Well this is pretty dismal and I was hesitant to post , but it’s all I got lol.
It was only a bit below freezing in my shop yesterday, and I was getting tired of knocking over my poor Snake plant , so I was eyeing up this unused corner of my living room for a shelf.
Never did a floating shelf before , and have seen many ideas for straight off the wall applications , but I wanted to do the corner .
I found one idea online that I liked as it was fairly simple , so I took the easy way out and tried it .
I’ll probably add a second one below and put a vase or something on it .
I used a 2x4 and cut it 1”x1-1/2” , as the thicker it gets the deeper the shelf will end up being . Unfortunately I had no 1/2” Baltic birch left , so I used a 3/4” scrap of Baltic Birch plywood .
Would have preferred 1/2” to keep the shelf 2” deep total, but it was Sunday and WP is closed .
After I installed the strips on the wall , I placed the plywood on the top and air nailed it . Then did the same and attached the bottom. I left the pic out where I placed a piece in the front to keep it from possibly sagging , and to keep the distance equal across the front .
I used a piece of mdf moulding for a front cap. I thought air nailing everything was kind of a strange way to do it , as you have to pry it apart as opposed to removing screws to remove it , but it seems to work .
I haven’t put putty on the holes and finished it yet, as it’s just primed . I’m still looking at it and wondering if it’s to thick looking?
It would be easy to dado out the area and make it thinner where it’s attached , which would make it a total of 2” thick as opposed to 2-1/2” thick .
Or start from scratch and just buy 1/2” Baltic birch
It was only a bit below freezing in my shop yesterday, and I was getting tired of knocking over my poor Snake plant , so I was eyeing up this unused corner of my living room for a shelf.
Never did a floating shelf before , and have seen many ideas for straight off the wall applications , but I wanted to do the corner .
I found one idea online that I liked as it was fairly simple , so I took the easy way out and tried it .
I’ll probably add a second one below and put a vase or something on it .
I used a 2x4 and cut it 1”x1-1/2” , as the thicker it gets the deeper the shelf will end up being . Unfortunately I had no 1/2” Baltic birch left , so I used a 3/4” scrap of Baltic Birch plywood .
Would have preferred 1/2” to keep the shelf 2” deep total, but it was Sunday and WP is closed .
After I installed the strips on the wall , I placed the plywood on the top and air nailed it . Then did the same and attached the bottom. I left the pic out where I placed a piece in the front to keep it from possibly sagging , and to keep the distance equal across the front .
I used a piece of mdf moulding for a front cap. I thought air nailing everything was kind of a strange way to do it , as you have to pry it apart as opposed to removing screws to remove it , but it seems to work .
I haven’t put putty on the holes and finished it yet, as it’s just primed . I’m still looking at it and wondering if it’s to thick looking?
It would be easy to dado out the area and make it thinner where it’s attached , which would make it a total of 2” thick as opposed to 2-1/2” thick .
Or start from scratch and just buy 1/2” Baltic birch
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