Making Floating Shelves Solid Wood

Use non hardening putty so you can dig it out if you decide to remove the shelf someday.

Making floating shelves solid wood.

No one would believe that a floating shelf is made from plain old lightweight and inexpensive hollow core doors. Hide the screw heads. Diy floating shelves solid wood. How to make a diy live edge floating shelf with invisible hardware.

When i was trying to figure out how to hang the live edge floating shelves in our kitchen i had a lot of trouble finding instructions and hardware for how to hang solid wood floating shelves there are plenty of tutorials for diy floating shelves but they re the kind that are built from plywood and have the hardware concealed inside a wood box. Hold the shelf against the wall and drive 1 5 8 in. For an incredibly enchanting display of your art and decors the floating shelves are also a great choice. In this video i take a rough live edge piece of maple and turn it into an easy to make b.

These floating shelves are strong too. While floating shelves are not designed to hold your old set of encyclopedia britannicas this floating shelf is certainly capable of it. In the wood supplies you need 1 4 2x2s and 1x6s lumber lengths that you can plan to build both the frame and shelf tops. Wood screws through the shelf s pilot holes and into the wall cleat.

I always wanted to build my own floating shelves and had seen some similar ideas but they were not quite as solid so took a little time to think about how i could improve on the ideas i had seen and still keep it simple. Next use paint or stain for a lovely dark choco finish. Hide the screw heads with wood putty that matches the color of your stain.