We didn’t need to buy expensive extra brackets to hang our custom shelf – we made them ourselves – with our kids in fact! And it’s more simple to do than you might think.
The unique thing about our floating shelf is that we made it all from wood. We didn’t need to buy expensive metal floating shelf brackets! We simply used a couple of dollars worth of wood dowel instead.
– 2″x 6″x 8′ stock for the shelf (we used clear pine, but cedar or other lighter wood would work too)– 3/4″ dowel – 2-3′ length– wood glue– Wood Screws (at least 2-1/2 – 3″ long to secure shelf to the wall)– Stain or wood finish of your choice (here’s our DIY Wood Stain how-to)
Cut 4″ pieces of the dowel – enough for every 12-16 inches of your shelf length.
Our shelf is 6’6″ long, so we ended up using 6 pieces for our supports.