Furniture · Beginner
Floating Wall Shelf
A thick oak shelf with no brackets you can see. Two steel rods into the studs carry about 40 pounds.
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- Size
- 36 × 8 × 1¾ in
- Wood
- Oak, one 8/4 board
- Tools
- Drill press or doweling jig
- Holds
- About 40 lb on two studs
- Time to make
- An afternoon
- Plan
- 4 pages · PDF
A look inside the plan
A sample page from the download. Tap one to see it full size.
Page 2: the shelf and hidden cleat, measured.
What’s in the plan
- Drilling deep, straight holes without a drill press
- Rod sizes and how far into the stud
- Leveling it so the front edge stays level
No brackets
The rods disappear into the shelf, so it looks like it's floating. Drill straight and the shelf sits level; the plan includes a simple jig for drilling without a drill press.
From a reader's bench
