How To Hang Up Wall Shelves

Next hold up one of your mounting brackets at the desired height and mark the bracket s screw holes on the wall making sure that the holes are in line with the studs.

How to hang up wall shelves.

Leah from see jane drill demonstrates how to hang shelves on the wall. You can use good quality hollow wall anchors for hanging wood shelves if the studs don t line up with the figure eights. Support see jane drill by shopping on ama. The only caveat is that the top of the figure eight shows above the surface of the shelf so it may be visible if you hang the shelf low.

This will make it easier when you go to drill in the top halves of the fasteners. Draw a thin light line on the wall to show you where to hang the shelf. Try to position the figure eights where there are studs if possible. Creating a series of rows is usually the easiest way to hang shelves so they fill up your wall.

To find the best arrangement measure the height and width of your wall. To put up shelves pick out an open spot along the wall use a stud finder to locate 2 wall studs and lightly mark the 2 spots with a pencil. Subscribe to our channel and like our video.