Closets and Home Organization - Want to put shelves just below ceiling

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eli47
05-08-09, 01:21 PM
Hi. New here. My daughter's room is small and once on a tv show I saw a house where the living room had one shelf that ran all the way around the room , about 2 ft. below the ceiling. I was thinking of using metal so I could spray paint it yellow. Can anyone tell me where to start, what materials I need and where to get them? Thanks!

the_tow_guy
05-08-09, 01:33 PM
My first thought is that with that much shelving you're going to want to use hidden or floating shelf brackets. That many standard brackets would be very busy looking. I did something similar at my Mom's house (not as extensive) over some windows where she has a Beany Baby collection. I got the brackets I used from Lowe's.
TerryMason
06-02-09, 11:48 AM
Alot of it depends on how much weight you plan for the shelves to hold.

Personally, I'm not sure that metal would look good - are you talking about the standard metal wire shelves that you see at lowe's?

tdma1
06-11-09, 06:44 PM
check this out, pretty high end but it will hold anything.

shelves Photo Gallery by Jack Wiercinski at pbase.com (http://www.pbase.com/jackw49/shelves)
Allison1888
07-09-09, 09:18 PM
I would check out the Container Store-- they are a little pricey, but the systems are durable and easy to install. They have a big sale in Jan/Feb if you can wait that long!