One step that is a little out of order (my fault, I failed to take a picture of this step), you’ll want to screw the aluminum strip onto the front of the fence slat before you screw the shelf into the cleat! You can do this either right after you cut the fence slat to size or after you drill the pilot holes that will be used to secure the shelf into the cleat…just save yourself the trouble of trying to attach the aluminum when the shelf is already secured to the wall.
We also drilled a pilot hole for each screw in the aluminum strip. Now you can simply secure the strip onto the front edge of the fence slat, by screwing from the bottom side of the shelf, again with 3 screws, 1 in the middle and 1 on each end.
This is also a good time to putty the nail holes in the cleats. Once the putty has dried, give a light sanding to make sure its smooth and level to the cleat and then paint.
Fantastic idea
Food for thought would be to attach a 1/2 or 3/4” end caps for each shelf to protect anyone from injury on exposed sharp corners of metal strips. Maybe even a cover board from top to bottom on both ends. It can also help keep objects from falling of the end of shelves.
Speaking from past experience from one of my own projects.
Sue, thanks for your comment! That’s a great recommendation. That would be darling to frame the sides in so it was more like a box.
Oh, my son would have LOVED this for his cars when he was little! Just wonderful! I featured this at Thursday Favorite Things today, along with your teen room. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks SO much Pam! We’re excited to be featured at Thursday Favorite Things! We’ll keep adding more of our creations to our site to share with everyone!