This year I’m teaming up with 38 other bloggers for a series of monthly DIY challenges – every month I will be posting a themed project post on the 15th and then a round up of my favourite shared projects on the 30th!
Our first challenge of the year is the Build to Organize Challenge and I’ve created some extra shelving storage in our main bathroom with these DIY pipe shelves with simple pine boards!
For the past year or so we’ve had this cabinet in our upstairs hallway – it’s a great cabinet, and it’s been holding random cleaning supplies and things like sunblock and travel sized toiletries. I’d really like to relocate this cabinet to a bedrooms, which means finding a new home for all those objects.
And so, the creation of these bathroom shelves!
Chris and I really like the rustic/industrial look of pipe shelves and thought they would work really well with the shiplap in our main bathroom.
There is enough space to hold all our supplies (and then some) and there’s room under the bottom shelf for the upstairs litter boxes.
These shelves use regular pipe parts that you can get at your local hardware store. To create the shelves I used the following ½” pipe:
8 x pipe, 18” length (for uprights)
8 x pipe, 12” length (to support shelves)
8 – flanges
6 x Tees
2 x elbows
2 x caps
I wiped down all the pipe pieces with a degreaser on a cloth and then gave everything a coat of paint using Rust-Oleum Universal spray paint in oil rubbed bronze. Once the paint was dry everything was screwed together!
Actually installing the shelf uprights is easier with two people so one person can hold the upright while the other makes sure to mark where the screws will go into the wall – use a level!
Once your first upright is installed and you’re marking the placement for your second, make sure they are level – we found adjusting the height of the bottom pipe or cap the easiest way to make small adjustments.
The shelves themselves are made from some 11” wide pine boards with a little special walnut stain and a few coats of poly.
We love our new shelves and I’m happy to say that the red cabinet is ready to be emptied and ready to moved to it’s new home!
Make sure to check out all the other challenge participants
Your shelves are beautiful and so functional! I love the industrial look.
These look amazing! awesome job, Casey!
I LOVE these pipe shelves!! Love the new look, thanks for sharing!!
What a beautiful transformation! I love the industrial style and use of space. You did a fabulous job!
I love the industrial look of these! Such a big improvement!
This is absolutely gorgeous, Casey! I love how the pipes look with the shiplap – so pretty!!
What a great project! I love the look of the pipe shelves and they are so functional!
I love the look of the pipes, great job!!
We have that cabinet too! Your shelves turned out beautifully.
I LOVE the pipe shelves!!! Such a great job!!!
Beautiful. I’ve been wanting to make shelvings using Pipe and this just motivated to start working on it.
I really love this look!
I love these shelves! Simply beautiful!
Casey these came out so great! I love that you utilized the whole wall! They look perfect against the shiplap walls!
OOOOH- I am really feeling this industrial look and had not taken the time to research how to create it – this looks easier than I thought – thank you so much for sharing! Looks awesome!
So pretty and perfect for my son’s bathroom! Do you have an estimate of the material costs? Thank you for sharing!