floating corner shelves

a real zinger

nice work

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Nice job. I’ve got these on my “Honey Do” list. Thanks for the post.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

Beautiful!!

Just finished up a set of these. Brand new house but the corner wasn’t square. Both walls were very short so the drywall was not flat.

Yours came out nicer than mine!

Do you have a picture of just the supports?

Would give me a better idea of what you’re talking about. :)

Thank you.

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

Awesome idea. I can think of a few places in our house where this would come in handy. Thanks for sharing the technique for all of us to learn from.

-- -- Rob Hix, King George, VA

looks good

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

Cool looking corner feature.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.

Thank you for revising your pictures… makes more sense now.

Do you just slip the shelves over the supports, without any screws for security?
(and they won’t tip / slide off?)

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

The shelves slip tightly over the wall supports, but in my final installation I think I will secure them with a brad nailer.

I used a nylon Zip-It anchor into 1/2” wallboard. It has a 65 lb tension load capacity and 70lb shear load capacity. Each support has two screws. The shelves are very solid, and I think I will have more than enough strength to display glassware.

-- Ron, Grand Rapids, MI

For glassware – what you did is no problem. I did some floating shelves recently for speakers (I still ask myself why I did that. So much trouble but it looks nice) – and finding studs in the wall was a pain. We designed it similar to yours, though very thick for a different look. To secure it, we used 1.5 inch flat ended wood screws into the braces (the braces were quite thick also). The shelves have not budged an inch. In your case, it looks like you should indeed use the brad nailer to secure it just so a shelf does not decide to take off on it’s own (or a child or a dog/cat/animal gives it a helping and or paw).