Help with kitchen corner open shelves

12 years ago

I need some help with kitchen wall open shelves. We are remodeling the kitchen and there is a 120 degree corner with a vent grill near the ceiling. I want to use open shelving for that section of the wall. I am doing this so I will not have wasted space in the corner and will not obstruct the vent grill with cabinets. I choose to use brackets instead of floating shelves because it seem more structrually sound to hold heavy pots/pans. Here is a picture of how I would like my shelves to look like (with the corner being 120 degree).

traditional kitchen design by new york interior designer Marlene Wangenheim AKBD, CAPS, Allied Member ASID

Here is the question. Can the planks be supported as shown in the photo, with two brackets on the sides, but no bracket in the center near the corner? Are these really floating shelves with decorative brackets?

I would prefer no brackets in the corner like in this photo, so brackets don't get in the way of storage. Is this structurally possible? What if I add backplates between brackets?

Finally, where can I get corner shelves like this? Is the only option custom building them?

Esther

Comments (3)

cawaps
12 years ago
I could be wrong, but I don't think those brackets are supporting the shelves. With no bracket in the corner, I don't believe that you can build structurally sound shelves this way. I think they are floating shelves with decorative brackets.

I could be wrong. Maybe someone with actual carpentry skills can weigh in, both on how the shelves in the picture were hung and whether you can make floating shelves strong enough.

I googled "floating shelve strength" and turned up a lot of stuff. Here is one link:

Here is a link that might be useful: Floating shelves DIY
kathec
12 years ago
If you look closely, there are 1x2" cleats running under the shelf. Those cleats are probably screwed into the studs and may have additional help from toggle bolts where there is no stud.

This is how we're supporting our open shelves. So far, we only have the cleats up.
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kathec
12 years ago
Sorry, doesn't look like there are cleats, it's hard to tell on my iPad, the screen protector obscures things. However, I still think cleats are the way to go. Google " open shelves" and search images. Click on some of the pics to see how they're constructed.