Once I liked the layout, I held up my top shelf again, checked for level, then marked the holes in the bracket on the wall. I repeated it again for the third, and final, shelf. Then on the adjacent wall I marked 8 inches down, making my shelves 8 inches apart. First, I held it where I wanted it and marked the bottom of the shelf. I started with the top shelf and worked my way down. So I picked up these large drywall anchors for the other screws.Īs big as they may be, the bracket would cover it up once it was all said and done.
And since my shelves were 24 inches long, only one bracket would happen to land on a stud. To attach them to the wall, I used a stud finder to locate my studs. Then I attached the shelf to the bracket using the included screws. I turned the shelf up on its end and covered the metal bracket with a rag before gently tapping it with my hammer side to side to ensure it was entirely flush. It only required a little persuasion to get the brackets on securely. I was planning to hang these shelves fairly high, so the bottom of the shelf would be what’d be seen. So I had those holes on the top of shelves. On one side of the bracket, there were holes to screw the bracket to the face of shelf board. After all 4 sides had been stained and dried (you don’t have to stain the 2 ends since they’ll be covered by the brackets), I applied my trusty topcoat and let that dry too.īefore I slipped the brackets on each end, I selected which side of the board was the prettiest and made sure it was facing down. Then I rubbed it on the shelves with a rag, just like you would with regular wood stain.Īnd I love the way it turned out! It was exactly the color I was picturing when I dreamed up these little shelves. I mixed 1 part gray paint to 2 parts water to allow more of the wood to show through. But this time I diluted the gray latex paint even more. I used the same ‘gray-washing’ technique I used on the footstool in his room. You have to take into account the width of the saw blade! Something I don’t always remember!Īfter lightly sanding my shelf boards, it was time to stain them. That way each board would be exactly the same, slightly less than 24 inches. I marked the center of the boards and lined my saw blade right on top. Then I stacked them on my miter saw to be cut to length. I made sure the rounded edge was cut off since it wouldn’t look right in my square-edged brackets. Since I needed it to be 7-1/2″ deep, I had it ripped on a table saw. Plenty long enough to get 2 shelves out of one board. And these particular ones were 4 feet wide. They are 1 inch thick through and through. So I searched and searched for an easy and inexpensive way to get a shelf thick enough. Well, it’s hard to find lumber that’s actually 1 inch thick. The opening of the bracket is 1 inch thick and 7 and a half inches deep. (Since the closest IKEA is 5 hours away, I ordered mine from Amazon.) They’re designed specifically for shelves sold at IKEA, so I had to hunt to find some wood that would slip into them. And in my mind, gray wood tones=manly.īefore I cut and made the shelves, I ordered IKEA’s EKBY BJARNUM shelf brackets to hold them up. I wanted something a little more manly than the crisp white ledges I made for Mary Helen’s room.
So I was able to knock out these shelves for his room that I didn’t quite get around to completing before he made his grand entrance. CANNOT believe it has been 4 weeks since we welcomed our sweet boy into the world! Fortunately for me, he eats and then falls right back to sleep.
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