Or, "I have champagne tastes on a beer budget!"
In response to some inquiries about my rack adventure, I'm starting a thread here to put everything in one place and help answer as many questions as I can about my in-wall setup.
Background: I wanted a professional looking in-wall rack, complete with custom cut-out faceplates - but could not bear to spend hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for something that is essentially a fancy shelf. I loved the look of the Middle Atlantic brand and other commercially available racks, but felt that I could maybe "MacGyver" something decent out of commonly available (and inexpensive) parts.
The "finished" product ended up exceeding my expectations:
Front
Back
All told, I spent in or around $150-200 "ish" for the materials. In essence, the rack shelves are comprised of double-tang shelving brackets, plywood, paint, some molding trim, aluminum plate along with some drywall screws and washers.
I will do my best to document the process and procedures I used, in hope that it may help others realize a decent DIY rack for their setup. As there is a fair number of photos, I will be breaking up the posts to keep things simpler.
Cheers, and see you in the next post!
In response to some inquiries about my rack adventure, I'm starting a thread here to put everything in one place and help answer as many questions as I can about my in-wall setup.
Background: I wanted a professional looking in-wall rack, complete with custom cut-out faceplates - but could not bear to spend hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for something that is essentially a fancy shelf. I loved the look of the Middle Atlantic brand and other commercially available racks, but felt that I could maybe "MacGyver" something decent out of commonly available (and inexpensive) parts.
The "finished" product ended up exceeding my expectations:
Front
Back
All told, I spent in or around $150-200 "ish" for the materials. In essence, the rack shelves are comprised of double-tang shelving brackets, plywood, paint, some molding trim, aluminum plate along with some drywall screws and washers.
I will do my best to document the process and procedures I used, in hope that it may help others realize a decent DIY rack for their setup. As there is a fair number of photos, I will be breaking up the posts to keep things simpler.
Cheers, and see you in the next post!