Floating Glass Shelf Brackets

Glass shelving most often finds an application in the bathrooms but that should not prevent one from trying it at other places in the house. Try to picture glass shelves, in a corner of the kitchen at your eye level, with glass containers filled with colorful beans and other such kitchen-ingredients. You may also have one with family photos in a corner of one of your favorite rooms to get that feeling of warmth. The best feature of glass shelving is that it doesn't occupy any floor-area and gives an uncluttered look. Their contents almost seem to give the impression of floating in air, thus imparting a clean and beautiful look to the area around.

Well, the primary function of the bracket is to support the shelving. But, glass being such a transparent material is unable to hide anything, not even the brackets that support it. That's why it is good to have supporting systems that add to the beauty of glass. This continues to prompt designers to design brackets to enhance the grace of shelving. As such, it is not desirable to use brackets designed for glass shelves for supporting another kind of shelving.

Glass shelf brackets generally tend to be lightweight and delicate and in certain cases intentionally kept shorter than other types of brackets. It is understandable that a large bracket may dominate the glass shelf and thus present an uneven look to the shelving. Larger brackets are required when there is more of weight, be it of the shelving or of its contents. Glass shelves purported for display are not expected to be so heavy to call for larger brackets. It's only if you are going to use the shelving for storing of items that add to weight and necessitate a bigger bracket.



The nominal-sized glass shelf brackets are rails or clips. Such brackets hardly stick out of the wall, are often made of chrome, thus giving a glass like shine and naturally blend with the shelf that they support. These are first mounted on the wall, and subsequently the shelves are fitted onto them. No screws are driven thru the glass to keep the shelf fixed. In stead, they are provided with specially designed headless-screws that push down and grip the shelf in place. Their size is governed by the weight and thickness of glass that they are designed for. Rails and clips are recommended for glass shelves for keeping very light items and can't be used for display of heavier items.



There are many pages devoted on the subject of shelves of different design and materials, shelving accessories, brackets and much more at The Home Shelving Guide. The kind of information that is gathered there surely needs a visit by you.

If you have plans of keeping heavier items on these glass shelves and fear that this might cause sag, you should use only standard glass brackets. These brackets are designed to have more width than the width of the shelf. As such, the end that is not fixed into the wall will project out from the shelf but it ensures that all the base of the bracket is firmly supported. Thus you won't have to worry about sagging or depression of any kind.

These brackets have a raised foot on the end or an extended lip that firmly keeps the glass shelf in place. As we know that glass slides easily on the metal it is important to have a suitably designed bracket that prevents the shelf from gliding away.

There are a very large variety of brackets available for glass shelves. Depending upon your budget you may a choose one that goes well with the rest of décor, keeping in mind the kind of support your glass shelf might need.

Decorative Shelf Brackets - It's Time For A New Look

Decorative shelf brackets often fail to get the kind of attention they deserve from the viewer, though even the shelf edging tends to draw the attention of the viewer.

Did it ever occur to you that rather than changing the old shelving, you could enthuse a new life to them by just choosing ornamental shelf brackets?

Brackets are available in a wide variety of materials. You may have them in metals like wrought iron or chrome, not to mention those gracious ones in natural wood. They are pretty-looking accessories that go to highlight the system they support and an appropriate selection goes to add to the charm of the room.

Shelf bracket is supposed to jell with the surroundings. Modern chrome brackets would look better in a bathroom, while a cast iron Victorian bracket should go to enhance the looks of a foyer or formal dining room.

If you search on the web, you'll be amazed at the variety of decorative shelf brackets. There is a wide variation of pricing too that may vary from less than a dollar to a couple of hundred dollars. To avoid confusion and to simply your purchase you should decide before hand the required quantity and a style to match your budget. You should not ignore the only technical criterion: that is the weight your bracket is going to hold. You should be more careful of this technicality while purchasing decorative brackets.

Size is of utmost importance. Primarily the bracket should offer proper support to the shelf. Make sure that the bracket you buy is neither to big nor too small for the shelves. If they're too big then they'll project out but if they're too short the shelves would remain unstable and may fall down. The bracket should not be protruding out by more than an inch from the outer edge of the shelf.



To learn more about shelves and brackets, have a look at The Home Shelving Guide. It offers a lot of info on the subject and has definite recommendations on shelving. You may get prompted to venture into making your own shelving!

With a bit of imagination and some inclination, you can avoid spending money on buying expensive brackets. Instead, make use of some of the unused items lying at home. Else, make a trip to a flea market to buy some items that could be turned to expensive-looking brackets. Some of the items that come to mind are old hockey sticks, baseball bats or discarded toys of your children. The only factor that you need to keep in mind is that they should provide a firm support to the shelves, the intended ultimate purpose.

You may craft brackets from so many materials to match the theme of a room. Why not try glued-together kitchen paraphernalia for an eye-catching set of brackets in the kitchen? Or you may stick together old videocassettes to a thin metal bracket and convert those to a shelf next to the TV. It's fine if you don't want to go thru the hassles of putting together such odd items. You surely could buy inexpensive brackets and beautify them.

Try sticking CDs onto brackets for an arresting stereo shelf or decorate the plain shelf brackets in a little girl's room by making use of girlish items like ribbons, bows or some parts of a worn out doll. The limit is endless if you possess the inclination and have sometime at hands!

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