![]() If your shelf is between cabinets, like ours, you will cut four pieces. The number of pieces you have will depend on how many sides of the shelf are exposed. When your shelf is ready, you need to cut your veneer pieces. The next step is to cut your shelf down to the correct size, and to cut your wood veneer for all visible sides of your shelf.įollowing the instructions below, you will first cut your floating shelf down to size (or skip this step if you are using the entire shelf). If that does happen, you can cut it down on one side with a metal cutting wheel on a grinder or Dremel. We were lucky that our bracket fit perfectly into the space, but you could run into the problem of your bracket being too long. If you are drilling into tile, you can follow this tutorial! The instructions below who you how to attach your floating shelf to the wall by first finding the studs, then drilling new holes in the brackets that match the location of your studs, and then screwing the bracket into place. The shelves come with holes that you can use to hold them up, but we prefer to drill our floating shelves into studs. We bought the 74″ shelf, but IKEA also sells a 43″ shelf, if you are mounting a shorter shelf. The photos in the collage go from top left to bottom right. The great thing about this DIY, is that is starts by purchasing an easy IKEA floating shelf, which includes the brackets and hardware you need already. If you’re looking to make some DIY floating shelves for yourself, here is how we did our IKEA Hack. You may have even bought one for your home already! This project takes the super easy set-up of IKEA floating shelves, and adds a wood veneer wrap to completely change the look! Materials Needed for Easy DIY Floating Shelves If you’re ever been to IKEA, you’ve probably seen one of their floating shelves in their displays. For more info, please see my disclosure page.* When you buy a product through one of my links, I get a commission at no cost to you! Thanks for supporting my blog so I can continue to bring you posts like these. For Russel and I, we relish every comment and like and emoji! It’s so satisfying to see our work come together and to hear that we’ve inspired others to tackle a project or complete a reno, we’re always thrilled! These easy DIY Floating Shelves are one of my favourite projects from our new Home Office reveal, and I love that anyone could do it! There is so much excitement and anticipation. Once the vanity is complete and this is hung on the wall, i’ll update you guys.Jump to How-to Anyone can make these Easy DIY Floating Shelves! Wrap wood around an IKEA Lack floating shelf for an amazing modern IKEA hack you have to try! The results are beautiful!Įvery time we reveal a new space, it’s magical. So, here is the painted shelves standing on my unfinished vanity desk. I will place lil knick knacks on it like lipstick holder, perfumes and a picture of my heavenly Angel (my mama) on it. I will be sitting the bottom feet of this DIY mini IKEA lack dupe on my vanity desk and attaching it to the wall. But you can totally do this with your regular screwdriver and a lil elbow grease.Īfter the screws were on to the backboard, this is how it looked: DIY mini ikea lack shelves dupe projectĪll it needs now is a coat of paint in your favorite color. As you will be doing a lot of screwing, I chose to use my electric screwdriver at this point. Once all of the holes were in the back board, I then put the small shelves where they should go and screwed them in. I drew pencil marks where the board should go and drilled the holes in the back board first. ![]() So basically I put a shelf on the top and bottom and spread the rest of the shelves out evenly. Here are the written instructions: I marked on the board where I wanted the shelves to go. These 6 inch pieces would be the “shelves”. For the other board, I asked him to cut them 6 inches in size. I asked for one of the boards to be cut in half. I found a friendly associate who cut the pieces just like I needed them. I went to home depot and picked up two 6 foot long boards. Total: $13.51 (not including tax – and assuming you have a drill already) The cost of the items if ordered is slightly more expensive due to the convenience option.
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