Easy DIY Floating shelves | DIY Creators

Easy DIY Floating shelves you can make in minutes (start to finish). See below for more information on this.

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Making The Shelves
Step 1: Locate your studs.
Step 2: Cut your lumber to the desired length.
Step 3. Drill pocket holes in each shelf at every stud location.
Step 4. Sand each shelf and clean them up.
Step 5. Apply a finish.
Step 6. Mount the shelves to the wall with 2.5in screws.
Step 7. Decorate it.
Step 8. Enjoy.

These shelves are perfect for many things you want to store on it.
Displaying valuables, Storing things, or just to decorate, to name a few.

Materials List (Affiliate Links)
• 2in by 8in by 30in southern yellow pine
• 2in by 8in by 40in southern yellow pine

Tools Used

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FAQ: Must have tools for beginners (Affiliate Links)

FAQ: Camera Gear
5. Software Adobe Premiere Pro

FAQ: Top Materials I use
1. 3/4 Plywood, Select pine Southern yellow pine


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[DIYCreators]

So what do you guys think? Building or pass? Don't worry, you won't hurt my feelings. 🤣

[melanieshelton]

I love how considerate you are of beginners and people without a lot of tools.

[MikeClowder]

I think the most impressive part was how casually you lifted that 50lb weight my dude.


In all seriousness, I saw your original video and I was planning on doing that, but this seems like it would make a lot more sense since I'm very new to woodworking. I really appreciate the time and effort that you put into these videos, and they are incredibly helpful.

[katie]

Thank you SO MUCH for doing a weight test! I thought about doing shelves this way but wasn't sure how much weight they would hold. YOU'RE AWESOME!

[jonesfamily]

Hey Glen could you do a quick pocket hole jig "how to use". I found a couple, but your style of videos, are very informative. And it may be something that a lot of your subscribers would be interested in. Stay safe and clean. Peace

[enocreyes]

My daughter and I just made these floating shelves. We followed your instructions. You're the best 👍

[JusBidniss]

Nice design! And stronger than they initially appear to be. I would note as to the strength, the weights used in the test are tight up against the wall, where the shear strength of the screw is greatest. Out on the front edge, there's a bit of leverage (with the shelf as the lever) that would diminish the load capacity, potentially bending the screw down and denting the drywall along the back bottom edge. So you wouldn't, for example, want to hang a densely-packed line of clothes on wire hangers along that front edge. But most weight on a shelf spans front to back, like a book, or at least is not all perched on the front edge, so this appears to be fine. Thanks Glen for yet another excellent idea!

[AlejandroDIY]

Man! These are the easiest shelves I’ve seen so far! I need to try this! Great job!

[BostLabs]

Within the first 2 minutes... "Adding a support under my cut so the board doesn't fall on the floor." Well, my jaw hit the floor instead. :D Excellent tip!

[jessijuniper]

Omg!! You just saved me days of work, headaches, and unnecessary material that I will never ever use again. Thank you! Your tutorial was amazing.

[rthomp]

6:29 - The two lenses above the knot in the wood looks like a happy face. I love this simple design. I might have to go get a pocket hole jig and try this out.

[chadmarkley]

This was brilliant. By far the most simple method of doing this. Thank you for all your hard work and easy to digest videos. LOVE THE CHANNEL

[mrdpwr]

I actually made your original design shelves.
I had thought to myself about using pocket hole screws, but wasn't sure if they would be strong enough.
I had already bought the two and a half inch long pocket hole screws months back, looks like I can go forward with this design.
Thanks for sharing.

[ricardojimenez]

I usually don’t comment but seriously man, thank you for making the video so simple and used the simplest of tools to show how the work is done! Thank you!

[lizyds]

Thank you for showing the weight test. It really sold me on this type of floating shelf! Great Job explaining and video!

[aljohnson]

I wonder why people never put “like”? They watch they enjoy and they walk away.. Just click the darned like, appreciate the time and effort the guy spent to show you this crazy simple and elegant life hack, you lazy poopers!

[neilf]

Hello. I'm following up to confirm the validity of this suggestion. I took your advice and created heavy duty book shelves for a wall over my in home office space. The shelves hold about 65lbs of binders filled with paper work. I was pleasantly surprised that once on the wall, the shelves could not be moved or shifted in any way. I used 4 pocket holes and small screws with drywall anchors. No sag, no slight movement, no problems what so ever.

[yvettewallus]

This is hands down THE BEST method for floating shelves. I’ve never seen anyone do this before. It’s extremely simple and strong. I appreciate the strength test too. If you hadn’t done that I wouldn’t have believed it would be strong enough and probably would never try it. Thank you for sharing.

[xaedowulf]

Collar on drillbit set to 3/4"
Jig set to 1"

(I come back to this video every 3 months for a new project to hear him say those dimensions bc I keep forgetting. Writing this comment for future reference!)

[michaelkuhn]

Thank you so much for this video - it is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I built two floating shelves for my son's hifi speakers, and now I'm building more (and adding a 2" lip around the shelf edge) for my whiskey collection. Fantastic weekend project!