Make Your Own Refrigerator Shelves

Wood screws through the pilot holes that you drilled earlier and into the wall cleat.

Make your own refrigerator shelves.

Rather than upgrade your fridge consider using just a measuring tape and a trip. Wire refrigerator shelves can lead to food topples and spills along with being tricky to clean in their own right. Make your own inexpensive and easy to clean diy fridge liners. In my case it is 24 deep.

Use 2 by 4 inch studs to build a platform with the same surface area as the bottom of your refrigerator and raise the bottom of the refrigerator about 12 inches off the floor. After you get all your food out of your uprihjt freezer pla e a box fan directly in vro t oc it about e 4 turn it on high and let it help defrost your freezer. Holding the shelf over the cleat and tight to the wall drive 1 5 8 in. Measure and cut the shelves.

Approximately 45 minutes to one hour. Rub some soapy water over it to achieve a smooth finish. For a neater look use brass screws and finish washers. A set of placemats dollar store mats work great a marker.

To make liners for your fridge s drawers remove the drawer and set it on top of one of your placemats. Figure out how wide your shelves need to be. Here s how you can make a set for your own fridge. Section costs about 25.

In my case i measured the width of my biggest serving plate. Wait a day or two after staining and then brush on three coats of polyurethane for protection. You can also sit an electric heaysr with a blower behind tne fan to get quick results. The first step to make this over the fridge organizer is to build the shelves.

When you have finished leave the sugru to cure at room temperature for 24 hours. Just cut it to length predrill screw holes and screw it to the underside of a shelf. Use a marker to trace the outline of the bottom of the drawer. Prefinished t molding is available wherever wood flooring is sold.

All of your boards will be cut to this length. Figure out how deep your cabinet is. When those happen cleaning becomes a huge chore often requiring shelves to be taken apart for a good scrub down. For a crack on one of the shelves place and press a sausage of sugru onto the edge of the break.

Build a platform frame for your refrigerator to sit on. This makes the refrigerator a more comfortable height and provides additional storage space down below. If you want the shelf to look darker wait a few hours and apply a second coat.