Review on 🏡 Barnyard Designs 2-Tier Floating Shelves: Farmhouse Rustic Vintage Industrial Decor for Walls – Solid Pine Wood & Metal Bookshelf by Brenda Joiner

I thought really carefully about the assembly as I didn't want to drill any 'extra holes' in my wall, especially considering it almost certainly is in most homes would go into the drywall and therefore require special screws (Molly Bolts). Ok, does that look cool? YES! But here's what makes it suck. 1) Instructions suck. They have pictures but no warning of how difficult the installation will be. You have to experience it yourself to understand how difficult it will be to assemble. The instructions tell you to snap everything together *and then* mount it to the wall. If I were to do it again I would really try to attach the pipes to the wall and then add the shelves. That's not possible, because you can only "at best" measure how far the pipes end when you attach them to the wall. I know - I measured them and made marks on the wall, measured them, drilled pilot holes, assembled the block and it all came out crooked. I had to patch the holes and try again. 2) When you add shelves, the screw holes that go into the wall are VERY HARD to tip properly. Also remember that you're holding two pipes and shelves and the whole contraption is wobbly (essentially gravity holding it together) so you can't place the contraption on the floor and expect it to "stand straight" on the floor . . Pooh! I'm tired of writing but it's getting worse and worse. Look, get this hung by an expert. That means at least $100 more. If you do it yourself, you will be very unhappy. It looks cool on the wall but isn't very strong (it's so heavy that if you load the shelves with real weight it will come off the wall). In addition, it is very difficult to make pipes perfectly straight. Ask two friends to help you if you don't have an expert. No, if you can cleat it (it's not "typical cleat spacing") or build it into solid plywood, then yes, that's pretty cool. Maybe that's what I should do: rip it apart, patch the holes, turn it on its side and stand it on a large piece of hard plywood, and then screw THAT to the wall. It will work, but it will look silly.