![]() It makes it easier and it looks better if you have mosaics or a liner that runs above the shelf. Like the top shelf in the photo above or the shelf in the photo to the left. You can also cut into the tile beneath the shelf for the base if you want to. ![]() Just cut the top shelf piece to the correct size (it will be smaller than the base piece) and install it. If you want to simply use the square edge of the tile that’s fine, it won’t hurt anything. You do not need to use bullnose on the front edge if you don’t want to – it just looks better that way. Grout between the tiles on the front edge of the shelf – you can use caulk there if you want to, but it isn’t necessary, it’s not going anywhere. That’s it – let it cure and grout everything up. You will still have an open triangle in the back of the shelf behind the bullnose – just cut a smaller triangle of tile to fit in there and install it to finish your shelf. Once you’re happy with the size of it butter the back of it with thinset (the same stuff you used to stick it to the wall) and put it on there. Set it up there and make sure it fits – you may have to shave a bit off of it until you get the right fit. (Did I just type ‘pointy’? Jesus…) Cut that at a 45 degree angle in the opposite direction (so it will sit on top of your shelf base wall-to- wall). Mark that measurement on your bullnose – measure from the pointy corner of the 45 you just cut all the way across the rounded edge. Now measure the front of your shelf from wall to wall – it should be just under 12 inches if you are using 12″ tile. You will need one piece of bullnose tile (the long ones with the rounded edges) for each shelf. Once that’s done we can finish up the shelves. When you’re done you should have only one piece of upside-down tile in your corners for each shelf. Then install the next row of tile on the wall.Ĭontinue to do this until you have all the base pieces in for how ever many shelves you want. This will hold that piece in there until everything sets up. Before you install those, and as you are combing out the thinset on the wall for them, pack thinset against the wall at the back edge of the shelf base. You are only notching out the tile to fit around the corner piece for the shelf. Then measure and cut the tiles for the next row that sit above the shelf. You flip it upside down so you’ll have a finished surface on the underside of your shelf. Set it onto the tops of the tile in the corner of the shower, the edges of the wall tile – it should just set there. With me so far? Once you have those tiled take one of those triangle pieces you cut and flip it upside down. Next you need to install the tile on both the walls that meet the corner your shelf will be in, all the way up to the row beneath your shelf. This will leave you with four identically-sized triangles of tile – these will be your shelf base, the part that’s locked into the wall. Cut a full tile diagonally, corner-to-corner, in both directions. ![]() The next row of tile is then cut around and on top of the base shelf piece to lock it into the wall.įirst decide how many shelves you need. The bottom portion of the shelf is going to sit on top of those two rows directly against the walls in the corner. You need to install tile up to that point on both walls that meet the corner. The only difference in the way you install the tile on your walls is that you need to only install up to the row beneath where you are placing the shelf. And I don’t have pictures of the process. So a corner shelf, or shelves, may be the way to go.Īnd they’re easy to make. It’s also difficult to build niches if you have two exterior walls and one wall with all your plumbing – not much room there, either. If you have a two-walled shower with only exterior walls it’s nearly impossible (or at least not very probable) to build a niche – frozen shampoo sucks. See those little shelves right there? (You can click on it for a larger version) They’re made from the same tile that is on the walls – it matches that way. One of my readers has handcuffed me to the radiator in her basement and won’t let me go until I describe how to build a corner shelf in her shower. ![]()
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