Making Floating Shelves Solid Wood

Hide the screw heads.

Making floating shelves solid wood.

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. Hide the screw heads with wood putty that matches the color of your stain. Diy floating shelves solid wood. Hold the shelf against the wall and drive 1 5 8 in.

Use non hardening putty so you can dig it out if you decide to remove the shelf someday. How to make a diy live edge floating shelf with invisible hardware. I think this way of making floating shelves just looks a little more professional and like you are hanging one solid piece of wood on the wall instead of a hollow box even though it is actually a hollow box it s all about perception folks. To build simple floating shelves determine whether you wish to start with traditional solid wood or a hollow core door then cut the wood down to the proper dimensions assemble the pieces and fix the shelf to the wall using a hidden shelf mount.

No one would believe that a floating shelf is made from plain old lightweight and inexpensive hollow core doors. Wood screws through the shelf s pilot holes and into the wall cleat. While floating shelves are not designed to hold your old set of encyclopedia britannicas this floating shelf is certainly capable of it. For an incredibly enchanting display of your art and decors the floating shelves are also a great choice.

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. This is what i came up with. In this video i take a rough live edge piece of maple and turn it into an easy to make b.