As 🔨 laminate residues make functional shelf

After repairs are always some construction materials. And not all of these residues to easily leave. For example, rather expensive laminate hand does not rise to throw away. Let's say, were an extra pair of plates or crop them, not take them as so easy to trash? Exactly thought YouTube-channel author MARBO DIY. She found an interesting and practical application of these remains: make a handy shelf. And it happened so simply and elegantly that you will want to repeat it with their hands.

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1 Laminate - a convenient and practical
2 How to assemble a panel to shelves
3 shelf design: supports and fasteners
4 Organizer for all occasions, other uses of the laminate

Laminate - a convenient and practical

Laminate flooring has become one of the most popular finishing materials. Outwardly, it looks like a natural tree, thus, it is very easy to packing quite cheap and practical in use. Mounted it simple: on each element has a locking connection. It is only necessary to insert the protrusions from one to another, and you get a smooth and durable connecting seam, which does not require any additional fasteners or glue.

Laminate flooring is usually laid in a checkerboard pattern, shifting boards relative to each other. With such laying necessarily remain cutters of different lengths

Usually laminate with a stock buyTo have enough elements for stacking, and with the expectation that, to remain at least a couple of boards for maintenance if necessary.

Here is the tool joint, which is firmly fasten the two halves together. You do not need any additional fasteners to fix the details of your future shelves

How to assemble a panel to shelves

To create shelves need to build a platform: the canvas size of about 60 × 80 cm or so, depending on the size of your balances.

The web can be composed of two parts or more, it depends on the materials that are at your disposal. There is no difficulty to collect such a platform of several parts. To do this, use the same principle as when laying the floor. Slide the parts relative to each other and seal locks

The only difficulty that you encounter - in some places the edge of the board is cut off, and out performs all of its "ins and outs", ie, pressed sawdust. They will be different from the pitch of the color, and it's too much

To hide the unsightly edge, pick up acrylic paint and color, which will be as close to the color of your laminate. Just paint over the edge and wait until it dries. Then your site will be ready for further processing

shelf design: supports and fasteners

The most interesting thing in this process - to plan the contents of your shelves. Where you can unleash the imagination, because it can serve as a basis for storing needlework tools or stationery, flowers, books or toys. Choose what you need and, on this basis, select the appropriate accessories.

On the canvas, you can make one or more shelves. This will require trimming of the same laminate. Saw them to length and paint paint sections. To fix, use corners or stand here such that you can buy in any store furniture fittings

Incidentally, furniture fittings for shelves, try to pick one color and style. It will give the product a finished look. And all the hooks are fixed and usually stand on the bolts. In order to reliably capture all the details will have to drill holes in the laminate. Therefore, prepare a drill with a drill of appropriate size

The author has used for wall organizer shelves and hooks of different sizes and shapes. But note: all of them are designed in the same style, and it looks quite decent

Organizer for all occasions, other uses of the laminate

All work on the creation of the organizer will hardly take you more than an hour. Of special tools will only drill and a jigsaw to saw segments for the shelves.

That such results were obtained in the channel of the author, but you can build your option by changing the arrangement of the shelves, the number or order of placement of hooks or other fasteners

If you make a personal organizer, it will be a great companion in the room where laid a laminate floor.

In general, laminate can do many useful things. Incidentally, it is laid not only on the floor, but the walls and even the ceiling. Laminate furniture making, and from the remnants can be made storage boxes of different things, and even the original pots.

And here is an interesting idea for those who like to work with your hands:

How do you like the idea of the author? Agree, the production of the organizer does not take much time and does not require any special construction skills. Share your thoughts in the comments. And if you have experience of using the laminate residues - it's very interesting. Send us your photo and description of the process in our editorial, the best materials, we will certainly publish in the category "not a woman's business."

A PHOTO: YouTube-channel "MARBO DIY«

As 🔨 laminate residues make functional shelf

Laminate - a convenient and practical

How to assemble a panel to shelves

shelf design: supports and fasteners

Organizer for all occasions, other uses of the laminate

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