Build your own wall unit – 35 simple ideas to recreate

The wall unit is a piece of furniture that no living room should be without today. The modern version no longer has anything in common with the furniture of the past. And although a wide variety of modular systems are available, you may still want to build your wall unit yourself. In this case, this article will help you. We have instructions for building, which also has a useful desk built in. Of course you can change this piece of furniture as you wish. The gallery with great inspiration to imitate, which follows immediately afterwards, should also serve this purpose.

It can be made up of a wide variety of pieces of furniture. What this means is that it can have open shelves or transparent showcases, as well as lockable cabinets and drawers to hide certain things. So before you start building, you should think about what you want to include in your new wall unit. Now let's get to the instructions.

This variant exists exclusivelyfrom shelves. For this reason it is also easy to imitate. If you want to build such a wall unit yourself, you will need wooden panels, which are best cut to size at the hardware store, four angle profiles with holes, screws and shelf brackets. The number of wooden boards and shelf angles depends on how large your design should be and how many shelves it should consist of. You can paint the individual parts in advance. If possible, do this outdoors.

To build, attach the four angle profiles with holes next to each other and vertically on the wall. To do this, use a drill and screws, making sure that the distance between them is slightly smaller than the length of the shelves. Next, attach the shelf brackets at the desired heights. The furniture looks particularly attractive if you design it in an irregular shape. But that depends entirely on your taste. You can then place the wooden boards on the shelf brackets and leave it at that. If you want to be on the safe side, you can also screw the shelves to the angles. And that's it, you're done.

Of course you can also use the deskSetting up a televisionuse. You can also connect several shelves together and build small cupboards. Now take a look at our remaining ideas and design your individual wall unit for a unique living room.

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