Under the circumstances that most of householders face, it is a good practical proposition to create storage space vertically, along the walls. One of the options for making better use of storage along the walls is to include a couple of shelf brackets, made of boards that get attached to the wall. Apart from creating additional space for you, they also add to the beauty of your place. These create the impression as if the wall were a big closet or dresser.
But, you may not like the mounts needed for supporting the shelf brackets. The mounts are not attractive by any definition. That should prompt you to consider having floating wall shelves. These are available in many shapes and sizes and there are many manufacturers offering these in many attractive designs. They help you taking care of the clutter around the house and give a neater look to your home.
Installation of a floating wall shelf is a bit difficult, but you have professionals available for doing this job for you. Nevertheless, if you are determined to do it yourself, go ahead, but learn the tricks before hand and have patience, else you may get discouraged to leave the job half way thru.
Readily available shelving kits come to your rescue when you decide to install a floating shelf on your own. These kits are complete and come with the needed shelves and hardware. All that you need to learn is how to hide the brackets and mounts that hold your shelf.
Having a shelving kit makes installation simpler. Having got that you should mark the place where the shelf is going to be placed. To eliminate the chances of error, remember the golden rule “measure twice before making any cut”. And, as is always the case, the first few cuts are a bit difficult but at the end of it all you’ll feel happy that you decided to go ahead slowly.
Next, comes the process of drilling and that is the most critical part of this job and that calls for two precautions: first is to align the shelf before drilling and the second is to observe the basic safety measures needed for any kind of drilling. In case you have never handled a drill machine, you would do well to familiarize with that by drilling a couple of holes.
Having drilled the holes on either side, you put in place the wall anchors and bolt it. Check that it is secured perfectly and you are ready to start storing your stuff in this good looking and space saving device.
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