How To Hang Floating Shelves On Wall

The beauty of this is you can make them with no hardware.

How to hang floating shelves on wall.

If you want to hang floating shelf brackets use a stud finder to find the studs in the wall and drill into the stud where you want to hang your shelf. Position the shelf brackets against the wall along the bottom of the shelf. Locating studs is very important because drywall is too weak to hang things from. For less than 10 you could make 3 all of these.

Once you have an idea use a level and pencil to mark a straight line across your wall. Use these videos and tips to help make your floating shelf installation go smoothly. Use a stud finder to locate studs. Measure and mark the spaces on the wall on both ends of where you want the shelf to go.

Look at your wall and plan where you want your shelves to go. Next secure the bracket in the drilled hole and use a level to figure out where to drill a second hole for the second bracket. You ll hang the next two shelves above them. Take a look at what s inside my wall.

Place backplate against wall in the desired position and mark holes with a pencil where holes in the backplate meet the wall. Remove the shelf and the brackets from the wall. Start by deciding how wide your arc should be to fill the wall and hang your first two shelves at the correct width apart at the low point of the arc. Mark inside the holes so you know exactly where to insert the screws.

Use a standard level to make sure it s placed in a straight line then lightly mark the wall with a pencil on both ends. Before you start drilling holes into your wall to avoid potential costly damage. If you are drill into a wall where no studs are available use the proper anchors to mount the backplate. If you re hanging multiple floating shelves measure an equal distance between each desired shelf placement accounting for the width of your shelf and repeat the process.

Make sure the metal plate is in the right direction.