Comments on: Craft Paint Shelf Floor to Ceiling

By: Gail Wilson

Gail Wilson — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:52:00 +0000

Great question Melinda. I suppose it depends on how tall and deep it is. If it is taller than you, yes it needs to be securred to the wall somehow. If you search google or amazon for anti-tip furniture, you will see plenty of options to do this. This is a must if you have children in the home.
I just grabbed some paint off of mine yesterday, and was admiring how handy this shelf is to organize all of my paint.

good luck
gail

By: Melinda Nylen

Melinda Nylen — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:22:27 +0000

I built a shelf like this out of recycled 2×4’s and 4×4’s on the sides. I don’t want to anchor it to the wall I am going to put a backing piece on my question do I have to stabilize it at the bottom somehow so it won’t tip forward or backwards?

By: girlfromwva

girlfromwva — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 18:14:37 +0000

great job. love the size of the shelves and the baskets you chose.

By: Gail Wilson

Gail Wilson — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:41:36 +0000

In reply to Jessica.

Awesome! I thought I was alone in the shallow shelf camp! 🙂

good luck!
gail

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:05:37 +0000

I love the floor to ceiling shelf, Gail! 🙂 I’d like a shallow shelf too, I hate not seeing things at the back of my current display shelf. Can’t wait to get started with this project too! 🙂
Thank you for sharing.
Cheers,
Jessica

By: Gail Wilson

Gail Wilson — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:18:37 +0000

In reply to Leah McGrew.

I hear you about the heat. We’re having a short break in the heat and I’m trying to be very productive! 🙂

Shallow book shelves are really handy for sure!
gail

By: Leah McGrew

Leah McGrew — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:38:48 +0000

I don’t have a lot of craft paint. However, I could use something like this, wall to wall in my home, set for books. I have a LOT of books, most of them out in a shed in storage. And I don’t keep all the ones I read. I have some plans to actually do some painting, but first things need to settle down a bit – and cool off, I live in Texas.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:12:05 +0000

Fabulous! I love the spacing and baskets. You should patent this. If you made 2 side by side then you could store all of it. I understand the buckets, mine are in plastic drawers that are currently over my head. (I’m short) so I have to take the heavy drawer down to look at the paint. It’s a pain in the behind.