DIY Floating Shelves for my Living Room

DIY Floating Shelves for my Living Room

Hey guys!! I am so excited about this project that I’m sharing today!!!

I built the 8 floating shelves you see there for only $120!!! Each shelf is 4 ft. long and 12 in. deep! How amazing is that

I was inspired by the floating shelves that Whit built in her bathroom! If you missed them you can see them HERE I basically followed the same installation instructions and only made a few modifications to the size!

Check out our How to Build a Floating Shelf Video HERE!

I had the nice man at Home Depot rip 1 sheet of 3/4″ Purebond Plywood (in Birch) into 4 – 11 1/4″ boards and 1 sheet of 1/4″ Purebond Plywood the same. So you will basically have 4 – 8ft. 3/4″ boards and 4 – 1/4″ boards the same length. (My daughter’s home away from home )

I also purchased 6 – 2x4x8 and 6 – 1x6x8.

I came home and got to work! I cut 1 – 2×4 @ 46.5″ and 2 – 2×4 pieces at 9.75″, for each shelf.

I built the “E’s” the same way Whitney did by drilling pocket holes into the short 2×4 pieces. You can find the Kreg Jig HERE on Amazon.

Then, I cut the 3/4″ plywood pieces and the 1/4″ plywood pieces at 46.5″ (totaling 8 boards per size). These will be the top and bottom of the shelves.

I also cut 16 – 1×6 pieces @11 1/4″ and 8 – 1×6 pieces @48″ but I missed getting pictures of that! (these will be the sides and fronts of the shelves)

I used my Kreg Jig to drill pocket holes into each end of the 3/4″ boards and attached them to the 1×6 pieces to form the top and sides of the shelves. (again missed pics of that – I blame summer

Time to install!

After deciding where I wanted my shelves (I decided to give 13″ between each shelf) I used my level to draw a 4 ft. line where I wanted each shelf to sit.

Next, I used my stud finder to mark where the studs were. This is my FAVE stud finder and I bought it on Amazon! Link below

To attach the “E’s” to the wall, I used 3 1/2″ spax screws and drilled them into the “E” and then into a stud with my Ryobi Impact Driver. I did 2 screws per stud.

I installed 4 on one side of the fireplace and 4 on the other

Once the “E’s” were installed, I dropped the assembled shelves on top of each one and attached them with my Ryobi Airstrike Nailer and 2″ nails.

Then, I followed-up with the 1/4″ sheets underneath.

I attached the 48″ 1×6 pieces to the front with my nailer as well (and surprisingly didn’t get pics of that part either)!

I taped them off before staining!

I wiped on 1-coat of Carrington stain, let it sit for 5-minutes and then wiped it with a clean cloth and that was it! You can find Rust-oleum stain HERE on Amazon.

Here is my before…. I’ve been starring at this space since we moved into our new home 4 months ago and finally decided how to fill the space

and did it for about $120!!! That gave me lots of dough to spend on accessories

I bought the majority of the accessories from Homegoods and Marshall’s, and a few pieces from Hobby Lobby! Seriously LOVE my new space and $120 for 8 – 4ft. shelves is a lot of bang for my buck

Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Ashley

Info on other things in this room

I did build the coffee table and you can find it HERE!

You can find out about the fan HERE

and the info on the flooring is HERE

You can find the rug HERE

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