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skaz915 t1_iyhz7tm wrote

How deep are you figuring the shelves to be?

It really depends on how you're loading the shelves but I don't really see a 2x2 being strong enough esp. If you were to store canned goods and heavier items on them. For storing nothing but cereal and some boxes of pasta, you'd probably be ok.

I would go 2x3. Once the shelve is skinned, it won't appear any different than if you framed with 1x3 but it'll be much for rigid.

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alperozt OP t1_iyhzopf wrote

I'm sorry, I forgot to mention the depth... 11-3/4" or 12" total space.

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alperozt OP t1_iyhzv3o wrote

I saw some videos where people build these frames in 2x3 and sat on them (basically weight of a person is not an issue -- seemingly). That's why I was thinking about 2x2.

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