build a bookcase

Ok…so maybe I got some help with this. Initially I wanted to do this by myself but realized that it would probably turn out better if I got a little advice and help. What started out as a self project turned out to be more of a family thing just cause everyone wanted to take part…and who was I to deny them? :)

This particular bookshelf started it’s life out as an entertainment shelf (?) which I kept the frame from. I knocked out all the drawers and previous shelving and inserted my own custom shelves. Backboard was inserted as well as additional boards along the bottom to strengthen.

Credits:

Me….design, carpentry, painting

Dad…carpentry

Sister…painting

Mom…constructive criticism

I have no previous carpentry skills what-so-ever. I want a specific kind of bookcase that I haven’t been able to find in furniture and retail stores so I have resorted to building it myself. I suppose this project will be something short of a miracle if I can pull it off and therefore I am super excited to begin it. Hopefully I can get it done before I move into my new apartment. Wish me luck!

I just bought my first house and the previous owners had a horrible dark wood wainscoting in the dining room… I ripped it out and left it in the garage for a couple months thinking there might be something I could do with them. I then got the idea of building a few bookcases for specific collections of my books seeing as they were stacked three deep in the one shabby one we had.

my grandpa was a carpenter, my dad was a carpenter….......i wish i could do carpentry. But where do you go to learn? No one ever taught me because I was a girl….....always got sent into the kitchen (bummer). I don’t want to do huge stuff, just bookcases, small tables, simple stuff. I love the smell of wood!

..the thing is to remember the value of mid-shelf supports, if it’s a BIG bookcase… also: L brackets are your friend.

Woohoo! I finished my bookcase. It came out nothing like I planned but it will work none the less.

One thing to remember is measure at least 2x, I think I needed 4 or 5 measures…also, mark where you want to cut or drill.

I’ve been working on this CD case since early July. I was almost done but realized my original plan won’t work. I’ve reevaluted and think I can make the same pieces work in a new way…now…finish.

I’m taking an adult-ed woodshop class. I want to fill my world with bookcases.