We used what is called the besta shelf unit height extension unit.
How to hang besta wall unit.
The cabinets should lay flat against the wall.
This blue floating wall unit in the picture was made by attaching two three door cabinets in 15 and 25 1 4 on top of each other.
The solution is to buy a couple of 4 steel corner braces home depot probably elsewhere and attach them in the upper corners of the unit see photo.
It won t be flush but it will be secure.
Either lay them all together on the ground or mount to your wall studs.
We wall mounted it and added the glass front doors you can choose from a variety of doors the plain melamine ones are what people normally use.
For sale is a preassembled besta unit from ikea as shown in the picture.
There are different types of tv wall mounts.
I have the 70 7 8 which has 4 brackets.
The smaller besta units have a railing system for mounting them on the wall.
Readjust and tighten screws as needed.
Buy a timber top ikea have some or head to your local bunnings and get a laminate kitchen bench top.
Add some leather handles or none at all.
The tv bench however does not.
The shelf unit with doors comes in a couple of sizes.
To attach them you use the double sided pads and metal clips provided in the besta package.
It s got three adjustable shelves and it s measurements are 60x40x64 cm.
Amazingly the two upper pre drilled screw holes end up precisely 64 apart exactly the distance across five wall studs.
Instead of the railing system they have brackets on the back of the unit.
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If you have limited wall space you could instead build the besta cabinets vertically.
The cabinets themselves are very plain.
Mount ikea besta cabinets using the bolts that came with the installation kit.
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