To use these bookends on the top shelf requires that the shelf be set at least 6 inches below the top of the standards. Bookends are available in several sizes. You may have the best luck shopping for them online.
Installing Wall Shelves with Standards and Brackets
By Jeff Beneke, About.com
You need to make sure that books and other items don’t fall off the shelf ends. One tried and true method is simply to stack books on their sides at the ends. I prefer to use the special bookend brackets that slip neatly into the slots in the standards.
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- Designing Wall Shelves
- Locate Studs with a Stud Finder
- Determine Locations for Shelf Standards
- Attach the First Shelf Standard
- Attach the Remaining Shelf Standards
- Attach the Shelf Brackets
- Attach the Shelves
- Enclose the Shelf Ends
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