Do-It-Yourself Projects - Custom Bedroom Storage
Bedrooms in most homes lack built-in storage areas.
You are often limited to buying expensive cabinets and bedroom furniture, in order to have enough room for your clothing and other items.
This article will look at a creative way that you can create more useful storage in your bedroom to have the room you desire.
Most couples or families like to divide their space up into his space and her space or boys and girls.
This can easily be accomplished by installing some exterior cabinets that are better secured to your bedroom walls.
To get started you'll want to measure out your wall space and determine just how big you want your cabinets to be.
Once you have your cabinet sizes you can begin by building some framing for your cabinets.
After you have your initial frames built then you will want to put some sheets of drywall and plywood on the top, bottom, and the two sides.
You may be able to find some good deals on building materials by shopping on craigslist.
Often times builders may have a few used sheets of plywood that are in very good condition that you can buy from them for much less than you would normally pay at a regular building materials store.
Once you have some good sheets of drywall or plywood - The next step is to cut some holes in the top for some lights to be installed.
Next you will want to secure the frame to the wall leaving the front open for now.
You can often find some very nice lights on sale at your local home-improvement stores.
You don't need anything too expensive or fancy, since they'll be located inside of the closet space.
Once you have installed your lighting you may want to consider adding some shelves to create more usable space.
The last step is to add the doors.
Like with most do-it-yourself projects you need to make sure that you have the proper tools and accessories before you begin the job - such as hinges, plywood, drywall, light fixtures, hammers, and other accessories that you might want to add to the list.
Not only will you create a better living environment in your bedroom with this simple DIY project, but you will also add some real dollar value to your home overall with simple storage projects like this one.
When you need more space the bedroom is certainly one place you can really make a nice improvement.
You are often limited to buying expensive cabinets and bedroom furniture, in order to have enough room for your clothing and other items.
This article will look at a creative way that you can create more useful storage in your bedroom to have the room you desire.
Most couples or families like to divide their space up into his space and her space or boys and girls.
This can easily be accomplished by installing some exterior cabinets that are better secured to your bedroom walls.
To get started you'll want to measure out your wall space and determine just how big you want your cabinets to be.
Once you have your cabinet sizes you can begin by building some framing for your cabinets.
After you have your initial frames built then you will want to put some sheets of drywall and plywood on the top, bottom, and the two sides.
You may be able to find some good deals on building materials by shopping on craigslist.
Often times builders may have a few used sheets of plywood that are in very good condition that you can buy from them for much less than you would normally pay at a regular building materials store.
Once you have some good sheets of drywall or plywood - The next step is to cut some holes in the top for some lights to be installed.
Next you will want to secure the frame to the wall leaving the front open for now.
You can often find some very nice lights on sale at your local home-improvement stores.
You don't need anything too expensive or fancy, since they'll be located inside of the closet space.
Once you have installed your lighting you may want to consider adding some shelves to create more usable space.
The last step is to add the doors.
Like with most do-it-yourself projects you need to make sure that you have the proper tools and accessories before you begin the job - such as hinges, plywood, drywall, light fixtures, hammers, and other accessories that you might want to add to the list.
Not only will you create a better living environment in your bedroom with this simple DIY project, but you will also add some real dollar value to your home overall with simple storage projects like this one.
When you need more space the bedroom is certainly one place you can really make a nice improvement.
