How to put up a shelf – Hanging shelves like a pro

Moving into a new home is often a fresh start but it can also be a stressful time. Moving home can mean unpacking, redecorating and fitting your furniture into your new space. One of the quickest ways to make a house a home is by adding your personal touches, such as putting up shelves, hanging artwork or displaying photos on the wall.

Today we will be covering how to put up a shelf in your new home, but before you start drilling into the walls, decide where you are going to put your shelves. Shelving can reduce clutter and add more storage to your home, but putting shelves up in the wrong place can make your home look more cluttered.

Shelving can be difficult to hang especially if you’ve never done it before. Sometimes it feels like you need to have four arms, and it’s a job that you can do wrong if you don’t know how. Shelving can be hung lopsided, or it can be hung in the wrong position. If you hang your shelving wrong it can make your home look messier than it is it can also make your home look cheap.

So today, we are going to tell you everything you need to put up a shelf and hang your shelves like a pro. But before you start you are going to need a few things which we have listed below.

Before you start putting up your shelves you will need.

• Shelves + brackets
• Painter’s tape
• Spirit level
• Pencil
• Drill & wall plugs
• Screws
• Screwdriver
• Tape measure
• Stud finder

Step-by-step guide to putting up a shelf

First, you are going to need to create a shelf template, this can be done by using painter’s tape to match the exact length of your self. Measure out the length of your shelf on the wall and then mark where the bracket holes should go on your tape.

If you are bringing your shelves from a previous home, check the wall type is the same, otherwise you will need different fixtures or fittings.

Next, you’re going to want to put the mark tape onto the wall where you want to hang a shelf. Use a level to make sure it’s straight. Once you have put the tape on the walls you want to stand back and check to see that it is straight. You can use a spirit level to make sure that the tape is straight but sometimes a visual guide is more than enough.

If you’re hanging more than one shelf it’s important to not only remember to level a tape but also the hallmarks on multiple shelves. This makes sure that the brackets line up on the shelf above and below it.

At this point it’s good to take a step back to see if you’re happy with the location of your shelving, if you are not happy that’s okay you can take the tape off the wall and reposition it until you’re happy with the positioning once you are finally happy you can then to begin to make holes in your wall.

Now that you have your mark tape you will need to get your drill and drill through the tape at the marked positions. If you’re not drilling into a stud you will need to use wall plugs. Before drilling you will need to use a studfinder otherwise you could electrocute yourself.

The next step is to attack brackets, you will need to secure your (into place using the appropriate screws full stop at this point it’s good to double-check with a level before fully tightening your screws.

Finally, it’s time to mount Your shelf you can do this by carefully placing your shelf onto the brackets.

The benefits of adding shelving to your home

There are many benefits to hanging shelving in your home, of course, one of the main benefits is added storage. When you add shelves into your home you take the clutter from the ground and then space it out throughout your house on your shelving.

Shelving allows you to keep your home organized and clutter-free. We hope this guide was enough to help you to be able to hang your shelving in your home. If shelving isn’t enough and you need room for more storage please consider hiring a self-storage unit.

A self-storage unit can help you to get rid of the clutter in your home, it can help you to store those larger pieces of furniture that you don’t have room for, or a can simply help keep your belongings safe without having to break the bank.