Yeah, I know… first world problem, right?
About 5 years ago we built a new home. The builder didn’t include closet shelving in the bid, which he was very up front about. So to save a little money, we bought a metric crap ton of used shelving from someone remodeling a large home. It had a ton of shelving, supports, brackets, etc with it. My wife and I took a long day and hung it all how it made sense a couple days before moving in. I’m here to tell you- we hung A LOT of wire shelving that day - 4 bedroom closets, 2 bathroom closets, a few hallway closets, utility room, etc. We got pretty good at it, and it actually turned out REALLY well. And I resold the remaining stuff for a lot of what we paid for it because we had a lot left over that I never figured we’d use. And if we did need some, I figured we’d just go buy what we needed.
Edit: after seeing the prices of this shelving during this recent adventure, I regret selling all of what we had.
So now we have a lot of shelving in our bedroom walk in closet. And what happens when you have more room? That’s right! More stuff accumulates! Every now and then I accuse my wife of having too many clothes, which of course she vohemiatly denies and deflects back at me. Sunday night at about midnight, with a mildly cushy crash, her closet shelf seemed to take my side of the debate. Maybe that 15 lb weighted blanket was just too much for it?
Of course as the big burly protective husband I am, i got up to investigate the source of the noise. After discovering this, I just shook my head, closed the closet door, and went back to bed. She asks “so what was that?” I replied back “you don’t want to know.”
So now I’m straightening the piece that fell and re-mounting it. I put all the hardware back into the same holes to cover the damaged wall. I’m going to make sure the new additional hardware is screwed into studs this time rather than anchored into the drywall. I need to pick up some angle braces and might add an additional brace either to the ceiling or down to the floor.
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About 5 years ago we built a new home. The builder didn’t include closet shelving in the bid, which he was very up front about. So to save a little money, we bought a metric crap ton of used shelving from someone remodeling a large home. It had a ton of shelving, supports, brackets, etc with it. My wife and I took a long day and hung it all how it made sense a couple days before moving in. I’m here to tell you- we hung A LOT of wire shelving that day - 4 bedroom closets, 2 bathroom closets, a few hallway closets, utility room, etc. We got pretty good at it, and it actually turned out REALLY well. And I resold the remaining stuff for a lot of what we paid for it because we had a lot left over that I never figured we’d use. And if we did need some, I figured we’d just go buy what we needed.
Edit: after seeing the prices of this shelving during this recent adventure, I regret selling all of what we had.
So now we have a lot of shelving in our bedroom walk in closet. And what happens when you have more room? That’s right! More stuff accumulates! Every now and then I accuse my wife of having too many clothes, which of course she vohemiatly denies and deflects back at me. Sunday night at about midnight, with a mildly cushy crash, her closet shelf seemed to take my side of the debate. Maybe that 15 lb weighted blanket was just too much for it?
Of course as the big burly protective husband I am, i got up to investigate the source of the noise. After discovering this, I just shook my head, closed the closet door, and went back to bed. She asks “so what was that?” I replied back “you don’t want to know.”
So now I’m straightening the piece that fell and re-mounting it. I put all the hardware back into the same holes to cover the damaged wall. I’m going to make sure the new additional hardware is screwed into studs this time rather than anchored into the drywall. I need to pick up some angle braces and might add an additional brace either to the ceiling or down to the floor.
