Gifts & Small Projects

Craft Paint Wall Storage

Clean up your ever growing paint collection with this vertical wall hanger.

About this build

Clean up your ever growing paint collection with this vertical wall hanger. Store your paint brushes & 2 ounce, and 8 ounce paint bottles.

Item	Qty
Plywood, 5'x5'x1/2"	1 board
Box of Kreg Pocket hole screws (see tools list)	1 each
Golden oak stain	1 each

Overall cost: $$. Lumber prices vary by region, species, and season, so we give a band rather than a figure we would only be pretending to know.

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

1 board

4 boards

Assumes 8 ft stock, a 1/8" saw kerf, and buying each part at its own width. Change the board size or kerf on the full board plan →

1Step one
Cut your 1/2” material down to 18X40 inches.
2Step two
Make horizontal lines every 3”s starting 2”s from the top until you’ve made 12 lines. Then make vertical intersecting lines every 2”s.
3Step three
Drill 1 3/8” holes where your vertical and horizontal lines intersect.
4Step four
Cutout and then pocket hole 2”X40” body pieces to the back of your storage.
5Step five
Cutout and then pocket hole 2”x17” shelf pieces to the back of your storage.
6Step six
Sand holes and face of storage thoroughly.
7Step seven
Cutout and attach 2”X2” pieces to the face of your storage. One with an 1 1/5” hole in it.
8Step eight
Cut a 2” piece of 3/4” material in half at a 45 degree angle. Mount one piece into your storage and one piece onto the wall so that they match fit each other and the one on the wall holds the storage up.
9Step nine
Hang your storage on the French cleat you made.
10Step ten
Fill your storage up with all of your paints and enjoy!