Fixed-bracket shelves look like floating shelves, with one key difference: The brackets supporting the shelf are visible. These brackets can be beautiful and decorative, or merely functional.

The shelf rests on the inside of the brackets, letting the hardware be on display above the shelves rather than underneath like most bracket styles. UniqueWoodArtwork. From. $30.

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The longer 10-inch piece is the top of the bracket, and the length of it will be in contact with the shelf. This way is much stronger than having the wall side of the bracket extend up to the shelf.

See the diagram if you want to make one heavy-duty shelf, 8 feet long and supported on 5 brackets. This is somewhat different than the design you see in the photos, which has a cantilevered end.

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