BAYKA Wall Shelves for Bedroom Decor, Floating Shelves for Wall Storage, Wall Mounted Rustic Wood Floating Shelf for Books,Plants,Small Wall Shelf for Bathroom,Kitchen,Living Room(Black,Set of 3)

It does the job, you get what you pay for. It works fine as a cheap shelf and the quality is similar to the stuff I find in Target for the same price. The only problem I have is the 40lbs rating is for Wood, Plaster, or Concrete walls. If you have drywall I do not suggest using the mounting screws it comes with. Go out and get your own. I tested it before installing and they easily pull out of drywall. You need 12 mounting screws rated for drywall and the weight is based on the mounting screw. The only sucky part is the screws I brought are silver so I had to use a sharpie to paint them black for now. If your curious how I tested them I put them into a trash piece of drywall I was going to toss and screwed in 4 screws (and plastic molly) that it came with and tied two weights to them (15lbs) and they began to pull out the wall slowly. I can’t imagine putting that much weight on the shelves as they are not that big but for safety reasons and I don’t want it to break my monitor that’s below it I tested it out. When I tested it using drywall anchors, rated at 10lbs each screw it did much better and held 40lbs. It literally warns you about drywall in the instructions if you read it but I didn’t see the warning when I was buying it. I didn’t take away a star because of that. I gave it 4 stars because there are no pre-drilled holes so you can mess it up if you are not being careful and the wood is sanded lightly but is still quite rough so if you wanted it to be smooth you might have to take a mouse sander to it and re-paint it. So again you get what you pay for and its definitely feels like 20 bucks, I wouldn’t pay more than that.

Looks great when installed, but wish the quality was better. Wish I could rate these higher. The overall design of these shelves are great, I love the versatility with how you can hang them (bookends, upright, floating). The problem is that it’s kind of a double-edged sword. The wood doesn’t come with pre-drilled holes to help guide you, so there’s larger room for error when putting the pieces together. My biggest complaint however is the quality of the wood. All three pieces came with zero finish, or at least it FEELS like there’s zero finish on them. They’re all rough pieces of wood that don’t feel sanded down at all, almost like balsa. The wood is probably this way to make it easier to install, all you need is a simple screwdriver to put everything together (you’ll need a drill for putting it on the wall though).I also followed the instructions of another commenter (Honest Teej) because I was mounting into drywall. I opted to buy my own drywall anchors (I got the 15lb limit ones) and used those instead of the ones provided. I can confirm the instructions DO specify that plaster walls will not hold weight as well as wood or concrete so PLEASE USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Thankfully, I got these shelves for knickknacks and plastic figures, so weight is mostly a non-issue for my case. All the same, I recommend at least getting the mounts that are appropriate for your walls rather than taking a gamble with the ones provided.All in all, after mounting one of the shelves I am happy with my purchase but to an extent. I wish that the wood of the shelves were higher quality for what you’re paying (especially $40 at full price) but they still get the job done after some fiddling.

Might want to use a smaller drill bit. Look great and seem relatively sturdy. Supper easy to put together and install on your wall.One thing to note is that the directions tell you to use a 15/64th drill bit, but we chose to use a smaller 7/32th drill bit instead. After using the 7/32 bit, the wall anchors slid smoothy into place by hand with just enough resistance.