DIY Plate Rack Shelf
Make this wooden plate rack shelf for your cottage kitchen!
Yield: 1 shelf
Equipment
- 1/8 inch drill bit
- 1/4 inch drill bit
- beam level
- chop saw
- table saw
Materials
- 3 12 ft 1x6 boards
- 1 tube wood filler
- 1 bottle Elmer's wood glue
- 1 1/4 inch wood screws
- 2 inch wood screws
- 3 inch wood screws
- 1 can paint, wood stain or finish of your choosing
Instructions
Planning and Prep Work
- Measure your empty wall and adjust your shelf plans accordingly (if needed).
- Rip one of the 1x6 boards in half on a table saw, so you have two 1x3's for this project.
Cut List for Lumber
- You'll need to cut your 1x6's and 1x3's to the following dimensions. 1. Two 1x6 and two 1x3 at 35 inches2. Six 1x6's cut to 34.5 inches3. Eight 1x3's cut to 34.5 inches4. 1x6 cut to four strips to form wooden brackets 1 inch W x 7.5 inches L5. Ten dowels 3/4x3/4 inch square by 12.5 inches L6. One 1.5 inch W x 34.5 inches L strip of board
How to Assemble Your Shelf
- Paint, whitewash or stain your lumber and let it dry before assembling shelf.
- Take two 1x6's and two 1x3's that are 35 inches long (no 1) from the cut list above. Also take two 1x6's and two 1x3's that are 34.5 inches. Form two frames, one with the 1x6's and another with the 1x3's. Each should be 35 inches tall by 34.5 inches wide.
- Space each frame so they are 3/4 inch apart with 1x3's at the back.
- Measure for wooden brackets (no 4) on inside of frames, putting the first set 7 3/4 inches above the bottom of your wood frame. Place the second pair 21 1/4 inches from the bottom.
- Form shelves by putting down a 34 inch 1x3 at the back of your bracket, then put down a 34 inch 1x6, spacing the two boards about 1/3 inch apart. Glue down.
- Space 5 wooden dowels (no 5) on the second shelf from the bottom. Line them up on the frontside of the 1x3, glueing and screwing them down from both the top and bottom side.
- Take the remaining 5 dowels and line them up flush with the front edge of the 1x6. Glue and screw them down as well.
- Glue your face board (no 6) into place on the front of the second shelf to form a stopping point for dinner plates when placed in the rack.
- To install cleats for hanging your shelf, take two 1x3 at 34.5 inches. Glue and screw one underneath the topmost shelf and also just above the bottom shelf.
- Touch up your wooden shelf by filling in screw heads with wood filler, let it dry and then daub paint over to cover.
- Hang your DIY plate rack shelf by finding studs in your wall and fastening it through the back cleats you created.
- Add your dinner plates to the slots, dishes to the shelves and enjoy having the extra space in your kitchen!
