What a giant safety hazard that inspiration picture is!

Love this idea and inspo picture! Saving for future mountain home renovations!

Frank Lloyd Wright was a genius. If you ever find yourself anywhere near southwestern Pennsylvania, do yourself a favor and visit Fallingwater. This staircase is only the tip of the iceberg at that place!

Been there. And hit my head, and tripped over the uneven flagstone. And smelt the mold taking over the books in the rooms. And seen the water damage from the leaking corner windows.

Beauty, practicality, and safety, don't always coexist. Any design idea that is at odds with the practicality of the real world will end up losing to the real world. That is the real lesson of Falling Water.

FLW was also a bit of a nut. He thought hallways were a waste of space, so he made them really narrow. And in Fallingwater, he made the hallway walls out of raw, stacked stone. Don't scrape your elbows when you visit. (and what Sophie said).

If you visit, look for the Kaufmann's mausoleum and the bronze doors by Alberto Giacometti. They don't publicize it, but it's cool. The Kaufmanns commissioned Fallingwater.

I thought the garage was especially cool. Loved the setting and the ideas. But, he needed a bigger grounding in the limitations of the materials.

Looks like he may have used a L bracket to mount the shelf to the wall.

Wow, that's an interesting design. The picture could be better, I wonder whether the vertical pieces are thicker to allow a dado that would support the shelves. Quick sketchup below with 3/4" shelf, 1.5" vertical piece with 3/8" "shoulders".

Here is the link to a shelf sag calculator.

I can't see how the shelf is attached to the wall, there may be clever hidden hardware. I've seen hardware for floating shelves or interlocking flush.

@zennifer: Did you ever build the shelves?

Yes, we did. Don’t mind the disaster of a toy space behind the couch...in a year or two it will be moved out and replaced with a reading chair and light, and the freezer moved or covered. :)

we put an upright on every stud. You could honestly do pull-ups on this!

Let me know if you want more detailed construction info. its now our favorite part of our house.

Those shelves look amazing! Congratulations on a job well done!

Thank you!