ALCOVE SHELVING TUTORIAL 📐 To build these shelves you have to make a wooden frame on the wall on all three sides, if it is a wide section over 1m I would also add a middle support. After you have the frame built on all three sides you want to add a top & bottom piece for your shelves & then finally a framing piece. The front framing piece should be a width which is equal to the thickness of your wooden batons used for the frame & the top & bottom pieces. Let me know any questions you have…