Many people are inclined to emphasize on the design look and feel when dealing with how to organize wall shelves when in fact there are some minute details we can exploit for both space and creativity!

How To Organize Wall Shelves To Maximize Workspace

I guess smart moms like you might have considered the use of Mandal Headboard to flexibly fix your shelves but if you don’t have the space to your advantage for full board installation, the 1-piece floating wall shelves might just do the trick. It’s a pretty straightforward process to mount the wall shelves basically but learning how to organize wall shelves to maximize workspace will be the more fulfilling objective for us here.

Choosing Your Type of Wall Shelves

If you don’t mind to pay some extras for Adjustable Shelving System, fixing the vertical rails will give you maximum flexibility to play with the room by mounting individual shelf on desired heights and gaps between tiers. 

But if you’re tying up the budget, installing the simple floating wall shelves are also great to go. For multi-tier installations, leave a generous space between shelves to accommodate the biggest box or multi-tier plastic storage drawer. Also, make sure it allows you to stand the tallest files or hard cover books you might wish to position there later. 

Nonetheless, reserve at least 1 yard allowance between the top tier and ceiling with the bottom tier not lower than 18” from your eye-level. Do take note, however, the case will be different if you’re positioning it above your working console, so make sure to raise the shelves accordingly.

How To Organize Wall Shelves – Use The Right Brackets

Although you can put your creativity in the choice of wall brackets, it’s always advisable to use the straight-end edge brackets to maximize room. For instance, IKEA’s EKBY Bjarnum below is perfect for top and middle layers.

And if you’re allocating a tier for books and files, Semicircle and Curved Mounting Brackets such as those below may serve as additional support for your bookends with a touch of style. Besides that, you may also consider clinging a loose hook to these brackets, so you get another place to hang your mail sorter, sampling pockets or other items you deemed appropriate.

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Try not to use countertop (such as the one below) or curved brackets if not necessary as it limit your horizontal space bleeds, but it will be a good idea to fasten these to the last plank of floating shelve so that you may slot in a rod of appropriate size as suspension bar. 

Other Decorative Yet Useful Items For Your Wall Shelves

Do you also need a notice board to shout out your reminders? Then why not drape a portion of your shelves to make fabric notice board? You get to cover the mess of your shelves that’ll be coming ahead few months into utilizing your space and still look cool on the outside! You may use Post-It-Notes for temporary attachments or cute safety pins to secure them longer – the imagination is yours.

Besides depending on the brackets’ hook, you can also purchase over-the-counter hook to be clipped to the shelf on any sides convenient to you for the extra space. They’re abundantly cheap and you don’t damage your panels with drills and nails! 

How To Organize Wall Shelves – Installation Tips

With all the vast room for creativity on how to organize wall shelves, you should also remember that wall shelves are all on their own to bear the weight. Hence, it is very advisable for you to mount along the wall studs for extra support of your brackets. This way, you share the bracket’s burden with the studs and prevent the panels from pulling out the wall when load increases. 

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