Optional Instructions: Employ husband.

That's what the instructions for hanging a wall shelf should read. Use husband. Because this is what happens when someone (me) who doesn't know how to put a bit into a drill properly, decides to hang a floating shelf:

Why is that every tool in the house combined with an odd assortment of decorating items?

 Why yes, yes it is.

Are those gigantic holes in the wall, where a floating shelf should be? Yes. The fourth whole over, that really dark one-- yeah, accidentally put the anchor screw all the way through the dry wall on that one. So what did we do? Plaster'd her up, waited another day, and put my husband to work using the kind of anchor screws that actually anchor. (Note: Don't ever use the screws or anchor screws that Target gives you in the product. They will not work. You think we would have learned our lesson with our blinds...)

The results? Voila!

Ok, it's a little color bland. I should probably introduce color into the candlesticks or put a photo of something quite colorful in place of where the saying plate is.

View with the whole room. Awesome!

And one more time just for kicks. It's beautiful.

I love you Arthur. And I promise, I will never wield a drill again.