, but not to worry a shelf shall be made!

For the spacing of the top shelf to the bottom, I lined up the middle slat on the top shelf to the back slat to the bottom shelf when I put this together. This way I could open the tins on the bottom shelf with plenty of space for my hand.

Here I put all those pieces together one by one. I used a leveler app on my phone to make sure the shelf didn’t end up lopsided. You can find these on any app store whether you are a google or apple crafter-they exist. Or you can use a level if you have one also.

These were each clamped on and left for 30 minutes. and then I would move on to the next piece. I did staple the shelves together as well, just to be on the safe side for my shelf. I did these on the sides to keep them more inconspicuous. If they stuck out a little I just hammered them in a little more. Which requires a gentle touch to not dent the wood.

I envisioned a shelf, and I have built my shelf to perfection! I am proud to have created this little DIY, and I love how cute it turned out! After a little Primer and a little White satin paint this shelf is looking BEAUTIFUL.

Wait a few hours between the primer coats. In this project I used Killz primer. Once I felt good about the primer being even I left it overnight. After the primer dried I put a coat of the Satin White color on it and Viola! Presto! Ta-Da! It’s done. Now my Fiance can be free of my mess in the kitchen.

Thank you for following along on this little project. I love it and I hope it inspires you to make something cute you’ve been wanting. To build this from start to finish, it cost me about $25. The wood pieces were about $2 each. The paint/primer would only cost you around $12 depending on what you choose. I would definitely say you do NOT need a Quart. Those little jars of paint work great for this since it is very small. I only used a small portion of the primer I purchased to repaint a room (coming soon *Crossing my fingers).