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Installing Floating Shelves and Lighting

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I Built a $15,000 Luxury Media Console in a 47-Year-Old Home

What happens here

Small wooden blocks are strategically inserted as wedges to create clamping pressure, ensuring a tight fit against the walls. The constructed floating shelves are then carefully installed into their designated positions on the stone veneer wall. Each shelf is pre-wired with small canless LED lights, and these lights are connected to the electrical wiring previously run through the wall. This provides integrated lighting for the shelves and an ambient glow. The power source for these lights is connected to a dedicated light switch.

Goal: Install custom floating shelves with integrated lighting.

Tools and materials

  • Canless LED Lights — Integrated lighting for the shelves
  • Electrical Wire Nuts — Securing electrical connections
  • Floating Shelves — Displaying decorative items
  • Screwdriver/Drill — Connecting electrical wires
  • Wooden Wedges — Creating tight clamping pressure for countertops

What they say

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Not much time. Good luck. Aren't you impressed? Be honest. That was cool. This was a real use of brains. Now, when pressure is needed , we'll just insert the wedges here, press down, and then lock them in place when ready. From time to time, not just headbutting. The countertop is installed and drying perfectly. Here we will start planning the shelves, as they need to fit into place with the stones. Four on each side, as we were laying the electricity. Let's build them quite simply. A frame made of 2 by 4 lumber, which will give us room for the cavity. This is what we need. The cavity there is just for electricity. And these are the lights that I used before for the media console in the master bedroom, or, excuse me, the master bedroom, if you remember. So, I connected all the wires, and the driver was already included in the kit . They just snap in and I don't remember if they are adjustable. They are definitely not adjustable, which is quite satisfactory. This is an ideal option. We'll mount them first, and then I'll use plywood to make a regular box so we can slide the shelves on top of it, and then it'll all fit inside. This will illuminate from below, and here is our switch to turn it on. Enough chatter, time to get to

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