First, I painted the entire closet white to cover the holes I had filled and freshen everything up. I ended up using two paint colors, black and white. We all know how much paint can change the look of a space, but I can not believe what it did for the closet in this project. You can play around with how they fit best in your space and decide what you like! Side note: you’ll want to secure the shelves to the wall using the brackets they come with, but not until after you’ve painted the walls. I ended up stacking them in the closet one lying horizontally on the floor and the second laying vertically on top of the other to make an L shape. I decided to assemble these before painting so I could plan where they would fit best in the closet and take their measurements. After those dried, I sanded them down so they were flush with the wall and got ready to paint!Īfter cleaning the closet out, I picked up 2 black Kallax shelves from Ikea for $80 each. Then I took a joint compound putty and filled in all of the nail and screw holes in the wall. So I took a putty knife and smoothed it all over. Pry from one end and work your way acrossĪfter removing all the shelving and baseboards there were a couple of places where old caulk was still sticking onto the wall.
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