I’m trying to figure out the shelving situation here between our 2 cabinets (space is above a pass through window) in our very small kitchen. Will also be above a sink so we didn’t want another full cabinet. They’re also super high up (for me, I’m 5 feet tall) so I imagine I won’t have too much on them that bears much weight since they’ll be unreachable without a stool. Anyway, you can see in the drawing there is one available stud toward the middle but not quite there. We want floating shelves and as long as it looks good idc if it’s on visible brackets, invisible ones etc, triangle brackets, t bars, whatever. But the other studs are covered by cabinets & I don’t want to drill into the cabinets either. I was thinking of doing 2 shelves on invisible brackets using toggle bolts (I think that’s what they’re called) so itsaxnhored to the wall securely – one of them i would have to make my own hole and line it up on the stud bc the pre drilled ones I’ve found would cause my shelf to be off center. and then in addition to that, putting them on brackets (like t bars) which are not on studs but also use Molly screws or strong drywall anchors. Idk if that’s overkill. Again I don’t plan on it bearing too much weight but I don’t want sagging to fix in the future nor do I want to waste money on useless brackets (the brackets would be on the sides mostly for aesthetics so they’d look like they’re bearing the most weight but it’s so the shelf doesn’t look weird- if that makes sense). Contents of the shelf will be kitchen knick knacks, some spices, a small lamp, maybe some cups eventually, etc.
Is the toggle bolts on invisible brackets plus t bars over kill since I don’t have 2 available studs and my one stud is off center?
If yes what can I do better?
by northeasternwriter
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I would mount to center stud with 2 1/2 in screws and use dry wall anchors and screw with two on each end (total of 6 screws).
Also, if the shelf is going to be end to end with a flush fit between the cabinets, even better with less possibility of shifting.
mount a 1×2 board or a strip of 3/4″ ply on the wall and mount your floating shelf bracket to that. Screw the board into the stud, and then use toggles on the ends to secure it to the wall