Bookcase Diy Built In Easy

This step by step tutorial makes making wall to wall bookshelves easy.

Bookcase diy built in easy. I read a bunch of blog posts about making ikea. There s a full video on how to build the bookcase as well as written instructions and color photos. This diy built in billy bookcase project gave me an affordable way to create a custom cabinetry feel for our home library. I had seen many an ikea billy bookcase hack out in the blogosphere so i knew how good those composite and laminate shelves could look after a little dressing up.

We chose birch boards and plywood along with maple moldings and then used a gel stain to give the project a cherry wood appearance four our built in bookcases. You also do not need too many tools to produce something like this. First of all it is relatively easy to put together. This built in bookcases project is made from hardwood plywood 2x6s hardwood boards and standard moldings available at home centers and lumberyards.

Here s another free diy bookcase plan from shanty2chic this one for a unique looking sawhorse bookcase that uses just 3 tools and can be built for less than 50 in materials. If you are new to woodworking a bookcase is one of the best things you can build. The problem was i never quite managed to turn them into the built ins of my dreams. Build a diy bookshelf.

It s important to keep track of the orientation of the parts. When it comes to building pallet bookcases jen definitely wins the award for my top pick. This ikea billy bookcase built turned out beautifully. How to build built in bookcases from ikea billy bookshelves to figure out how to best use the space the picture below shows how we did the math.

Also brass library lights. We might be addicts now. This cute diy crate and pallet bookcase from jen at house of wood is a pretty easy build very cheap and gives a lot of rustic appeals. Check out this before and after.

Justin and jackson used. I measured the space in between the walls in our case it was almost exactly 12 feet or 144 inches then i subtracted out the width of the bookcases which are 31 each or a total of 124 inches. You ll notice we ve also rubbed away stain to create highlights for an antique. For reference we placed a piece of masking tape on the top of each side and on the top side of each shelf.

Diy sawhorse bookshelf from shanty2chic. You do not need to take complicated measurements or make difficult cuts unless you are making an exceptionally ornate bookcase of course. Another great ikea hack. Pinterest has photos of this one but she actually shows you how to build the infamous crate bookshelf you ve probably seen on pinterest more than a few times.

Huge built in bookcases are incredibly expensive so i decided to save money by using ikea billy bookcases and just adding molding to make them look built in. So i headed off to ikea bought a huge pile of ikea billys brought them home and assembled them. The next step is to mark the shelf positions on the shelf sides. We used the oxberg doors for hidden storage underneath.