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Solid Wood Floating Shelf
Red oak, white oak or maple, glued up from solid staves into a 1 11/16" plank — clear-coated or stained to any Minwax colour, 12" to 48" wide, 6" to 12" deep.
Mounting options
What arrives, and what you do
Floating shelf
The concealed Hovr Slim aluminum bracket is fitted into a machined channel on the back edge in our shop and screwed into the solid plank. Nothing shows once it's on the wall.
- Included: shelf with bracket installed, wall bracket, #10 × 3 1/2" wall screws, locking set screws, hex key
- Install: screw the wall bracket to two studs, level it, tilt the shelf on, press down, lock the set screws from underneath — about 15 minutes
- The shelf can slide about 3/8" left or right on its bracket after mounting
- Walls: wood studs. Steel studs, masonry or drywall anchors need different fasteners and a lower rating — ask before ordering
Floating shelf with light strip
The floating shelf plus a channel in the underside for a slim LED profile, 2" back from the front edge, running the length of the shelf to 1" from each end. The wiring runs inside the shelf and comes out at the wall.
- Light channel: 11/16" wide × 5/16" deep, sized for a slim LED profile with diffuser
- Wiring: a concealed channel carries the lead to the back edge, exiting beside the bracket at either end. Put the wall box or driver behind the shelf within about 1" of one end, or run the lead along the back edge behind the bracket
- You supply: low-voltage LED strip, profile/housing and driver. The driver mounts in the wall or a cabinet, never in the shelf, and must stay accessible
- Bracket, installation, sizes, species and finishes are the same as the floating shelf; the light hardware is already deducted from the load rating
Slab
The same solid wood shelf with no bracket channel and no light, for your own supports — shelf brackets, cleats, standards and clips, or set into a niche.
- Supplied as a finished shelf. No hardware included
- Same sizes, species and finishes as the floating shelves
- Not for floating installation: support the shelf at both ends, and add a middle support on shelves wider than 36"
- Load rating: set by the brackets or supports you install and how they're fastened — the shelf itself isn't rated separately
Load ratings
Floating shelf and floating shelf with light strip
Maximum load in pounds, spread evenly along the shelf, mounted into two wood studs with the supplied bracket. The shelf's own weight is already taken off. Find your depth in the left column and your width across the top.
| Depth | 12"–23" wide | 24"–35" wide | 36"–48" wide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6" | 65 lb | 115 lb | 110 lb |
| 8" | 40 lb | 85 lb | 80 lb |
| 10" | 25 lb | 60 lb | 55 lb |
| 12" | 20 lb | 30 lb | 25 lb |
For a depth between two rows, use the deeper row. Books average 20–25 lb per running foot. Ratings assume the load is spread along the shelf — no sitting, standing, pulling up, or heavy single items at the front edge — in dry interior use at normal room temperature, into two wood studs with the supplied screws and the set screws locked. Other walls or anchors are not covered by this table. Slab shelves carry no MJR rating: the supports you install set the load.
Care and limits
Keep it looking new
- Wipe with a damp cloth and mild soap
- No abrasives or solvents
- Interior, dry locations only — not bathrooms with showers or outdoors. Solid wood moves a little with the seasons; that is normal and allowed for in the build
- Keep clear of heat sources: range tops, fireplaces, heaters
- Not a step, seat or grab bar
- Light strip shelves: the strip is low-voltage and runs cool; the driver must be accessible, not buried in the wall without a box
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