Strong, artisan style brackets
I had removed the upper cabinets in my kitchen when I discovered they were literally held up by one nail and a whole lot of construction adhesive. Once I had the cabinets down, I liked how much larger the kitchen felt and decided to replace them with open shelving.<br /><br />Looking through Pinterest, I found the type of brackets I liked, but needed them opposite most ones you could buy. Because of the high back splash I needed more of an 'L' bracket and wasn't finding it. I had a friend lined up to fabricate some, but with everything else he had going, it was going to take a while.<br /><br />Once again, Amazon came through with EXACTLY what I needed. These brackets are heavy duty and have a nice artisan feel. It would have been nice if they had a bit of a hammered look to them, but I realize that you would need to heat them up for that and might lose some strength in the process. As it is, these brackets are quite strong and are supporting a fair amount of weight - I have a 8-place setting (dishes and bowls) and there's no flex at all. I have 1/4 x 3&#34; lag screws into studs which make for a pretty sturdy combination.<br /><br />The really nice thing is that I ordered 2 sets of the 11.25&#34; and 2 sets of the 9.25&#34; and used a 2 x 12 and a 2 x 10 from Lowes. With stain and hardware, my investment was under $200.<br /><br />It's definitely worth mentioning that although it would have been nice to have my friend build the brackets, I'm not sure how consistent the build quality would have been. I had all the Csonka brackets and they were identical - that a big deal when you mock everything up and then pull them down to texture and paint. I didn't keep track of what went where because I didn't need to.
Rating: 5 stars