Ikea Lack White Floating Shelf Concealed Mounting

I am very please with this. I got this to set a birdhouse on beside a picture. Remember to check you measurements this one is perfect for me but may be too large for your needs. they come in all sizes and not ornate in anyway. I wanted my birdhouse to show not the shelf. So remember that. If you are a modern decorator this would make a perfect shelf for whatever. I am not but find them useful to show off my goodies.

I needed to move my cable modem and router into my utility room and wanted them high and out of the way. I had seen this style of floating shelves before at Ikea but wasn't headed that way anytime soon. I was happy to find them on amazon at only a slight markup.

This shelf just has two screw hole slots on the back. You must put two screws into the wall (after measuring how far apart to put them) and the shelf just slides over the two screws and you're done.

When just going into sheetrock, I always suggest you use wall anchors as most screws aren't able to hold much weight at all in drywall as the drywall just isn't rigid enough to provide a solid hold for the screws.

I'd guess the cable modem and Wi-Fi router weigh a combined five pounds. The shelf feels quite solid with this weight and I'm not worried about it coming down.

When my wife saw it, her exact words were "Aww, that shelf is too pretty to put in the utility room!"

If you have decorative and semi light items or stuffed animals in a kids room, this shelf would suit your needs. It looks good and isn't too tough to install although I don't recommend it to anyone that needs to hold more than maybe ten pounds at the absolute max.

For installation, the best way I'd recommend is to get a roll of masking tape, stick a strip of tape to the wall roughly level where you want to put the shelf. Next get a level and put it on the tape. When you find the level point, use a pen or pencil to draw a straight line on the tape for you to mark where to put your screws.

Next, take a tape measure and measure from the middle of the first screw slot on the shelf to the middle of the second. Now go to your level masking tape line that you made and mark where to put your screws and wall anchors by just measuring the same distance you measured on the shelf and drawing a dot at the beginning and the end. Now pound in your wall anchors right through the tape, then remove the tape and put your screws in with maybe a quarter of an inch sticking out for the shelf to slide onto.

Keep in mind that the closer the screw is screwed into the wall, the tighter the shelf will fit and more secure it will feel. BUT if you screw in the screws too much, the shelf won't be able to catch them to slide over. Play a bit with the screw depth and you'll be fine.

Overall I like the product. I give it four stars only because I feel it should have come with wall anchors and screws as well as a template showing exactly how far apart to put the screws so you don't have to do the measuring dance I described above.

I would buy it again. I'm happy to answer any questions.

I uploaded a picture of it installed with my cable modem and router on it so you can judge the size of it compared to these items (Look at the product images above.

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We purchased this shelf to hold a satellite receiver for wireless surround speakers. It works, however it is not flat. At first we thought it was because the shelf wasn't installed in a stud, so we moved it and attached it to a stud, however the problem still exists. To be clear, the shelf is level from left to right, but it leans from back to front if that makes sense... like it wants to fall off the wall...even with nothing on it.

In the end we kept it because it's unobtrusive and does the job, but it looks like the Leaning Tower of Pisa attached to our wall. Buyer beware!

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Put this up in a music room and it goes nicely. Easy to put up and it seems sturdy. Satisfied with purchase.

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Heavy you really need a stud in the wall to put this up and have it sturdy. I had no studs and had to use anchors, which are not as strong.