Since I used the countersink bit, the screw heads were recessed making it easy to cover them with putty. Of course the work wasn’t over with that! I had to cover up those large holes and screw heads. Then I was able to nail down through the bottom cubes into that cleat and call it hung! Putty and Paint That held it in place enough for me to take another cleat the entire length of the whole organizer and attach it below the bottom to keep the unit from drooping and coming disassembled over time. Once my 3 cleats were secure, I held the cube organizer in place on top of them and nailed some 2 inch nails down through the top of the organizer into my cleats. Then I was able to use my nail gun to shoot a nail or two into the studs which I had previously marked using a stud sensor. I checked for level again with the bolt in place, but not tightened. To insert it into the hole I drilled, I pinched the anchor together and used a little force to squeeze it past the drywall. Next I put the bolt through the cleat and lightly tightened the spring-loaded anchor on the bolt on the back side of the cleat. Then I set the cleat aside and used a 3/8 inch drill bit (which was called for on the box of my toggle bolts) to drill a hole in that spot on the drywall. Then I used a countersink bit to drill a hole through the cleat and into the drywall enough to make a mark, if not more. Install Toggle Boltsįirst I held the cleat in place and checked that it was level. So I picked up some toggle bolts* in the hardware aisle. The cleats for the cubes were only 11 inches wide, which meant at most I’d be able to attach them to one stud each. My particular one was 1/2 inch thick, so my cleats are 1/2 inch apart from each other. When you’re hanging the cleats for the cube organizer, make sure to leave a space between them for the vertical separator of the cube. I primed and painted them before they were installed so I wouldn’t have to paint them in place against the new blue walls! At the same time I was also hanging cleats for 2 shelves that would fill the wall between the cubes and the right wall. I used 1x2s cut to the width of the inside of the top 3 cubes. Since the organizer itself doesn’t have any ‘meat’ to use to attach it to the wall (It’s made for sitting on the floor.), I had to make some cleats to attach to the wall and then attach the organizer to the cleats. It’d be great in a bedroom or family room too! Create Cleats The plan is to put cabinets on the wall above the washer and dryer, so I thought it’d be fun to use something different on the opposite wall above the laundry sorter.Īnd I think that’s what I got. It turned out great and really couldn't have been easier to put together.When it came to storage and organization in my laundry room project, I wanted to think outside the (cabinet) box. I ended up customizing it slightly by not having it raised off the ground. Of course I immediately went to Ana White's site and found a cube bookshelf which was exactly the type she was looking for. Eventually, she settled on a bookshelf as she got a ton of kids books for Joshua. When we found out that Allison was pregnant, I immediately offered to make something for the baby room. Which makes Lauren and I first-time Aunt and Uncle! We look forward to spoiling him and seeing him grow up over the coming years! So a little over a month ago my sister-in-law, Allison, and brother-in-law, Anthony, had their first child - Joshua Anthony Santorelli.
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