French cleat shelves

I needed to organise storage in my workshop and I wanted flexibility in arranging that storage. As I demolished all cupboards and old shelves when renovating the place I had cart-blanche now to do whatever I wanted.
Instead of going for ready made solution of shelves mounted on steel rails I opted for French-cleat mounting system. Not only this is more flexible but also one can make it cheaply, at home, from cheap materials.

The whole concept is based on 45-degrees cleats which interlock with a shelf. The rest is gravitation and friction - the more load the better shelf is sitting. What not to like?

I bough pine planks and ripped them into base boards, with 45 degree bevel on top side.

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Trimmed and screwed to the wall.

Then came shelves and accessory holders - each made to suit the need. Hanged on base boards they can be moved around freely without need for unscrewing anything.

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That’s all what it is to it!
Costed almost nothing and since then I populated the wall with holders to accommodate most of my workshop materials.

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