DIY Cardboard Shelf That Looks Like Wood: Simple, Easy Home Decor Idea #2

[@dopapier]

It is better to alternate the boards, having the ‘grain’ of one sheet at right angles to the one below. This increases the strength enormously.

[@williampennjr.4448]

you could also reenforce it with a straight bracket or the straight part of a plastic hanger between the cardboard layers. This is especially good if you dont want the shelf to be so thick.

[@stan.rarick8556]

I've been using Elmer's glue with cardboard for years - works great!

[@18missmm]

This is an absolute PERFECT solution for what I need on my budget! Thanks so much for sharing! 🙌❤️

[@AmonNouse]

cheaper to buy one from ikea!

[@wolraadwoltemade3275]

@@AmonNouse can't beat mass production I learned this the hard way making stuff from stone and granite I'd have to charge 3x the market price on amazon for the same item I make can't compete at all.

[@clanravencub]

It's worth alternating the directions of the corrugation. It should vast increase the strength

[@AdamFraserKruck]

I would only add one sheet in the other direction. The majority should be the way they show. This is similar to OSB oriented strand board.

[@AdamFraserKruck]

@Robert Flask OSB has some flakes in every direction, but the majority are oriented a certain way to increase the strength. The "strength axis" is stamped on the bottom of every sheet.

[@questioner113]

It would depend on which way the shelf is going to span, ie, if it is transferring loads along both axes. I since the supports are on the two sides of the shelf and not at the back, it makes sense to have all the corrugations span between the supports. If the back of the shelf had some supports below it, then alternating the direction of the corrugations might serve some purpose.

[@erincallison7391]

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[@jaspermartin7444]

Ingenius! I have a fancy armoire which is used as a dresser and it needs another shelf but matching the wood grain isn't possible, so it feels silly spending money for something which is never going to look quite right. But this free -- free is GREAT for "almost matches"! Thanks!

[@cassiecarmichael]

Very nice work, forget the people who can't appreciate your work. The finishing touch of the veneer was excellent!

[@annblachly8068]

Thank you for the details to pay attention to for making sturdy furniture, smaller projects.

[@patriciaconstantinososa7298]

I love how neat your work is!!!

[@kikomoda]

Thank you!

[@floppydisk4500]

kikomoda it's good but it would be stronger if you alternate the grain of the cardboard, like making plyboard. 😊

[@kashifghafoor7177]

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[@kashifghafoor7177]

Kashif.

[@deenszxking6818]

When you stack it together, you should cross them piece by piece to make it strong. If you don't know what I mean by that, I will try to explain it as detail as possible. Let say you have 5 pieces of cardboard that you want to stack it together. You will notice that a cardboard has many straw hole. When you stack and glue them together, 1st pieces of cardboard hole will facing the different direction from 2nd pieces of cardboard when glued together like a cross. The same goes between 2nd to 3rd, 3rd to 4th, and 4th ro 5th.

[@verascapiniandradedetudou8262]

Boa tarde e saudações daqui do Brasil. Sensacional seu trabalho e obrigada por compartilhar modo como você fez. Ficou incrível.

[@TSD0416]

Wow this is a great way to recycle and reuse cardboard. You've done an excellent job. I swear your shelf is much sturdier that those at IKEA.

[@your_average_cultured_dude]

It's not. Ikea has the cardboard stripes vertically and in a honeycomb shape to hold the weight and distribute it (almost) equally across the whole piece of wood.

[@Белогоръ]

При грамотном подходе лишние затраты не нужны! Молодец.

[@WsFood]

It's as good as wood to make a cabinet out of a box.💜👍👍

[@pierreandre6120]

Friend Kikomoda, your work to me is lovely art, brilliance, and simplicity. Thank you for showing us this video. Blessings from New Mexcio. pierre

[@AzaMercado]

Thank you so much for this ideaaaa! Will be living in a compound apartment and building some pf my wardrobe shelving and this is such a good help! Thank youuu!

[@lyteyearz5810]

Did you end up doing it? If so, how did it turn out?

[@juneribbons5196]

Good job. Recycle every time you can.

[@bluecatblu76]

If you alternate the direction of the grain it makes the shelf even stronger.

[@Dailystory43]

boom

[@jakubc6230]

paper plywood? :D

[@karoma7898]

@haveaniceday care to explain?

[@your_average_cultured_dude]

@haveaniceday it is true. If you alternate the direction of the grain of each cardboard layer it will be stronger. It's just how physics work.

[@your_average_cultured_dude]

@haveaniceday and if you want an actual explanation: it will be way harder to bend in half since the other layers are the opposite way so they don't let you bend it in half.

[@RavenVargas27]

It's not only beautiful a perfect match to. I did this same trick, had a piece of particle board to thin to support weight I wood glued 3 pcs of heavy cardboard to it next day covered it with wood grain contact paper, it marched the other shelves so well my friend couldn't tell

[@lyteyearz5810]

Definitely worth a new follower! 😊

[@ebubeonyeka4747]

I'm only searching this up cause idk what to do with all my leftover moving boxes and I'm tryna make the biggest DIY room makeover ever lmao

[@jelenabakajic2211]

And? How was it?

[@andrewkh3710]

Omg. Same. This feels like I'll be making more waste than earlier with all the paper and glue.

[@sujadutta]

Bless you my friend. Perfection, neatness, creativity.... I love all of this in your work. Hats off.🙌👏

[@HadalBlue]

This is a wonderful video, very nice work!! Thank you so much, Kikomoda! ❤️

[@LyricLockerEntertain]

THE MUSIC HAD ME JAMMING WHEN IT BROKE DOWN STARTING AT 1:30. I WAS LIKE YALL BETTA PLAY THEM INSTRUMENTS? 😄😄😄😄

[@Markofitch]

do you think you could make a floating cardboard shelve tutorial ? that would be cool

[@anasoliscaballero6896]

Me encantan sus trabajos, son hermosos, prolijos y es una manera excelente de reciclar. Me gustaría que pusieran subtitulos en español para poder aprender bien la técnica. Felicitaciones por todo lo que hacen, saludos desde Chiapas, México.

[@RubabJaffery_CuteSagittarius]

Oh, bleSs you...👼 I desperately needed this!!!

[@reaseysart3227]

Good idea 👍 thanks you for sharing

[@babygrl1365]

Nice idea when your missing shelves. Would be easy to do with little effort as well.

[@18despues]

why aren't we all doing this????? there is SO MUCH cardboard out there. I'm embaressed by how much cardboard I have.

[@12sisters1bride7]

This guy just told on an entire industry! I think I know what's between lamanent now

[@mcdazz2011]

I think it's a great idea. My only concern would be what happens when the cardboard absorbs moisture over time.

[@567891100]

This would be a great way to keep weight to a minimum in a camper van build.

[@gloriacardoza5078]

100

[@QUADBOYification]

Exellent, you can basically create any bookshelf or cupboard yourself. You only need the right size cardboard. I guess these shelves have good insulating properties. You could also buy a big pack of styrofoam sheets from Home Depot and do the same thing, did you try that? I am thinking of doing just that and laminate it with some sturdy mahony plastic and alu-foil, to be used as insulating panels that fit right into windows so a cold night has little or no impact on room temperature. Thanks for this tip.

[@matthewdancz9152]

That looks beautiful.

[@danandam7100]

Wish I'd seen these videos before my friend got rid of all her moving boxes and my cardboard. I was going to get some plywood cut for shelving but this would have been cheaper!

[@mysticarts8787]

Wowww superb very smart nobody will know the difference

[@foodies7868]

You made very nice finished carbord shalf gud work 👌

[@d.t.b3223]

Excellent job,well done 👏👏👏

[@SaveSoilSaveSoil]

Blown away!

[@xiara1058]

I like this! I was looking for easy diy shelves for my school locker (because ya girl can't get to a store because parents are rats sometimes ok ok) and I can easily make this in my open period (robotics teacher has lots of cardboard), Good way to recycle!

[@your_average_cultured_dude]

How old are you that your parents don't let you go to a store? Wtf? I bet they don't let you use scalpels either

[@mohum2460]

how to stick shelf in wardrobe....which hook u are used???? where i ll get????

[@syedhasan6548]

Very Very Nice 👍

[@asmrdrawing8220]

Wow This gave me a tons of ideas THAAAAAANK YOU

[@musicismylove92]

It's a neat substitute, but I feel like it's way easier (and not at all expensive) to get a piece of wood at Lowe's/Home Depot/etc and they will cut it to the exact dimensions you need for free.

[@imwhatim7259]

musicismylove92 yes i agree with your words, but he did a waste management program. he converted waste things to useful things i think so

[@sugarbooty]

musicismylove92 This is cheaper and uses garage that would go into a landfill otherwise

[@Kroumph]

If you don't have the proper tools on hand it makes things complicated, too.

[@noonynoonynoo]

We don't have a Lowes where I live tho 😛

[@margieadams4622]

musicismylove92 but boxes are free. Not everyone can afford to just go out n buy wood or saws etc. Everyone can afford boxes. And most of everything else is cheap at the dollar tree.

[@edsherrod5216]

This is all very interesting, however, by the time you get through with all the prep, you could have cut a piece of wood and been done?

[@DavidSiebert]

If you can find honeycomb cardboard it will work better. It will be much stronger. or you could run the corrugations the otherway.

[@RicardoPicena]

Amazing! Thank you for the inspiration

[@hansanichethana2773]

OMG! OMG! 😲👀😲💯

[@lenkarajlaxmi2585]

Loved your work. I'm planning to make one. Share the measurements please.

[@smurfman691]

Surely you need to measure for your shelves... Not the person's in the video!

[@danyelswei]

Ty im gonna need this to my room For my baby dolls

[@triciabrooks2520]

Can you use foam core board?

[@berryglee]

Excellent thanks for sharing

[@obiagerinwosu3160]

Great job. Thank you.

[@loubnak.191]

great job as always! And just in time for a project of mine. Your work is awesome

[@kikomoda]

Thank you :)

[@hiramyawicks1287]

So useful. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@098believe]

Great job, very neat work.

[@اٍدريسبامهاودمسرحيوزجالمغربي]

Very Good👍

[@AdamBechtol]

Nice! I wonder how much it costs though including that wood-patterned paper, glue and paperboard.

[@jyotikijyoti]

This is good ONLY if your outer portion of shelf has holes. How to build the whole shelf with cardboard? That's what I want to see.

[@powerpuff7697]

Can you put the measurements of the cardboard please

[@persona5305]

everything is pretty much like this now days, unless its super expensive or DYI with real wood. otherwise its just a Walt Disney world of fantasy.

[@yutubl]

Clever light weight construction might also be of interest for mobile homes or bicycle sleeping trailer where every gram counts.

[@kikomoda]

Also in airplanes.

[@kenzorrilla71]

Cuantas maravillas se pueden hacer con cartón increíble felicidades

[@kishamack2970]

Great job

[@SalihArtAndTech]

Beautiful and neat. Great work 👏👏👏

[@bcfriardoyle7697]

Wow!

[@Mark-qg8hm]

Oooo can you show me how to make an entertainment stand out of a plank and cinder blocks next?

[@deepakfinearts-drawingpain5676]

Your craft video as beautiful as my craft videos

[@MuchLove2ya]

Pretty ingenious for what he used it for!

[@АртёмПономаренко-я5р]

Супер супер супер

[@drisbenamrane8317]

Bravo , c'est génial

[@susanchristy3145]

Great.... my only concern is strength. Can it really hold onn so much weight

[@dilipjuneja6914]

Wow it was really amazing great talent....

[@cherylreinhardt2271]

Is there measurements for this somewhere that I can find? Absolutely a must to make. BEAUTIFUL

[@sajanraghavan]

Fantastic!

[@rosagonzalez15]

Lo felicito muy buena idea y muy buen trabajo, sobretodo tiene mucha creatividad, ........felicidades

[@godgrace-luckyagrawal8925]

Ya yes good job but how you make that outer portion off shelf ... Let me know

[@FES171]

Me parece muy creativa está solución. La resistencia final hasta que punto puedes resultar. Además el costo y tiempo que se lleva en hacerlo ¿es rentable?, Si se utilizará aglomerado ¿no sería mejor opción?. Gracias

[@TranTheClever]

Love this so much; thank you!! 3:53

[@SATYALOKA07]

Good idea

[@sophatcreative9206]

Hi friend , I like your videos 😍💚

[@kikomoda]

Thank you

[@صلاةالليل-ق4ت]

Amazing you are a very good carpenter

[@اخبارالاساتذةاليوم]

Very nice ! 👍 Thank you a lot

[@ideasdeadri7283]

Super buen proyecto gracias

[@Kitty-JuneOhSixJanTwentyFour]

Nice :)

[@penetratingstain]

pretty slick boss. If you made a whole shelving unit out of it it would weight a helluva lot less than that particle board and be just as structurally sound.

[@hildahernandezgomez7702]

Excelentes ideas!!! Me sacaste de un apuro!!! muchísimas gracias!

[@РомаГимранов-й1ъ]

Ты наверное в IKEA работаешь? :))) Там почти вся мебель такая из бумаги.

[@anyacara9538]

Thank you for your clean hands!!!

[@HTGameplayTV]

wow look it for sure

[@MariaGarcia-yo2xm]

Excelente 👍👍👍

[@shankar-xy8xn]

Superrrr

[@ЕленаТезиева-е1к]

Шикарно!

[@dwandascott3947]

smart work thank you you just saved me a bunch of money

[@algrell1]

Great Idea !!!!

[@genildaamarodasilva4310]

Perfeito parece ser madeira,amei, lindo.

[@vladmiratito7610]

GOSTO MUITO DAS TUAS IDEIAS, BOM MESMO.

[@kikomoda]

Thanks!

[@arrahvella8966]

..." Hi, do you have any tutorial for cardboard sliding drawer for kitchen spices which will use only what we have at home like hanger wires or sonething? As I cannot afford to but the sliding material

[@donnavincent2004]

ANALYN MATIN-AO Good idea!

[@virginiachumacerolopez1380]

Me encantó tanto la demostración que me voy a suscribir 😍😄🌷