I have used L shaped bracket bought at a box store to hold shelve made from plywood cut ten to eleven inches deep by however long you need. Put a bracket every stud and a one inch strip under the shelf in front. It will look like a 2 x 10 from the front.
Another way is to build a shelf unit like a book shelf unit with half inch back. Then do a french cleat mount. Take a 1x6 at least and rip it in half with an angle. 45 degrees will work but I prefer a 40/50 degree rip. Also take about 1/8" off the point for clearance. This will aid in removing the unit for painting a wall. Remember to put a small matching thickness cleat board along the bottom for a uniform vertical spacing. If you want to get fancy make your side deeper that the shelf so it will hide the open space created by the cleats.
This method will hold a ton. If your load is really light you could use 3/8" ply for the back. The selves in my house are used for solid lines of books and tools in the garage.
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "Tori" wrote:
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> This is for any shelving diyers. I have been anxiously trying to get my cold back room organized as my childs play area. We set up a large melamine workstation- her height. Now I need to get wall shelves above these- to hold games, etc. Lightweight but sturdy. So after checking out craigslist for used/repurpose book cases, and the options of ready made avail at hardwares, Ive decided the best thing to do is custom.
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> Ive studied the rubbermaid closet systems at Lowes and HD. It seems that all these proprietary wall mount systems theyve created merely replace the diy "cleat" system. Ive spent so much time looking cuz I dont want them to fall on her and I dont want them to be overly bracketed and clunky. Its an airy yellow cottagy room.
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> So it will have two wall sections, why not just put cleats on those 2 sections and nail lightweight casing onto that? I originally thought of the easy brackets on both ends version with one long 4' shelf x 3, but then I considered an actual 10-12' deep custom casing that I can add vertical and horizontal inserts too. But Ive only seen such in finished picture not as DIYer job. Any ideas appreciated.
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