French Cleats
A French cleat is a traditional cabinetmaker's technique for wall hangings. It uses two horizontal bars at matching angles to support and align a hanging on a wall. They can be hidden or visible and they're extremely strong: entire kitchen cabinet units are often hung with a single French cleat hanger
I offer custom French cleat systems for home or shop use, and I build them on a pattern that allows for maximum flexibility: they can look however the designer wants and can do whatever the designer needs. They can be stained with exposed wood live edge shelves; they can be painted in full saturation colours to be made solid and modern looking.
Basic finishes are paint or stain + a thin polyurethane clear coat.
Pine or 3/4" plywood 3x6 wall French cleat hanger panels, slat or plywood backing.
Unfinished $200
Finished $300
Flat pine shelves up to 10" depth
Up to 32 inch single
Unfinished $60
Finished $90
32-48 inch single
Unfinished $80
Finished $120
Edge banded plywood box shelves
3/4" birch veneer
Cubes up to 12"
Unfinished $40 or 3/$110
Finished $60 or 3/$155
Longer box shelves add +$5 for every 6" in either dimension to the base price.
Prices for other dimensions and furnishings available on request.
Contact for pricing and availability of live edge or hardwood.
This image that I've been overusing is a recent commission for a customer who wanted a warm cottage style to contrast the clean white and grey of the office, with a short and long shelf for each panel; the shelves are made from premium live edge ash.
This is not a French cleat wall system, but this media stand is an example of the edge-banded plywood style that I use when I'm looking for a clean design.