SHE'S HAPPY! Budget DIY Pine pantry shelves the easy way

I pleased the wife with some DIY pantry shelves. These pine pantry shelves were super easy and came in under BUDGET.
Hi my name is Mike and we're building our family dream, one project at a time.

I used 1x2 pine strips attached and glued to the wall and capped them with 1x12" white pine for the shelves. Then made some simple 1x2" strips for vertical supports. Below you will find a material list. Also some of my favorite tools used.
Thanks for watching.

The cost on materials has skyrocketed! Sorry, but at the time, this project cost $190.
MATERIALS-
10- 1x2" x8'
10 1x12"x 8"
1- tube of construction adhesive
1- box of 2 1/2" 16 ga brad nails
MY FAVORITE TOOLS-

[auronedgevicks]

went to bed one day and heard a big crash around 11pm. basically closet fell down. Construction glue with brad nails only last maybe 10 years. Just use screws.

[dponzi]

Nice job. I've been making shelves like this for 40 years. I take it a step further though. Where you fasten the front 1x2 uprights, I cut short pieces that fit between the shelves, and glue and screw them to the uprights from behind. That way, the shelves are supported by wood, not just the fasteners. I just feel its more secure.

[bethmorano]

Nice! I would use screws. 🥴Glue and Brad nails are iffy. I am building a pantry and I’m worried about the weight of my canning jars and small appliances.

[AI-ozju]

Good video.
One question though. Do you think Brad nails are enough to hold vertical supports? I would use some good screws, or framing nails. Depending on the weight a better approach would be using supports cut for each shelf height and glued behind your vertical supports, so the actual weight sits on top of that support. Or use a 2x4 with notches for each shelf to sit on. Your support would be solid and face of the support will only be 1.5 inch thick.

[JimVincitore]

Great video! Put the shelves all the way to the ceiling, great place to store light stuff like boxes of cereal, cookies, oatmeal, light bulbs, etc. My father built shelves in our pantry about 1950, my ma was not home at the time. It's a family joke, he made the shelves not level so the water will run off when the roof leaks! LOL!

[sedtoni]

This is perfect….thank you. Exactly what my wife and I were looking for.

[bovinescatology]

Current material price (12/30/22) to complete this project, $293.00.

[fwitsch]

Hi,
I originally came to your channel via your tree house video but it's really interesting to see how "normal life" can be in the US.

We (my wife and our two little kids with 2 and 4 years) live in Germany and bought an older house some time ago and it's always my turn with the two little ones to bring everything in the garden and house up to scratch and I find your videos very interesting.

Greetings from Brühl, Germany
Fabian

[AmbutuMalone]

Great job! The extra space shelf was super thoughtful!

[james]

that laser level must save you a shit ton of time, need to get one of those...

The idea of brad nailing support cleats to the studs seems boarderline insane but love everything else

[WillEspositoFotografia]

Meu espaço e exatamente igual ao seu, e encontrei a solução perfeita pra fazer minhas prateleiras, muito obrigado

[PJL]

Let’s see… one night while sleeping at around 4:07 am you will hear a ::CRASH:: from downstairs lol

[guysolis]

Your laser level is priceless. I used one in commercial steel stud framing...gotta get one of those (I think that would be the only tool I don't have!) Good video, gotta keep mama happy but I dug the final shots of you hot rodding around with your boys..

[curtisep]

Good Jod dad!
More storage is always good.

[amierieves]

Spotted the Thrive shake mix! #thrivemoms

[hoseclamp]

did you use pocket screws on the lighter shelf to the right @8:10 to secure it to the darker shelf you were nailing, as I don't see how you supported the lighter shelf from canting down once some weight gets on it? and thanks for sharing your projects!

[RyanJohnsonD]

How did you join the shelves? How much weight can the side/smaller shelves (that are connected to the main shelf) support?

[michaelcoughlin]

I was hoping for a french cleat wall with extra wall cleats. Then shelves would be adjustable in case you had some taller items later on or needed to rearrange as the years go by.

[mercedesaschenbrenner]

3 hours to complete??? It’ll take probably 3 weeks for me😢!!! Thanks for sharing. You made it look so easy!! Awesome!!! 👍🏼❤️

[mariaemilianegron]

Kiddo you are an actor but your carpentry skills are awesome