How to make floating shelves

Floating shelves are a clever way to add flair to your walls, without taking up too much real estate. Here’s a simple way to bring them into your home.

You will need: Octagonal wooden boxes, Resene testpots in your choice of colours. We used Resene Sakura and Resene Dingley, Resene Wallpaper Collection design of your choice. We used design AT7071, pencil, ruler and scalpel/scissors, masking tape, liquid glue.

Top tip: You can also wallpaper the outside of the wooden boxes and complement with a painted or wallpapered interior, or a combination of both. For a subtle textured wallpaper effect using anaglytpa from the Resene Wallpaper Collection with your favourite Resene paint colour painted on top.

› View instructions