Making Floating Shelves Solid Wood

How to make a diy live edge floating shelf with invisible hardware.

Making floating shelves solid wood.

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. While floating shelves are not designed to hold your old set of encyclopedia britannicas this floating shelf is certainly capable of it. Hide the screw heads. Diy floating shelves solid wood.

No one would believe that a floating shelf is made from plain old lightweight and inexpensive hollow core doors. For an incredibly enchanting display of your art and decors the floating shelves are also a great choice. Next use paint or stain for a lovely dark choco finish. This is what i came up with.

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. 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. Hide the screw heads with wood putty that matches the color of your stain.

Hold the shelf against the wall and drive 1 5 8 in. 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. 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.