Greetings and greetings to budding racks! So, you have a collection of books to float on your wall. put your worries aside friends, you are in the right place to find the solution for your library design!
we can state unequivocally, “yes!” your radical bookshelf floating shelves can hold a lot of books! Here’s why and how we’re ready to float even your sweet Easter Island replica collection with confidence…
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the important thing is the capacity and how much weight our shelves are designed to support. This starts inside the shelf with our Aksel Floating Shelf Bracket from Shelfology. while other big box stores might put up some cute floating shelves, take a look at the hanging fixtures and you’ll know you’re in trouble. £15 won’t get you anywhere beyond a couple of Curious George books. and the small hooks do not inspire confidence when placed on your head. Oh! I don’t know about you, but I’m not going to hang anything unless I know it’s not going to fall off.
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Enter our Aksel Floating Shelf System, which incorporates our über strong Aksel brackets. The Aksel bracket is often imitated but never duplicated. With plenty of solid hardwood options and finishes to choose from, we’ve got the right match for your style. Each Aksel floating shelf system features carefully hand-selected hardwood and ships ready-to-install with our world-famous Aksel invisible floating shelf bracket. Beyond the flexibility of our colors and wood choices, these sophisticated shelves keep doing what the big box stores can’t – they customize. Made to the inch, Aksel Floating Shelves are guaranteed to literally be the right fit for your space. Down to the inch isn’t good enough? No problem! Give our MOMS a call and they’ll help you get the size that works for your space. 
So what makes your floating shelf system able to secure your latest library haul? Made from ¼” hot rolled all American steel, the internal Aksel HD brackets have solid back bars professionally designed to line up with 16” studs. Notice how the bracket fits snugly into the back of the shelf? That’s not just good looking for show. No, the lock and key fit not only provides support across the wall when installed, but the support rods extending into your shelf create the backbone required to stay level and support the shelf. When installed into studs and blocking you’re going to get the max capacity out of your shelf. Your entire Manga collection will rest easy. 
Check out this bodacious install from Bette Abbott interiors. Talented photog Sarah Anne Risk captures exactly what we’re talking about here. Bibliophiles, unite! I mean, come on, is there anything more beautiful than a wall of books?! It makes me happy just thinking about it! No question that these White Aksel Floating Shelves and their partner brackets are more than capable of holding this collection of books for years to come. 
So, let’s talk about shelf numbers!
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To find out how many classic penguins your shelf can hold, base its weight capacity on that famous support “backbone” that will be inside your shelving system: the Aksel HD. our team of shelf specialists recommend a shelf that is 10″ deep and 1.75″ thick for the highest weight capacity for your Encyclopedias Britannicas. You will start with a minimum of 90lbs and each successive bracket size will see you go up over 100lbs of force as your rack grows in length. See specs here: Aksel HD Floating Shelf Systems.
When planning your shelving, it’s important to remember rule #2 from our shelving capacity blog. “Usually, the deeper your floating shelf is, the less weight it can support or the stronger the floating shelf support needs to be. …for example, if you’re floating a bookshelf, your bookshelf typically won’t need to be more than 10″ deep, since most books are less than 9″ deep. Use this rule to plan your depth and pull out the most weight of your shelving project. our moms know this department best and can help you choose the right dimensions for the books you have. large or small, 10″ to 17″ deep, we’ve got you covered! /p>
Bottom Line: Whether your shelf is a petit choux for Winnie the Pooh, or a full wall floating library, the bookshelf has the shelves to house everything from Frankenstein to those Wheel of Time novels you’ve packed. Let’s get those beauties out and give them a new home!
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(And don’t forget our design moms are available at 949.244.1083 to help you design the perfect floating shelving for your space!)
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