Spruce up your dull ordinary fireplace by adding a live edge wood mantel.
How to make live edge wood shelves.
In this instructable i will show you how to make a simple live edge shelf.
We hung ours using brackets and it was really easy to diy.
Take a look at how we made ours.
Live edge wood shelves.
Mark and drill the hole for the floating shelf hardware post into the side of the live edge board.
There are 3 in total that i bought on ebay for a resonable price.
Floating shelves are one of the most popular styles of shelves right now.
When you add the element of a live edge it really gives your space a stunning look that will wow your guests.
How to make live edge wood shelves materials.
Live edge shelves are also easy to mount.
Nov 13 2017 from finding the wood to preparing it and even mounting it on your wall here s everything you need to know to make your own live edge wood shelves.
By april wilkerson on november 03 2020 in this tutorial i m going to show you how i made these floating live edge wood shelves.
Hope you enjoy reading.
Live edge floating shelves how to build.
One slab live edge wood.
Simple live edge shelving.
Colleen pastoor at lemon thistle treated her live edge mantel with six coats of varathane diamond wood finish to bring out the wood s natural colors and to give the surface a more finished look.
Live edge wood shelves are easy to make and can be done in a number of different ways.
Mounting brackets links to the brackets we used power sander we use an old black decker mouse sander sandpaper 120 grit 180 grit 200 grit.
Clean up the live edge of the board with sandpaper if necessary.
This desk is pretty easy to make if you are good at cutting wood and secures directly to the wall.
Diy live edge mantel project from colleen pastoor at lemon thistle.
Buy the right floating shelf hardware for the width of your live edge board.
Live edge wood desk.
Apply finish to the live edge floating shelves if necessary.