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DIY Rustic Modern Floating Shelves – part two: installation

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DIY rustic modern floating shelves

 I’m back! Yesterday I showed you how to build these Rustic Modern Floating Shelves and today I’m back to show you how easy it is to install them.

If you can find a stud, (which the hubs says clearly I can, cause I found him…) then you can do this.

How to install DIY rustic modern floating shelves

Step 1: Decide the spacing

The first thing you’ll need to do is decide on the placement of your shelves. I actually made 5 shelves, but ended up only using 4 because I wanted them to be a bit further apart.

How to install DIY rustic modern floating shelves

My first step in deciding the placement of my shelves was to center them with the coffee table, so they made visual sense. Remember, this is a giant wall that leads into my dining room with no definition. A problem these shelves fixed.

Step 2: Mark the placement of each shelf

Then I decided how low I wanted my lowest shelf and taped it off with a 43 inch piece of tape (to match the size of my shelf) and marked it in the exact center. I also made a small mark on my shelf in the exact center so that when I held it up I could match up the marks.

Then I placed my top shelf the same way, took a measurement between the 2 (the top and the bottom) and divided by 3 to get the space between each shelf.

Mine ended up being 20 inches apart.

I taped each one, used a stud finder to mark the studs just above the tape, marked my center point on the wall, and drew a line at the top of each piece of tape. Then removed the tape.

Step 3: Attach each shelf to the wall

How to install DIY rustic modern floating shelves

I held the shelf up to the line, matching up my center points and we double checked to make sure it was level.

Then we used a 2 inch drywall screw to screw through the back board of the shelf and directly into the stud.

Don’t worry about how centered your screws are, the important part is to hit at least 2 studs.

DIY rustic modern floating shelves

Step 4: Place tops on each shelf

Once all of the shelves were up, I placed the tops on each shelf and spent the next few days playing around with what I wanted to put on them.

DIY rustic modern floating shelves

The two tone wood is probably my favorite detail of this project. It definitely goes with the modern feel of my home and ties in with my new mid century modern Credenza perfectly.

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  1. Helene says

    July 5, 2016 at 10:25 am

    That is so kind! TY
    Now I can see the pictures 🙂
    I sure would love to have these at my place lol
    Have a great day.

    Reply
  2. Helene says

    July 4, 2016 at 12:41 pm

    Hello !
    I wish I could see the 2 first picture above …
    I’ve kept your link so I could come back and I still don’t see them.
    I’m french and too visual to follow without some pictures LOL
    Please let me know when it’s fixed so I can come back and figure the rest out before giving it a try. I love what you’ve done !
    Thank you so much for this great project !

    Reply
    • Corey says

      July 5, 2016 at 9:57 am

      I’m so sorry about that. It’s all fixed with the images now. Thanks for letting me know. http://www.heytherehome.com/diy-rustic-modern-floating-shelves-insallation/?preview=true

  3. JUDY says

    October 28, 2014 at 11:31 pm

    I love your shelves. Did you build them or did your husband do all the work?

    Reply
    • Corey W. says

      October 29, 2014 at 7:40 am

      We did them together. He didn’t do all of the power tool stuff…I was right in there too 🙂

  4. Carrie Swenson says

    January 25, 2014 at 8:13 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial. I have been wanting to make these shelves for a long time. I just couldn’t figure out how they hung without any support. I am so going to make these.
    Thanks!
    Carrie

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    • tinysidekick says

      January 26, 2014 at 10:01 pm

      You are so very welcome Carrie. The key is to find the stud and you will be golden! I’d love to see the outcome when you make some, so keep me posted and let me know if you have any questions along the way.

  5. Krista @the happy housie says

    January 17, 2014 at 2:19 pm

    They look amazing Corey- thanks for the hanging tips. Pinning it!

    Reply
  6. Amy W says

    January 16, 2014 at 8:18 am

    Wow, these look so great! Really adds so much to the room, too.

    Reply
  7. Selene Galindo says

    January 16, 2014 at 7:07 am

    Absolutely beautiful!! I love the metal studs on each end of the shelves! Pinned!

    Reply

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