How To Install Solid Wood Floating Shelves - A Helpful Illustrative Guide
Solid wood floating shelf and floating shelf bracket
Solid Wood Floating Shelf
So, you want to hang a modern and beautiful solid wood floating shelf or two in your home. But you wonder how to make it happen. The best practice is to attach floating shelves (and really anything else) to as many wall studs as you can with the length of the shelf you choose to install. Doing this will definitely give more support for your shelf and allow you to put as much weight on that floating shelf as wanted. A stud finder will be very helpful in this process. Determine where you want to install the floating shelf and use the stud finder to locate all of the studs in that area. Mark those locations with a pencil.
Mark studs for places to mount the floating shelf bracket
Floating Shelf Bracket
Sheppard Bracket Heavy Duty Floating Shelf Bracket
Another vital piece of hanging a floating shelf is the floating shelf bracket you use. A shelf is only as strong as the bracket used. If you purchase a floating shelf bracket at a big box store, you will likely find that the maximum weight limit is pretty low (your solid wood shelf may weigh more than the recommended limit) and that the bracket is fairly flimsy. Some floating shelf brackets you find online may be very strong, but only have a few holes pre-drilled in the bracket, thus limiting where you can mount the floating shelf. But when you use a Sheppard Brackets Floating Shelf Bracket, you will find a heavy-duty floating shelf bracket that can truly be mounted anywhere on your wall.
As you can see from the above picture, a Sheppard Brackets Floating Shelf Bracket can literally be mounted anywhere laterally on your wall and hit as many studs as fall behind the chosen shelf location. It is a revolutionary design in floating shelf brackets.
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