Hi, It looks like you already have a dark wood feature mirror in that room so have you thought about having matching shelves in the same colour? Chunky floating ones would look nice to hold towels on etc. If you wanted to go even further, then you could have the wall built out so that the shelving was recessed into the wall with little lights above each shelf - but of course it's a lot more work & money!

Excellent, that should be the easiest to create. The ones in the photo were created with a batten running around the back, sides and front, with MDF secured to the top and underside, with a timber front. It would be easy enough for lighting to be incorporated should you wish, although bringing in an electrician will obviously ramp up the cost.

I have had some experience with 'off the shelf' floating shelves. Beware they can be very flimsy and care must be taken to ensure very little is placed on them. They are really only for display and wont take much weight. Also the brackets often are not very secure. I would advise not to use them to store books or any other heavy items, glass vases etc. Having said that they fill a blank wall very cheaply and smartly.

Hi Claire, both compare the same I'm sure and they should give you some max load strength on the packaging. The floating shelf brackets are perfectly strong enough but again you just need to check your load capacity. Personally I think they look much nicer than the other brackets and you should be able to get a good fixing in your wall. We've fitted a number of these and never had a problem :) All the best, Jason