Is there anyone skilled in carpentry who can help me create a drawing of the shelf in the attached image? How do you think the "brackets" are attached? Have holes been made for the brackets in the shelves so that there is no gap between the shelf and the wall? What do you think? What dimensions could be appropriate? It looks very solid, won't it be very heavy and how should it be securely attached to the wall? We want to place porcelain and glass on it, perhaps also a microwave.
The image is very small.
The shelf looks very simple.
I would have made it differently.
I suspect that the supports for the shelves are actually a bit smaller... Then that everything is slightly rounded and finely painted, not sharp 90-degree boards.
My interpretation of the poor-quality image becomes something along the lines of the following:
Note, I already see that I missed: 1) the shelf board should extend beyond a bit on the sides... 2) probably notched at the studs so the shelf boards go all the way to the wall.
Unfortunately, I closed the drawing program without saving.
Oh, I am embarrassed by my contribution which in hindsight doesn't match at all, but maybe it will encourage others to draw a bit too.
The shelf looks very simple.
I would have made it differently.
I suspect that the supports for the shelves are actually a bit smaller... Then that everything is slightly rounded and finely painted, not sharp 90-degree boards.
My interpretation of the poor-quality image becomes something along the lines of the following:
Note, I already see that I missed: 1) the shelf board should extend beyond a bit on the sides... 2) probably notched at the studs so the shelf boards go all the way to the wall.
Unfortunately, I closed the drawing program without saving.
Oh, I am embarrassed by my contribution which in hindsight doesn't match at all, but maybe it will encourage others to draw a bit too.
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Thanks anyway! I started to think it was an incredibly stupid question since no one answered. Maybe it still is, but what I was mostly after was how to make it properly durable when you have, so to speak, consoles sticking straight out and that don't have any support underneath. If you know what I mean...
Probably just that it was hard to see the picture. I suspect you like the older rural style a bit. Otherwise, there are easy-to-work-with metal solutions.
There are ready-made wooden angles that are likely nicer shaped than blocks.
1) Choose how the brackets should look. Like going and looking at a lumber store.
2) Find timber for the long rails that match the brackets.
3) Measure where the shelf should be placed on the rail. Pre-drill 1-2 small holes in the rail (to avoid splitting). Mounting glue between bracket and rail. Screw from behind so it doesn't show from the front.
4) Pre-drill rails. Use the right screws depending on what kind of wall it will be attached to.
5) Measure, make shelf boards, glue them to the brackets.
*) Possibly paint everything before mounting on the wall.
(I usually glue window sills and shelf supports in poor closet frames, so *mounting* glue and possibly small screws hold well)
So... As long as you have a ready idea of how it should look and what timber you plan to use, there shouldn't be any problems making it hold.
Drawings are easy, as long as you know the measurements
There are ready-made wooden angles that are likely nicer shaped than blocks.
1) Choose how the brackets should look. Like going and looking at a lumber store.
2) Find timber for the long rails that match the brackets.
3) Measure where the shelf should be placed on the rail. Pre-drill 1-2 small holes in the rail (to avoid splitting). Mounting glue between bracket and rail. Screw from behind so it doesn't show from the front.
4) Pre-drill rails. Use the right screws depending on what kind of wall it will be attached to.
5) Measure, make shelf boards, glue them to the brackets.
*) Possibly paint everything before mounting on the wall.
(I usually glue window sills and shelf supports in poor closet frames, so *mounting* glue and possibly small screws hold well)
So... As long as you have a ready idea of how it should look and what timber you plan to use, there shouldn't be any problems making it hold.
Drawings are easy, as long as you know the measurements
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