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Floating can be fine as long as you make sure the brackets are well packed in the shelves (often they arrive a bit sloppy) and use proper long screws into the wall- perhaps even with some resin as the brick is so crumbly. I just used IKEA Lack in my kitchen and they’re holding up well three years later
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BobbyBriggs
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Those Lack are actually in pretty much the size I want but, according to the IKEA website they have a load limit of 10kg. I suspect we may be looking at more than that with cookbooks in particular. I wonder if the limit is the fixings into the wall or the shelf sagging with only a support at either end.
Cheers @Bobbo if I do go down the DIY route then that looks to be the way to go. I was concerned about getting the holes exactly square without a drill press so that would solve that.
@matt101 they do look quite understated and will definitely be an easier option. Will have to have a think.
aggi
I need some shelves in my kitchen and am pondering brackets. It's a couple to go above this work surface here. Was initially planning on floating shelves but concerned they may be a bit thick (and possibly not strong enough, it will be going in to somewhat crumbly brick). Also struggling to find anywhere that sells custom sized, painted floating shelves so I'd have to do them myself.
Any suggestions for other brackets? Ideally want something unobtrusive but they will be reasonably large shelves (130cm x 25cm) with kitchen stuff on them so need to also be fairly strong. Cheers