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DIY Hexagon Shelves
TOOLS
- Miter Saw
- Wood Glue
- Painter’s Tape (I love Frog Tape, but regular blue painter’s tape seemed to work better for this project)
- Sandpaper
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
- 1- 1x4x12 common pine board
- 1- 1x6x8 common pine board (optional – we wanted one shelf to be wider so that we could fit a toilet paper roll on it)
- Stain or paint (we used Minwax Dark Walnut stain)
- 4- Large D-ring Hangers (to attach your shelves to the wall)
Steps to make DIY hexagon shelves
STEP 1: CUT ALL OF YOUR BOARDS
We cut each piece to be 5.5″ on the long side. Each board should be cut at a 30-degree angle so that all of the pieces will fit together. All of your pieces need to be the exact same length, so clamp a board to your miter saw as a guide. With the guide in place, you can quickly slide the board you are cutting up again the guide to get consistent cuts without measuring.
STEP 2: SAND
Our boards were pretty smooth to begin with and I wanted a rustic look, so I didn’t spend much time on this step. My main goal was to remove splinters from where I cut the wood, so I just quickly went over the edges with 80-grit sandpaper.
STEP 3: ASSEMBLE
Once your boards are sanded, place 6 of them side by side with the short side facing down. Tape your boards using 2-3 pieces of blue painter’s tape.
Glue the edges of your boards. Be sure to get the glue all the way to the edge. I recommend putting a line of glue down the middle and then spreading it with your finger. This will prevent some of the glue from squeezing out as well.
Carefully flip your boards so that they are standing straight up.
Fold your edges together into a hexagon. Make sure that the seams between boards are tight and the tape is still in tact. If necessary, you can add more tape.
STEP 4: REMOVE THE TAPE
Once the glue is dry, remove your tape. If there are any areas where glue dripped out, sand them down.
If you want to add extra support, you can pop some nails where boards meet.
STEP 5: STAIN OR PAINT
If you choose, you can also seal them. If you choose to stain your boards before gluing, you will need to wait until they are fully dry or the tape will not properly adhere to the boards.
STEP 6: HANG YOUR SHELVES
To hang our shelves, we first attached them to each other using glue and nails. Then we added D-rings along the middle plane in each place that two shelves met. The D-rings each straddled two shelves.
If you’re not doing multiple shelves or you’re keeping them detached, you could also use sawtooth hangers.
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