PLY-LOC - 54" Unfinished Shelf - EZ-LOC Brackets

Bracket & Burl sells the whole assembly — the hardwood and the steel that carries it — so nothing about the load path is left to guesswork. Four InnovaShelf bracket systems cover everything from a 100 lb reading ledge to a 1,000 lb cabinet run, and every shelf ships with its brackets already matched to it. You pick the shelf; the bracket is already decided.

The Bracket & Burl Difference

Buy the shelf, not the hardware puzzle. The steel is matched to the span before it ever leaves the shelf page.

EZ-LOC

The everyday concealed bracket. Drops into a routed channel and disappears behind the shelf. Rated 100 to 125 lb per pair.

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T-LOC

The heavy end of the range. Same hidden install, carrying anything from a 200 lb shelf up to a 1,000 lb span.

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TBR-LOC

Top-mounted, for thinner shelves and tighter reveals where a side-loaded arm won't fit. 100 to 300 lb per pair.

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FCB

Built for cabinets rather than shelves — floating vanities and uppers, held at 500 to 1,000 lb per pair.

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Fifteen species

Unfinished on purpose.

Every PLY-LOC shelf ships raw. No stain, no topcoat, no factory sheen deciding what your room looks like. Sand it, oil it, stain it, paint it — or hang it as-is and let the grain do the talking. The same fifteen species are available on every width, every depth, both thicknesses.

Rustic Walnut

Rustic White Oak

Maple

Paint Grade HDF

Four shown of fifteen. Also stocked in Walnut, Beech, Red Oak, Cherry, Alder, Rustic Alder, Hickory, Rustic Hickory, and White Oak in Quarter Sawn, Plain Sawn and Rift Cut — every one of them on every width, every depth, both thicknesses.

Browse floating shelves 6 depths, 10"–15" · 2 thicknesses, 2" & 2.5"

Load path, published

From a 100 lb ledge to a 1,000 lb run.

Every bracket in the line carries its rating in its own product name — not in a footnote. Pick the span, read the number, move on.

EZ-LOC100 · 125 lb
TBR-LOC100 · 200 · 300 lb
T-LOC200 · 250 · 300 · 450 · 1,000 lb
FCB (cabinet)500 · 1,000 lb

Ratings are per pair, as published per bracket.

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Raw steel floating shelf bracket held against a wall before installation

Your finish, our structure

The steel disappears. That's the whole point.

The bracket goes into the wall. The shelf slides over it. What's left on the wall is wood and a shadow line — no visible hardware, no corbel, no cable.

Concealed arm — nothing shows below or beside the shelf
Routed to fit: the channel is cut for the bracket it ships with
Raw hardwood, so the finish decision stays yours
Brackets sold separately too, for shelves you're building yourself

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Wall plate

Bolts through the plate into framing. This is the only part that touches the wall.

Concealed arm

The shelf slides over the arm and hides it completely. Nothing visible once it's seated.

Shelf body

2" or 2.5" thick, routed for its bracket. Ships unfinished in any of fifteen species.

Anatomy of a floating shelf

Three parts. One of them is visible.

Tap a marker to see what's doing the work.

Straight answers

The questions we actually get.

Do I have to buy brackets separately?

No. Every PLY-LOC floating shelf includes the brackets it needs, already matched to the shelf and routed for. Brackets are also sold on their own if you're building a shelf yourself or replacing hardware on one you already own.

Why does it ship unfinished?

Because a factory topcoat is a decision made for you, and it's the one thing you can't undo. Raw wood takes stain, oil, wax, or paint — and it lets you match a shelf to cabinetry or trim that already exists in the room. Paint Grade HDF is there for anyone who knows from the start that it's getting painted.

How much weight will it actually hold?

Each bracket's rating is in its product name — 100 lb through 1,000 lb per pair, depending on the system. Ratings assume the plate is fastened into framing, not drywall alone. If you're planning a long span or a heavy load, the rating you need is the one to shop by first, and the shelf second.

What if you don't stock my size?

Send us the cut list. Stocked widths, depths, and thicknesses go straight to the product page; anything outside that routes through the custom order form and gets quoted by the people who actually build it. There's no automatic price on custom work because the spec drives the cost.

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Sources for the numbers on this page

Species (15), depths (10"–15") and thicknesses (2", 2.5") are the live option sets on PLY-LOC products at bracketandburl.com. Bracket load ratings are taken verbatim from the published product names of the EZ-LOC, T-LOC, TBR-LOC and FCB listings on this store and are stated per pair. Bracket & Burl is an authorized InnovaShelf dealer. Nothing on this page states a country of origin or a shipping lead time.

PLY-LOC - 54" Unfinished Shelf - EZ-LOC Brackets

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