7 Foot Long Solid Wood Floating Shelves | How to Build and Install

Thanks to Moosehead Breweries for partnering with me on this project! Moosehead is on a mission to inspire and motivate Canadians to cross a task off their to-do lists - and earn a Beer With Your Name On It. I received a lot of submissions for what I could help you build (and get YOUR Beer With Your Name On It!). In this DIY woodworking video, I’ll show you how to build solid wood floating shelves and how to install floating shelves using floating shelf hardware. Long floating shelves can be a successful DIY project using the right hardware!

There are a lot of shelf support brackets available on the market and it’s hard to know what to choose. I chose these ones for a few key reasons: weight capacity 100lbs+ (each extra brackets adds more capacity), you can anchor each support independently into your studs, and they are designed for a shelf thickness of 1-⅛ to 1-¼ inch.

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►CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:50 Building the shelves from rough lumber
1:04 Milling process
4:04 Glue-up
4:50 Cut to final size
5:25 Apply finish (Osmo)
6:00 Install floating shelf hardware on wall
9:23 Drill holes for mounting brackets into shelf
11:44 Mount the shelves on the wall
13:18 Final result

►MUSIC

[williamellis]

Great job, Marie. The groove on the back was brilliant.
Bill

[jhoodfysh]

Very nicely done Marie. I especially liked the stud finder and drilling holes in the edges of the shelf tips. They will help me a lot. Merci beaucoup!!

[ObsessiveAboutCats]

Last fall I bought a bunch of aromatic red cedar and had to do some substantial planing to get it where I wanted it (I was building a blanket chest). I did almost all of the planing over one day (to get it over with) and went straight into panel glueup, and was very very mad at myself a while later when it was all uneven. I assumed I messed up the planing, even though I thought I'd done it right. Now I'm thinking I did - I didn't let it rest between sessions at all, and it is humid as hell in Houston even in November. Thank you; I have learned something very valuable!

Your shelves look great, as does your desk. You do fantastic work and are an inspiration.

[kentbarnhart]

Nice work, I liked the router table use to cut the relief channel on the back.

[philippechassat]

Great vidéo, merci pour ce partage, salutations de France

[darren]

New to your channel. Nice work! I have a home office and several slabs of maple from a tree we cut down in our yard. Thank you for the inspiration. Wonderful work!!

[pennyroyal]

Beautiful work Marie! Enjoy your personalized Moosehead. This is a sponsor I will support.

My Montreal condo was built (I suspect) without the use of a tape measure or level. The studs are randomly placed and the walls are not vertical either. Also the studs were not installed with all the crowns in the same orientation. But this condo is better than my previous condo in Verdun that used pressed paper instead of drywall.

[arth.]

Marie,
Great 👍 job on someone who doesn't like to install things on the wall. 😁

[jaderene]

This was super helpful, especially when I start building my studio spaces!!!!🤍❤️

[pteddie]

The shelves look great and the instructions were precise and clearly stated.
Thanks for the video. I always look forward to your build videos.

[antoniooliveira]

Very good, too bad we can't find some of these accessories here. Congratulations, I look forward to more videos

[kipkasper]

WOW! what a great job. Thanks for the extra details on your milling process, I did not know about the importance of taking equal amounts off each side/face, or to do the milling over a few days to let the wood reacclimatize. I had warping trouble in the past on re-sawed projects, now I'll no better for next time.

[marcuspullan]

Haven’t watched you for a while and first time I looked at your description. Love that you list the chapters. Thanks and have a great evening

[paul_dz]

One word - impressive!!!

I don't want to be the person trying to remove those shelves.

[ScienceWars]

Superb. So many good tips in this video. Going to use at least all of them for my own upcoming floating shelf project.

[guylaraway]

Your garage looks rather small. Like a cramped Mini Cooper shed. But clean, organized and well lit. Very impressed by the project. I'll be checking your content for ideas. Thank you for posting.

[ksp]

Looks amazing! Very over-built for the amount of stuff you put on it though. Haha. That's not falling off.

[tomsdreamshopworx]

Nice job! Great tip using the router table to route the mortise in the back.

[SawdustmakerLori]

The shelves turned out SO nice and look great above your desk! Loved your idea to router a dado on back to accommodate the brackets without doing each individually. Thanks for all the tips!

[Sebastopolmark]

GREAT job Marie. Also, the dado on the back is a real timesaver and a very smart idea! !! !!!