How To Hang Lack Wall Shelf

Wall mounting the lack wall unit backwards i would rather make a small shelf ledge wall brackets with a piece of wood cut to the size of the lack base.

How to hang lack wall shelf.

Sorry i did not get a good picture of doing that ran out of hands slide the shims behind the bottom edge of the shelf and allow the shelf to rest against the shims. For added security and avoid topple over incidences make a similar ledge for the top shelf. Place the shelf on top of the bracket and make sure it s centered. Once you ve attached the adhesive strips remove the remaining strip liners and position your shelf along the wall.

If the bracket has openings along the top secure it to the bottom of the shelf by inserting screws into the holes and. Remove the level. Then press your shelf against the wall for 30 seconds to fix it in place. Keeping the shelf hanging on its wall screws using your free hand tip the top of the shelf back toward the wall just until it is level.

Hold the metal shelf bracket to the wall in the desired location so that at least one of the mounting holes. Use a stud finder on the wall in the general location where the shelf will be mounted. Create a library using ikea lack shelves these unusually shaped lack shelves have been installed in a very creative way as they almost form a checkered pattern on the wall with the last one pretty much resting on the recliner s arm. Hold your shelf to the wall for 30 seconds.

If possible attach adhesive strips to 2 adjacent sides of the shelf and hang it in a corner. That will force the tops of the screws up into the narrow part of the mounting bracket and the shelf should feel locked to the wall. Put your screws into the wall mount the shelf and then give it a few whacks on the top back edge with a rubber hammer or the ikea hammer with the plastic cap in the end. Each of them holds a large book which you can easily pick up to read as you sit down.