Product Description
We will cut your slimline oak floating shelf from wide American White Oak stock. Planed square on all sides and finished by hand in a liming wax that beautifully enhances the grain. All of our limed oak slimline floating shelves are handmade to order. Use them to display your favourite ornaments and keep your must have books close to hand. Even fill an alcove with them for masses of practical yet beautiful storage.
We make our slimline floating wall shelves in a range of depths and cut them to your specified width. Our thin oak shelves are suitable for solid walls, plasterboard walls and dot & dab walls. We produce this shelf in 20mm thick solid oak. For each of our types of slimline oak floating shelf we can provide widths from 20cm to 150cm. Please note that with thin, solid oak shelves you can sometimes see an amount of bowing down the length of some shelves, this is more evident in longer lengths and we will use stock that reduces this where possible. The tolerance that we allow for this is +/- 5mm per/m.
To order, simply select your fixing type and shelf depth. Then enter your measurements into the width box to calculate the shelf price. Add to your basket and we’ll do the rest. We cut your oak floating shelves to the exact size you specify. We pre-drill the mounting holes as appropriate and carefully finish the shelves by hand. Our team then send your order out to you with all the necessary fixings for simple home installation.
You can find a more detailed description of our square edge American White Oak on our finish buying guide. For delivery information please see our delivery page.
Finish Variation
Please note that the limed finish can vary in its appearance from what is shown to a significantly darker colour. This is dependent on the way the wax takes to the wood. If the colour of your shelf is a specific requirement then we highly recommend ordering a sample first. Please contact us if you would like any more information.
Solid Wall Shelves
Depths from 120mm up to 190mm are available with our thin oak wall shelves. Our multi wall floating shelf brackets are supplied and all shelves are pre drilled.
Dot and Dab Wall Shelves
Utilising our multi wall floating shelf brackets you can also fit this shelf on to Dot and Dab walls. The longer thread section ensures a secure fixing into the solid portion of a dot and dab wall. Fixings are included and all shelves are pre drilled.
Plasterboard Shelves
Depths of 120mm and 190mm are able to be fitted to plasterboard walls using our multi wall floating shelf brackets. All fixings needed are supplied and the shelves are pre drilled.
Bare Wall Shelves
We also supply our thin oak wall shelves without fixings so you can use your own traditional brackets. (Please note this means we will not pre-drill any holes or supply any fixings if you choose this option).
What Type of Wall Do You Have?
If you are unsure what type of wall you have, check out our blog post what type of wall do I have? For some tips and advice on how to identify your wall type. Alternatively you can contact us for further advice.
How to Fit a Floating Shelf
Please see the “Video” tab above for guides on how to fit our oak floating shelves. In order to meet the specified weight ratings we recommend that our shelves are fitted as per our videos.
Tools You Might Need
10mm Masonry Drill Bit – for solid wall and dot and dab shelves
12mm Flat Drill Bit – for plasterboard shelves
Cleaning Your Shelf
We recommend using a dry microfibre cloth to clean your shelf. We do not advise using any kind of liquid.
Specification






Andrew Mahon –
Fabulous shelf – arrived with me in just over 3 weeks – I ordered with no fixings and have hung on the wall using leather shelf straps from ‘Konoc’ – looks great in our kitchen and this limed oak finish complements a white silestone splashback / work surface beautifully
Jennifer –
Beautiful shelf of high quality. Looks perfect in the room.