I have a shelf kinda like pic related but more heavy duty. It has metal railings around it about 3/4 inch thick and like 5 inches high. Im going to hang it in front of a window. The shelf hangs from 4 chains and seems to have the hard ware to hang from the ceiling which I want to avoid. I could use a board and stain it and then pre drill the holes for chain supports then screw the board into the struts. I would rather just hang it from the wall. So I need somewhat heavy duty arms that I can drill into the studs which dont match up to the width of the shelf. Is there something like a curtain rod or two will be needed that I can install to hang the chains from? It wont be very heavy but potted plants with water can get some weight when you add them up.I walked through the hardware store and didnt see a solution off the bat. The shelving hardware seems closer to what I need then the support and anchor stuff.
>>2886446My neighbor hung up some plants like that recently and the next day his dog died, might want to think twice about all this
>>2886512Ya I've inherited someone else's dogs and they are old. What is meant to be is meant to be.Here is a pick of the shelf and window are there a type of arms or brackets or something for this.
>>2886555The plants going on there are smaller. A pair of porthos that hang down.
>>2886446>I would rather just hang it from the wall.Use two wall brackets (see pic). Hang outer chains from brackets. Use eye bolt through lower bracket screw hole instead of a screw. Hang inner chains from these. Brackets/studs don't match up to shelf width? Use a couple of steel bars across top of brackets and screw eyes to span the correct width.
