23.6 in. W x 10.2 in. D x 2 in. H White MDF Floating Wall Shelf

These In-Place floating shelves look great once installed. Installation can be tricky. There is a backplate (see pictures 1 + 2) which attachrd to the wall and the shelf (see pictures 3 + 4) which attaches to the backplate. The tricky part is that you really should/must hit a stud with at least one screw when attaching the backplate. I installed it to a basement wall which had paneling, not drywall. So the drywall anchors included were of little use to me. I used hollow wall anchor screws instead (bought separately). After sliding the shelf onto the backplate, there are holes to anchor the shelf onto the backplate with screws. Unfortunately, not all the holes lined up with the backplate holes. I did manage to line up at least one anchoring screw on each shelf, so they are pretty securely anchored.

So, I got this advice from a reviewer on Lowes and thought I should share. I bought them from Home Depot as it was closer to my house. I have already installed five of these shelves, four 17.6 x 7.75 and a 35.4 x 7.75. Pictures are attached. Here is what I did differently to make these shelves sturdy and avoid bending (drooping). First things first, avoid the plastic hardware that comes with it. The only hardware I used from this kit were the wooden screws for the stud I used for 2 of the 5 shevles. Where studs are not available, the plastic bolts are supposed to be used. Instead, spend a few more bucks and get you some toggle bolts. I got this 25 box set of 1/8in by 2in from home depot. Link: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Crown-Bolt-1-8-in-x-2-in-Zinc-Plated-Mushroom-Head-Toggle-Bolt-Anchor-10242/100349321 These bolts cost $5.21 at Home Depot. They are metal and a lot stronger than the plastic things that come with the shelf. They also allowed me to only place 4 bolts into the bracket instead of using all 10 holes. *Note: toggle bolts are one time usage and make rather large holes. A little patching will fix that if you remove the shelf* Second, and may be the deal breaker for some, I put the shelves on upside down, requiring the two screws to attach the shelves to the bracket, to be placed on top. This places the stregnth on top of the metal bracket instead of pulling it below. Most of my holes were covered by the items I placed on the shevles. For the one screw that shows, I placed a little pure white paint on top of the hole and it blends in. As you can see from the pictures, I have many trophies on the shelves. Behind my Avengers bobble heads, I have a collection of Coke glasses. I haven't figured out what to do with them yet, so for now they are kept safe there. Point is, there is easily more than 10 pounds on my long shelf. Take my advice that I stole from a Lowes reviewer, and you to will find satisfaction in these attractive shelves. I will be installing two 23.6 x 10.2 very soon in the same way.

Bought the floating shelves to showcase model cars in my garage. Unfortunately they were so poorly manufactured that they were not even suitable for a garage display ( uneven angles, small bumps in the finish, etc.). I returned them and got a credit.

I would recommend mounting to studs....mounting to plasterboard only will very much limit weight it can support. even mounted to studs shelf will not hold a full load of nooks. holds cable box and DVD player with no problem..

First, it's a nice shelf and I don't think other people will have a problem with the inaccuracy of the listed measurement - BUT - I had gotten it for a tight space up above the foot of the staircase and the listed measurement was just a smidge under the exact measurement that would have fit. When it got here it was more like 36 1/8 instead of 35.4. Since it was being wedged between two walls I was able to trim it to fit so I'm happy though. If you need to trim it - it's hollow inside which makes it easy. Also, just fyi - the packaging indicates that it will support 15 lbs overall it's a good shelf for what I needed

This product although looks like it should be sturdy and work well, it was actually poorly constructed. Of the three shelves purchased only one was level close to being level front to back. The other two shelves were lower in the front then where it was attached to the wall. Would not purchase this product again.

Useless. Despite my mounting the backplate to two studs and using hollow wall anchor for the rest of the holes, this shelf will not hang straight. It slopes downward. It's designed improperly. The shelf has two bars that go into the shelf, but the bars don't go all the way to the front of the shelf. So the shelf slants down. Also, there should be three bars holding the shelf up instead of two. Home Depot should know better. I'm going to modify this one but I'm taking the others I bought back to the store.

My husband and I purchased and installed two of these shelves according to the instructions. Upon placing 10 pounds or less on the shelves, the shelves began to bend downward and would not remain level. The problem appears to be with the metal bracing. It will not stay flush against the wall under any load. We will definitely return these to the store.

So Use the metal mollys in all the holes, The second shelf looks much better. Going to take the first shelf down again and use mollys in the bottom holes. Not the new Mollys but the old ones with the screw and winds separate. Also, there were some marks on the surface of the shelves, poor quality control. They do look nice when they are up the right way and when I get the first row of shelves up I am going to order 4 more, and buy my own Mollys.....

I bought these to use in my bathroom to put towels. We did them the exact way they said even used the level. It was perfect. Then when we stepped away they don't sit straight and unfortunately my house don't have studs every foot so it didn't stay all the way to the wall. So I couldn't put anything on them. They look ok for wall decoration if you are not putting anything on them.