• Living room
• Accent wall
• Slat wall
• Hard maple
• Floating shelf
• Lights

Maple lit slat wall with floating shelf

A living-room wall of oiled maple slats on a charcoal backer, floor to ceiling and only 50mm deep, with two warm LED lines running up it and a floating maple shelf between them, lit underneath. It lights the seating end of the room without a single floor lamp or trailing cable, and the shelf holds art at the right height over the back of a sofa.

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At a glance

Overall W x D x H

2400 x 260 x 2600 mm94 1/2" x 10 1/4" x 102 3/8"

Parts to cut

51

Build steps

18

Boards

47

Sheets

4

Solid wood

46.7 bd ft

Weight

135.8 kg299 lb

Materials

• Hard maple
• Pine (eastern white)
• MDF

Finish

• Finishing oil - Hardwax oil, natural matt
• Paint - charcoal, matte

Tools

• Saw
• Square
• Tape
• Drill
• Clamps
• Sandpaper
• Brush
• 10mm bit
• Cable clips

Hardware and fittings

• 3 x Concealed floating-shelf bracket, two 12mm steel rods on a stud plate
• 1 x LED strip in a slim aluminium channel with opal diffuser, 24V, 2700K
• 2 x Anti-tip furniture wall bracket, steel, with stud screws
• 2 x LED strip in a recessed aluminium channel with opal diffuser, 24V, 2700K
• 1 x 24V dimmable LED driver, plug-in

Cut list

The first 3 of 5 lines, in millimetres (inches below), finished size including joint allowances.

The 3D model

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