How To Build Strong Timber Floating Shelves

In this video I show how to build strong timber floating shelves to enhance a living area. This DIY Floatng Shelves/ Home Renovation Project is interesting, fun and makes a big impact to any room in the house.
The video includes all the steps on how to build floating shelves and transform a space in your home. I enjoyed making the shelves and creating the video for you to follow along with.Show more

The shelves are really strong and can hold my body weight - approximately 70 kg or 154 pounds.

You can follow along with and do this in your home also.

Check out the detailed blog post in the link below
https://greysand.com.au/how-to-build-floating-shelves/

It's a fun DIY project that can be a fantastic learning experience. If you want to skip ahead to particular parts of the project check out the time codes below.

Timecode
0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Material list
1:48 - Mark the timber frame locations onto the wall
2:15 - Mark the floating shelves locations onto the wall
2:31 - Cut the timber shelving material to the correct length
3:01 - Mark out the timber dowel positions and drill
4:05 - Rip the timber to the correct width
4:44 - Install the dowel into the shelving
5:05 - Sand the floating shelving
5:36 - Pre drill stud locations into timber shelving
6:00 - Screw the first section of the floating shelving to the wall
6:30 - Install the second section of shelving
7:21 - Plaster patching
7:50 - Sand the plaster and shelves
8:07 - Caulking the intersection between the floating shelve and the wall
8:22 - Paint the primer/under coat on the shelves and plaster patches
8:40 - Paint the walls matching the same colour as the interior of the house
8:50 - Finish the floating shelves with 2 coats of semi-gloss acrylic paint
9:23 - Conclusion

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