We wanted some solid wood floating shelves to make a feature wall arrangement around a clock we had got from Home Bargains for a £10.00, so everywhere we went for the last couple of months we kept this in mind. We looked in The Range, Dunhelm, B&Q, B&M, Home Bargains, Wilko’s you name it we looked, they were either the wrong size, the wrong finish or too expensive, so I put my thinking cap on and came up with my method of floating shelves at under £20.00 for you to add your finish of choice. An ideal project for the coming Easter holidays..
Solid Wood Floating Shelves For Under £20.00
The picture below shows the tools you will need; the cordless drill/driver is optional (the one pictured was £20.00 from Aldi) an ordinary screwdriver will do just as well but you will need a hammer drill to drill for the bracket fixings also you don’t have to have an adjustable work bench
The timber for the shelves is 140mm x 40mm x 2.4m or 5 ½” x 1 ½ “x 8 foot £8.00 from B&Q
The brackets are 90mm x 90mm x 20mm wide £1.49 each also from B&Q, I used 6 of these.
The 2” screws and plastic plugs I needed were in a pack I got from a £ shop.