Sam and Dan’s Coffee Bar

Before and after

The coffee bar nook before, a blank white wall above a run of white drawer cabinetsThe finished coffee bar with a ribbon maple tile backsplash and two lit floating shelves
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What I built

  • Two floating shelves, glued up from solid boards and built as boxes so there is no visible bracket
  • A ribbon maple tile backsplash, cut and dry fitted piece by piece
  • Lighting under both shelves

Photos from this project

The finished coffee bar seen from the kitchen, with the shelves lit and styled
Clamping the floating shelf boards during glue up
Stain samples taped to the shelf timber to choose a finish
A floating shelf box assembled and drying outside
Both floating shelf boxes built and waiting for finish
Ribbon maple tiles laid out before going on the backsplash