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I'm about to start a carpentry project for the first time in a while and I'd like to get some informed advice. I have an alcove in my apartment where i'd like to install shelves. The alcove kind of looks like the one in this video from Youtube, and my shelves will have three points where they...

Need to make a series of 8' shelves up a closet wall. Probably 5. Was planning on using 8' long 15" wide 3/4 inch thick pre finished boards. With a 4 inch wide 3/4 thick trim board attached to the wall on the rear and both sides for support. This for each shelf. The question is support for...

I would like to anchor a floating shelf to a concrete block (CMU) wall. The shelf will be constructed with a 2x4 ledger that has several "arms" extending out about 10-12 inches from it, screwed in from the back. A hollow shelf "sleeve" will slide over the arms after mounting the ledger/arms to...

Hi there - I'm new to the site - I've been doing some renovation bits and pieces around the house and the one I'm doing at the moment is attempting to add a smallish walk in robe as we need more clothes storage! We have a largish bedroom (~6.1 x 3.8m) - much of which was wasted space, so...

Hello, I'm going to leave an opening on the outside edge of my tv wall with a metal shelf that slides out using the sliders attached in the photo. I'll be putting my surround sound receiver on it. How would I go about creating a sturdy frame to add the shelf? Any ideas or examples would be much...

Hi there! I was hoping someone would have some answers to a problem I incurred while trying to install shelves into drywall: I have three shelves that I'm trying to hang up above my closet doors. Each shelf is about 50 inches in length and weighs less than 5 pounds, and I expect each shelf to...

I have some Ikea Lack floating shelves. I also have cats who would inevitably jump on. What kind of wall anchors should I use?

I am dealing with a pre-existing retail space that used to be a Tommy Hilfiger store. The store has many shelf standards installed in the walls that seem to be nothing like what I am seeing for typical slotted shelf standards. I cannot use a regular double slotted bracket because the standards...

I want to put up shelves that would circumvent the entire (small) bedroom but one of the walls has a closet that stretches across the entire wall. Can I put regular L-shaped brackets on the top of the shelves so that the shelf would essentially be upside down? would it pull the bracket from the...

I'm finishing a shelf addition to an existing computer desk I've had for several years and I'm trying to get it as close to the original finish of the base as possible. I've been reading other forums that people have been using sandpaper between layers of enamel when doing their finishes...

In my bathtub recession, which has not been tiled yet, i have a recessed box for things like shampoo etc. on the opposite side from the showerhead. The dimensions are 15" wide x 42" tall x 6" deep. What I would like to have inside the box are two glass shelves and what I would like is to mount...

The closet door in my room is currently indented 17 inches from the rest of the wall. Presumably, the builder did this in order to accommodate a standard 50 in wide x 81 in tall sliding doors, which are currently installed, as seen in this album. I would like to install a set of bifold doors at...

Hello! I've been doing some drywall work on a bedroom that is opposite a bathroom with a walk in shower. The shower has two shelves built in between the studs and it had a large piece of tile stuck to the back of the drywall in the opposite room. I'm looking for recommendations for how to...

I found this picture online and wanted to recreate the 3 shelves in my own laundry room. Here are dimensions and notes about the 3 shelves I want to install: Top Shelf: 67" left wall x 137" main wall x 44" right wall My ceiling is not as high as that in the picture, so the top shelf would...

Hi, i'm new here. I hope i'm posting correctly. I would like to put a shelf around the whole perimeter of my childs room. the shelf would be high on the wall, near the ceiling (except she has catheral ceiling so its not really near the ceiling but would be in a room with regular height...

Hi, I was wondering if it is safe/ok to put a washing machine on a shelf? Thanks