Installing White Floating Shelves
Getting white floating shelves is a great way to help organize your room as well as give it that bright and pleasant look. When it comes to installing these shelves, there are a couple of things you will want to know. By installing them properly, you will avoid incidents where your shelves may collapse due to the incorrect installation techniques. Many people will think the brackets weren’t strong enough or even that the screws weren’t long enough but most of the time, it’s caused by not connecting them to the studs of your wall. So let’s go more into how to correctly install floating shelves.
What you will want to know is that the brackets is what holds up the shelves. The white shelves simply just slides into the brackets so in terms of strength as well as design, you will want to focus on these support brackets. So the first step in installing your floating white shelves is to draw out how you want your shelves to be positioned. It may help to make a drawing on a piece of paper of how what sort of design you want. For some people, a regular symmetrical design is all they need but others prefer something a bit more artistic and unique. In any case, you will want to do some planning before you actually start drilling the holes. Make sure you account for the height of the items that you will be placing onto these white floating wall shelves so that you don’t end up installing the shelves too close to each other.
The next thing you will want to do is to use a stud finder to locate the studs in your wall. These will basically act as the main support of your shelves. Your walls, for the most part, are made of soft material that can be broken. The studs are basically pieces of wood that holds everything in place. If you connect the shelves to the empty spots in the wall, your shelves won’t be as secure as you will need them to be. You can get a stud finder at any hardware store for under $20. It’s a good tool to have handy for other installation projects as well.
Once you locate the studs, the next thing you will want to do is align the bracket holes up against the wall. There will typically be one or two screw holes where the screws will be placed. You will want to use a pencil and mark these spots. Once you have all of the spots that you will be inserting the screws into, make sure everything looks right according to your plans. From there, you will want to use a drill that is a bit smaller than the actual screws to make the holes. By doing this, it will make the screws go in more tightly and give more support to your white shelves. Once you have that done, you will start screwing in the brackets. You can use a balancing laser to make sure the shelves are aligned correctly. You will be able to adjust the brackets since there will be some space where the holes are.
Once you are done installing the brackets to the wall, it’s time to slide the shelves in and enjoy the new look of your room. If you want to see some ideas in terms of how to position your white floating shelves, you can look at pictures online. There are some really neat and interesting things you can do with some simple shelves that can really make your room look a lot more attractive.
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