My mom put shelves underneath the basement/cellar stairs. Underneath each stair was a shelf for storing canned goods, etc. I wished I had paid more attention and asked her how she did it. She's now deceased and no longer here for me to ask. For the life of me I can't remember how they were done. I do remember though that she did not use shelf brackets to hold the shelfs in place. I would like to do the same. Can anyone help? PS My mom was a "Be Jane" long before many women even thought of it. When I was a teen (in the early 60s), she removed all the lathe and plaster walls in my bedroom and replaced them with sheetrock, then wallpapered the walls in my choice of paper. I could go on and on about all the "man" projects she did around the house, but that would bore you all.