Bed Shelf

DavMar,

I was in Lowes the other day and they had a small selection of wood shelves. 6' lengths. I used the wire shelf, attached with 3 inch L brackets above valances. I have decorative baskets also from Lowes that I carry on the shelf. Works fine.

Originally posted by mcarter DavMar, I was in Lowes the other day and they had a small selection of wood shelves. 6' lengths. I used the wire shelf, attached with 3 inch L brackets above valances. I have decorative baskets also from Lowes that I carry on the shelf. Works fine.

Mike can you go into a little more detail on how you attached this shelf and used a wooden closet rod? I'm having a hard time picturing it all in my mind. Fell free to send me a PM if you want about how you did this.

Dave

Dave, If you can find the shelf, you can see how I attached it in my mods. It is the very first one I posted (see link in signature).

Command strips on the back of my brackets and on the wall. I will likely replace those with short expansion anchors (making sure they are under 1" in length).
The shelf does have a bit of a lip. I was thinking of strength though and it looked to be stronger the way I placed it as there was more wood underneath supporting the slats. I use wire baskets on top (purchased when they were on sale at Aldi) and hold them in place with bungee cords going from the handhold opening, under the center brace (another reason for not turning it over) and back up to the handhold opening. I also use a couple of bungee cords to hold my CPAP machine in place so I don't have to keep moving it every time we want to pack and go.
Unfortunately, Lowe's seems to have stopped selling the shelf by itself, instead having it bundled with shelf brackets and hardware. It is the Allen + Roth 72-in W x 16-in D Java Wood Closet Shelf. Unfortunately, the price is quite high when all you need is the shelf and not the hardware.

I am in the process of building and installing a shelf over the bed in my 179. In the process of doing so, I removed both valances. They are held in by 2 very short  (maybe 3/4") screws and secured to the wall with metal l brackets (similar to what they use as drawer travel limiters. I would be reluctant to use the valance as support for a shelf - seems to me that it'd be susceptible to bending the valance brackets.