Comments on: DIY Industrial Pipe Shelves

By: Pam Kessler

Pam Kessler — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:47:29 +0000

In reply to christine. You are so welcome! They are really so easy to make and you'll love the look!

By: christine

christine — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 04:09:13 +0000

Genius!!!:), I have been trying to find a DIY easy kitchen shelving tutorial before i take down my upper cabinets. Can't wait to do this. thank you sooo much for the links, it gives me the confidence that I have the right parts and can follow your easy to understand steps with the pictures you provided. thank you for the time you put into this. I really appreciate it. Again, Genius!!!!:)

By: Pam Kessler

Pam Kessler — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:52:37 +0000

In reply to Melissa. Just aesthetics. I mainly wanted them to have a uniform look and the long piece (nipple) was smooth and shinier than the floor flange and cap were :) You could leave them metal colored if you wanted.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 21:54:00 +0000

Hey! I’m working on this project now and just got all my supplies from Home Depot. I was wondering if it’s on to use the pipes as-is or is spray painting required? I’ve looked at a bunch or tutorials and almost all include spray painting and I was wondering if there’s a reason for this other than aesthetics?

By: Pam

Pam — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 23:21:09 +0000

In reply to Danielle. You could use 1/2" if you want. I think the 3/4" gives it a "hefty" look, but the 1/2" looks good also and should be equally as strong for what you're using it for.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:43:22 +0000

Could you use 1/2 inch flange, nipple and cap? Or would it be too thin?

By: Jackie Slepoy

Jackie Slepoy — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:24:58 +0000

I am a visual learner and your directions are perfect! Love this and can’t wait to try! Thanks!

By: Kylie

Kylie — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 17:25:18 +0000

Just thought I’d share as I was doing this project, I found on Amazon you can get Pipe Decor industrial Shelf Brackets for less than half the price of buying all the pieces at the hardware store. They come complete as a set of 4 and they are already black.

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 12:03:08 +0000

In reply to Michelle. I actually did not use a stain at all. My boards were reclaimed wood, so they already had that look to them. I would look on the shelf at Home Depot at the MinWax stains and see if there is a stain color you love, but I think a pine colored stain would be similar.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 23:48:09 +0000

Hi the shelves are beautiful. I’m doing my own this week. I was wanting to know what color stain did you use?

Thanks