Thread: Modular stackable storage shelving

The junk room was getting just a bit TOO junky with the pile of camping gear, old books and toys, etc., so I designed this set of modular stackable storage shelves. They are made from 19 x 42 mm pine throughout, topped with a sheet of 12 mm MDF. Ozziejig joinery is used throughout, except the diagonal brace at the back which is glued and screwed to the legs.

The MDF top is located by 8 mm dowels which go through 8.5 mm holes in the MDF and are use to locate the module above, which has 8 mm holes drilled in the bottoms of the legs. The MDF tops are not glued, for ease of installation and removal.

The system is very stable, and provides a lot of surface area for storage. Dimensions can be altered to make shelving for other locations, but the idea of stacking identical modules and using dowels to lock them in place seems to work very well.

(I have been accused in the past of having a too-tidy shed, so I include a photo of a messy bench, just to prove that it does happen once in a while.)