In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to build DIY floating shelves for your kitchen. This includes all the tools and materials you will need, as well as detailed instructions on how to install them and what hardware to use. I realize there are about a hundred different (or maybe more) ways you can do DIY floating shelves, but I think I’ve come up with one of the easier methods. 

Our mantel above the fireplace in our family room up until now has been a piece of oak that wasn’t quite thick enough. It’s been more or less a place holder. The plan from the beginning was to install a reclaimed timber mantel. But, like so many other things, when you are trying to finish a house to move into, you run out of time.