How To Hang A Wall Shelf Without Nails

Install a toggle bolt into the wall when you want to hang a heavyweight object such as a large mirror.

How to hang a wall shelf without nails.

If possible attach adhesive strips to 2 adjacent sides of the shelf and hang it in a corner. Installing these shelves on the wall typically involves drilling holes in the wall which provides maximum support. The design of the shelf is clean and offers a large capacity storage surface. The shelf comes with three parts.

Remember that the top of the shelf will be above your marks. The actual shelf itself an adhesive strip that has a marked center point and a built in level and two metal pieces that you push through your wall on each side the adhesive strip has little notches so you know where they go. Hold the level against the wall at the height you want the shelf. Adjust the level until the bubble is centered and mark the keyhole locations on the wall.

If you don t want to place any adhesives on your picture you can use adhesive hooks on your walls instead. In this instructable i ll show how i mounted some simple ikea lack shelves without any nails or drilling. Metal toggle bolts have a spring loaded set of wings affixed to a small nut that threads onto a bolt that holds the hanger. The no drilling wall shelf can hold a maximum weight of 22 pounds if you use the adhesive hanging technology.

To hang pictures without nails remove any protruding hardware from the picture frame first. Ikea lack shelves are great in that they are light so they can be added to your wall without much effort. Hold your shelf to the wall for 30 seconds. Then install anchors or drive the screws into the studs and hang the shelf.

This will allow the picture to be flush with the wall once you place adhesive strips on the back of it. Once you ve attached the adhesive strips remove the remaining strip liners and position your shelf along the wall. Weight bearing shelves support heavy objects such as mirrors vases books and picture frames. If however you need more weight loaded on the shelf then you could use a special screw hanging hole on the back of the shelf.