Closet Shelves Suggestions

[jameshtx]

I got this weird closet with curved walls from the stairs and trying to figure out how I can put shelves in. Do they make shelves for curved walls? If you guys have some ideas or suggestions I'd really appreciate it.

 

[rlitman]

Are you planning on running shelves across, from wall to wall, or along one wall?

No, they do not make curved shelves. You're going to have to customize something.

 

[jameshtx]

Are you planning on running shelves across, from wall to wall, or along one wall?

No, they do not make curved shelves. You're going to have to customize something.

along the wall

 

[yeldogt]

Make a paper template on the floor .. transfer to plywood.

If you have some masonite -- that's a good transfer to make from the paper and test fit.

use the masonite to lay out the plywood

 

[astroracer]

Get a piece of 16ga metal strap, an inch or so wide and bend it the easy way to make a pattern. Transfer the shape to whatever you want to make your shelf out of. 3/4" birch plywood would be my first choice.
The width of the shelf will just be an offset in what dimension you want that to be. 10 to 12 inches is pretty standard. You should be able to use any off the shelf hardware to attach the shelves to the wall.
Mark

 

[rlitman]

Make a paper template on the floor .. transfer to plywood.

If you have some masonite -- that's a good transfer to make from the paper and test fit.

use the masonite to lay out the plywood

A template is an option. I'd probably do my layout with a trammel, if I could figure out the radius. Keep in mind that for the shelf's front and back to be parallel, they need to follow concentric circles, so they will not be the same curvature.

For small templates, I really like the cardboard that cereal boxes are made from, but corrugated coardboard will be better that this scale. Countertop guys often use popsicle sticks and hot glue. There are many options.

 

[astroracer]

Keep in mind that for the shelf's front and back to be parallel, they need to follow concentric circles, so they will not be the same curvature.

It's not really necessary to make them concentric. On something of this scale and where the shelves are in the sight plane, the little bit of radial difference will never be noticed.
Mark

 

[yeldogt]

A template is an option. I'd probably do my layout with a trammel, if I could figure out the radius. Keep in mind that for the shelf's front and back to be parallel, they need to follow concentric circles, so they will not be the same curvature.

For small templates, I really like the cardboard that cereal boxes are made from, but corrugated coardboard will be better that this scale. Countertop guys often use popsicle sticks and hot glue. There are many options.

You just put sheets paper down on the floor and trace the curve -- cut and place. the sheets can be in top of one another .. you take long lengths of tape and hold them together. Just enough so you can lay it down on something that's one big sheet to to make a master.

L bracket into a stud to hold them up

 

[scottydosnntkno]

You could use the closetmaid open wire shelving. Some strategic cuts would leave you with a bunch of triangle shaped pieces that you can bend to the radius. One support bar at each point straddling the intact ribs and a couple wall clips and you would be good to to

 

[Kaizen]

Custom made wine racks. That would be an awesome mini wine cellar


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[3onthetree]

An open shelf really needs to be 16" or 18" deep to be capable enough to hold any general thing yet unknown that has not made it's way down there, but will eventually, so running along the long wall will give you only 18" or so to shimmy in there for access. You also have the sloping ceiling to deal with.

 

[jimreed2160]

Pretty narrow space for shelves. How about hanging stuff? You could cut reliefs in outer edge of Gladiator Geartrack and bend it to the curve. Or you could mount 16'' panels of metal wall control pegboard.

 

[Bretny]

I would do a paper template. Laminate thin wood strips or even that plastic wood stuff and run them along the curve then lay your shelf on them.

I have never had good luck with MDF for shelving. It always sags. All my closets have shelving that's pine or appearance grade plywood with a pine front face.

 

[CraigStu]

Assuming this is just for storage, I'd cut the shelves from some of the 16 inch deep white laminated boards and cut the curve on the back only.

 

[CJ7VFR]

From the looks of it, that space it not very wide. It appears to be about 2.5 to 3 feet wide. That is not very wide to put in shelves, especially on a curve. If the shelves stuck out 16 inches that will leave you with only 16 inches of open space to move into and out of the closet.

If I was you, I would buy some of those large storage bins with the snap down lids on them, and label them with what is inside each one.

Then you would be able to stack them up inside the closet as well as be able to slide them in and out as you want. This is what I did in the two small closets we have at my house in two of our bedrooms.

The two closets were too small to really use shelves in there, so we bought 6 storage bins with the lids for each closet. We can now store all kinds of things in the bins, and they slide easily in and out of the closets when we need to access what is in them.

Jim