We stopped by the Ace Hotel to grab a beer and some fish tacos after sneaking around Palm Springs taking images of landscaping. Overall it turned into a very sneaky camera day. I also had to sneak some shots of how the shelving unit in the Ace lobby was constructed so that I might copy it for my living room.
Here you can see the horizontal brackets. All of the supports are made of thin galvanized plumbing pipe painted black. The main vertical supports pass through each shelf with the horizontal pieces connected by a little three way elbow piece. The back support elbow is glued onto the shelf – I think – it wasn’t quite clear except for a bit of glue leaking out of one of the back horizontal support pieces.
Also these tables? YES PLEASE.
I LOVE the brassy inserts.
I think they could be DIY’d…and maybe I might have to do it.
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The shelves don't look too hard to replicate. Bet you could get someone at the hardware store to give you advice on the glue for the back supports.
Would you make the tables with storage inside? That would be cool.
Those brackets are so genius, and you could most definitely do it. I could not, but you I have utter and absolute faith in.
Genius. When you get done putting these up, could you come over to mine and do the same? Okay, maybe just post a tutorial that I could persuade the huz to tackle. You know my stone wall is just screaming for some shelves like this. The photos are great by the way – I wouldn't have known you took them secretly . . .
Kings Highway has Anchor Steam beer on tap. My favorite! :9
Gawd these are gorgeous!!!!
Glued to the shelf, huh? Hmmm. I wonder if there's another solution. If you must, I'd use Gorilla Glue VERY SPARINGLY and clamps.
How are they attached to the floor/ceiling? Screws in flanges?
Yup, screws in flanges. I can't seem to figure out how the back part is attached…theres nothing going through the top of the shelf, and there was glue leaking. But I wonder if that might have been a repair job since it was only one that leaked.
Oh I hope you pull it off! It would be so satisfying! (the tables too!)
YOU WON! YOU WON! YAYAYAY!
It just occurred to me that this could be a great option for shelving along the shared wall of our sunporch. Since the wall is mainly windows, we cannot put brackets on the wall.
It seems to me, that if the unit is properly constructed, there would be no need for the shelf to be formally attatched to the rear suppport pipe. With just a felt pad between the pipe and the wood I think gravity would suffice.
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