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How to make a box shelf

Be clever with remaining wall real estate by knocking up an open storage unit. - by Better Homes and Gardens
  • 09 Jan 2017
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This kind of unit is ideal for regularly used items and potted herbs. So easy to build, the 235 x 19mm shelves can display regularly used items or potted herbs. 

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Make yours by fixing together with PVA and countersunk screws, filling holes with wood filler, then sanding and varnishing. Attach a painted backing board (painted to match your wall colour), then screw through this into wall studs or wall plugs in masonry walls to hang.

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