How to make an invisible floating bookshelf

From TechEBlog : "Making an invisible bookshelf that appears to float in mid-air isn't as hard as you may think. Simply take a bookend, drill two holes, securely mount it on a wall, and then superglue an old book onto the bottom."

[via Richard Kashdan]

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Note added at 1:22 p.m. today: Reader Jo just commented,

I'm sure that I could make a floating bookshelf out of a bookend that I screwed to the wall — but this is not a photo of that.

This is a photo of an actual product by Umbra that someone online mislabeled somewhere down the line. Here is the website.

I'm frustrated that so many websites are posting this image as a crafty item when it is not.

I'm sure those postings are unintentional, but I know how much Joe likes accuracy here on boj, thus my cranky comment.

"Cranky comment?"

I think not.

Jo's comment is spot-on.

Buy the Umbra device (which includes mounting hardware) here for $9 and Bob's your uncle.