how to DIY-ish floating shelves

floating shelves - the process! read full caption for details👇🏽

🛋️ my living room had these beautiful arches and nooks and i just knew that floating shelves would look perfect in them.

📌 inspiration - Pinterest ! especially when deciding the kind of wood i wanted for the shelves.

📏 measuring - this is an old house so naturally, each shelf length was slightly different 😅 i also did some research and applied the rule of thumb to keep distance between each shelf ~12-16 inches. (mine are 16” apart) this allows you to have enough height to display taller items like plants, coffee table books, taller vases…etc

💲cost - custom floating shelves are not cheap. i researched online and local wood workers/carpenters. given the fact that each shelf of mine was not an exact same measurement, i knew getting my own wood shelves was the most inexpensive route.

🪵 shelves - i cannot thank the Home Depot enough for my experience there. i was leaning towards walnut and after seeing it in person, i was sold. we picked out 6 planks of walnut hardwood. then a @homedepot worker cut these down as close to size as possible. they do this free of charge!

🔩 shelf brackets - i bought floating shelf brackets on amazon. no regrets.

🛠️ installation - this is where i debated long and hard. do we install ourselves or do we hire someone? after many youtube videos, i decided against doing it ourselves, mainly bc we did not have most of the tools needed and buying them would have added to overall costs. i ended up hiring a handyman from Yelp. this was also the cheapest and fastest route (after comparing between taskrabbit, thumbtack, and other yelp handyman companies)

+ and that is how these walnut floating shelves came to life! LMK me if you have any questions!👇🏽 if you are debating putting up floating shelves, just do it! you won’t regret it. 🤎

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