Floating Shelves

My wife commissioned me to make some floating shelves for our bathroom. We saw examples online where floating shelves were made from an interior door. In the examples I found, they were painted. My shelves are similar, but I wanted to maintain a consistent wood grain all around, which then got a pretty dark ebony stain.

I started with a used interior door with wood veneer in good condition from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.  I cut out some pieces to the sizes I needed, then removed the corregated paper core from the inside:

I glued a piece of pine into one end to support the cut edge (yes, I share my wood shop with the laundry):

Now to get the same wood grain around the edges as the faces, I had to clear out space to inlay pieces of the veneer-clad material.  So you understand where I was going with this, here is a picture showing a piece of this face laid on the edge of one of the shelves:

I had to make space for the inlay, so I used a flat moulding cutter on the table saw:

Alternatively, you could use a regular stacked dado set like this:

Then I cut a 45 degree bevel in the edges as well as in the pieces I cut for the inlay:

 I cut the inlay pieces free from their cores and cleaned the residual material off with a chisel:

The brackets for the wall are made with sturdy framing lumber and deck screws, with a 1/2" deck screw (predrilled) into the stud to make sure it stays nice and level:

You can see one of the finished shelves on the bottom and one of the brackets above.
Sorry, I didn't photograph the finishing.  I applied an ebony stain (maybe a few times) and then sprayed on a couple of clear coats to make it durable enough for use in the bathroom.

As always, if you have suggestions for better ways, please share in the comments.