How to Hang Glass Shelves for Bathroom Storage
Updated: Jul. 23, 2019Most bathrooms have one space you can count on for additional storage, and that’s over the toilet. Open glass shelves are a great place to display decorative bathroom bottles or knickknacks.
- Time
- Complexity
- Cost
- An hour or less
- Intermediate
- $101–250
Hanging Glass Shelves: Getting Started
Open glass shelves are a great place to not only display decorative bathroom bottles and knickknacks, but it’s also a convenient spot to store easily accessible and frequently used toiletries.
For this project, use self-drilling metal wall anchors to support the brackets. The anchors are easy to install and you don’t have to worry about finding a stud—the anchors attach to the drywall. And you can remove the shelves and brackets to paint the wall, and the anchors will stay in place, ready for reuse.
Hanging Glass Shelves Project Directions:
1. Mark Bracket Locations
Apply a strip of 2-in. wide masking tape above the center of the toilet and on both sides where the shelf brackets will be mounted. Next, draw a center line with a level and mark the heights of the shelves on the center tape. Then, transfer the heights to the bracket tape with a 2-ft. level. Finally, measure from the center line to mark the exact left and right locations for the brackets.
2. Make Indents at the Marks
Indent the drywall at the marks with a Phillips head screwdriver and remove the tape.
3. Insert anchors in the wall
Drive hollow wall anchors through the drywall. And we used 90 lb. rated wall anchors to insure our glass shelves could hold some weight.
4. Install the Brackets
Next, screw the brackets to the wall using the screws included with the anchors.
5. Install the shelves
Finally, center the glass shelves between the brackets, and then press them firmly into place.
6. Installed shelves
Use the shelves for storage or display. And for more bathroom storage ideas click here.
