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Question

does anyone know of any frugal ideas on how to make a rail for hanging clothes & making shelves without brackets.?.?

Answer 1

You can cut blocks of wood(1x4,1x3,1x2) cut a vee into them and install against the wall. The rod will sit in the vee and not roll out. Feel free to modify the vee to your satisfaction. This is great if you have some scrap wood aorund the house.

For shelves, build a frame that fits tight to three walls, level and attach to studs, cover with plywood. (note) the longer across the sjelf will be the bigger the wood you will need for the frame.

You can use the chain method to support the front of the shelf if neccesary.

Answer 2

You can buy two plastic "cups". One is an enclosed recessed circle, the other is a half recessed circle.

They need to be anchored into the wall, into a stud preferably.
You'll have to do some accurate measuring from ceiling and from the back wall so that the cups are equal distant from the back wall and ceiling, so the pole will be level and straight.
Proper length screws are necessary.
A pole of proper length can be inserted into the enclosed circle, then "dropped" into the half circle, with the open half UP.

Shelves can be made by anchoring a strip of wood into opposite walls, level, same as above, and shelves can rest on those strips of wood. You can anchor those to the wall strips or not, as you like.

Answer 3

Saw a design once where the shelves were suspended on thin chains. The back edge hung on hooks & eyes, the front edge hung down on diagonal chains from the wall

Back in the 70s people built their shelves up from the floor on bricks.

you can buy freestanding hanging rails in Argos or Ikea