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Stain Floating Shelves (Dark Walnut)

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Building the Ultimate Home Office Makeover 2026

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What happens here

Lightly sand the cut and routed shelves to prepare the surface for staining. Apply a dark walnut wood stain using a foam brush or rag, ensuring even coverage. Allow the stain to penetrate for the recommended time, then wipe off any excess. While it's generally best to stain before installation, the video shows staining after initial installation due to planning. The intent is to achieve a deep, natural wood look that contrasts with the dark walls.

Goal: Apply dark walnut stain to the prepared floating shelves to achieve a rich, natural wood finish that complements the room's aesthetic.

Tools and materials

  • Foam Brush or Rag
  • Dark Walnut Wood Stain
  • Sandpaper (fine-grit)

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Good point. I guess eyeballing worked. Nothing blew out. Let's just hope it fits fine. I'm pretty confident it is. But yeah. And the second thing is the advertisement for the Amazon link were like how to install. Simply use our guide or simply use a guide to bore through. Where's the guide? It didn't come with a stupid package. false advertisement, but they were pretty cheap. That was nice. So, I was contemplating what color to go with uh just cuz I want the desk to be oak. It's not oak. What am I doing? I'm smoking crack. Uh well, sawdust. Actually, I'm smoking sawdust here. [snorts] It's going to be walnut. So, then I was like, "Okay, well, if would we stain it the same color? Would we just paint them black? Black would have been cool, but there's the a lot of black going on over there already. So, I think what I'm going to do is go with dark walnut on this birch um plywood. And the nice thing is the faces of this ply, they sell at Home Depot 1x3 uh trim. So, I could actually install that on with some brad nails and glue and it'll look really slick. Not to mention, it's going to be dark. So, I I needed to have some form of texture, but not, you know, obnoxious. Oh, yeah. This is the color. I dig it. I dig it a lot. Can you dig it?

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