indoor project

Greg K · Jan 10, 2015

I am contemplating a winter project here at home. My wife likes to collect shot glasses from places that she has been. I built a shelf with a mirrored back a few years ago, however I need to build more space. I have a thought of building a narrow shelf around the top of the room to hold them and backlight the shelf to highlight the glasses.
My old shelf is almost 4' long and the smaller shelf is about 2' long. This means I need about 26' of shelf. The room has one wall 12' long, then over the door is almost 10', and the third wall is about 16'. In my mind I don't want to see any support brackets under it and I don't have a lot of room over the door for it. Any suggestions from you guys?
Here are some pics of what I am talking about.

State of Jefferson · Jan 10, 2015

Lemme see if I can make this make sense...
For something light-duty like that, you could mark a level line around the room at the height of the shelf. Drill, then run lag bolts into the studs, making sure they were level and square to the wall. Leaving a few inches of the bolt sticking out. Cut the heads off the lags. Drill corresponding holes in the edge of the shelf material. Slip the shelf over the exposed bolt shanks. If you are concerned it might come loose, you could put a dab of epoxy in the holes first.

Ben

retired farmer · Jan 10, 2015

If you look at that curtain holder over the top of the sliding glass door, you could build something on that order with a 1x4 as the shelf and then a 1x4 hanging down in front. Use small brackets to hold the shelf and the facing board would hid the brackets to a certain extent. Hope that makes sense.

John B. · Jan 10, 2015

Could you use some molding on the top or bottom of the shelf for support. It would look decorative but yet it would be supportive.

Eldon (WA) · Jan 10, 2015

(quoted from post at 11:23:48 01/10/15) I am contemplating a winter project here at home. My wife likes to collect shot glasses from places that she has been. I built a shelf with a mirrored back a few years ago, however I need to build more space. I have a thought of building a narrow shelf around the top of the room to hold them and backlight the shelf to highlight the glasses.
My old shelf is almost 4' long and the smaller shelf is about 2' long. This means I need about 26' of shelf. The room has one wall 12' long, then over the door is almost 10', and the third wall is about 16'. In my mind I don't want to see any support brackets under it and I don't have a lot of room over the door for it. Any suggestions from you guys?
Here are some pics of what I am talking about.

Screw a 1" board to the studs. Build a box shelf out of 1/8" plywood with a 1 1/4" hardwood board for the 3 sides. Rabbet in the plywood to hide the edge. Slide onto wall cleat and fasten from the top...lightweight and cheap...they do this in RV's.

Cory Schmidt · Jan 10, 2015

Could put simple brackets under the shelf and use a crown molding to hide them. This has 2 advantages: its simple and would help bring eyes up to look at the shelf /glasses. Could also try to hang the shelf from above using metal/wood rods with "feet" on each end that screw to top of shelf/underside ceiling.

Greg K · Jan 10, 2015

That thought had crossed my mind but I'm not sure I'm carpenter enough for crown moulding. Would you paint it or try to match the woodwork?

Greg K · Jan 10, 2015

That is similar to what I was thinking. My thought was long screws through the "face" and countersunk so the holes could be plugged. Your idea eliminates the plugging and trying to fix holes on the front.

Greg K · Jan 10, 2015

And how far down would you hold the shelf. 8' ceilings and the blind track above the door is 10" from the ceiling.

Cory Schmidt · Jan 10, 2015

Hardest part of crown molding is matching angles A good trick is to have a piece of scrap or two(about ft long is plenty) with the angle set for both ends. This will show offset for length needed for angle as well as a gage block if not cut right. As for color that's your call its your house, I'd say paint a color that is a slight off of the walls to blend in yet show the difference.

Greg K · Jan 10, 2015

OK. Thanks. I'm just looking for ideas and opinions, the final decision isnt even mine lol

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