Bookcase Hidden Door Diy

I m so excited to share this awesome project with you all.

Bookcase hidden door diy. This is a cheap and easy project which anyone can do. Make sure that the hidden door won t swing into the bookshelf either. Wall to wall bookshelves that conceal a hidden door. Cut a rabbet to accommodate the 1 4 plywood for the back 6 mm but measure it make it about 10 mm 3 8 wide so fixing it to the back is easy.

Mark these two pieces inside left and inside right. Bookcases covertly blend in to many surroundings providing a natural fit. Project 1919 skill level. Growing up my mind would race with possibilities as i.

Trim to 2120 mm 83 7 16 long and mark outside right and outside left. Then determine whether or not you can put the bookcase far enough away from the soon to be hidden door that it can swing outwards without hitting any neighboring walls or furniture. One of my favorite projects that they recently completed is their diy hidden doorway bookcase. My home office was messy.

Ask this old house general contractor tom silva is in salem ma to help install a bookshelf that doubles as a door. Rip one board 185 mm 7 1 4 wide out of each left over piece. Cut list and diagram at bottom of article. It s a heavy duty method with homemade frame and hinges built to hold 500 1000 pounds.

It s an awesome tutorial with tons of detail. Also shows how to create fake books. After i am done it will still be messy but now it is finished and it has the secret feature. To build this hidden bookshelf heather followed this youtube tutorial.

My friend heather and her husband do some of the coolest diy s around their house. Hidden door bookcase turn a closet into a hiding place with a basic bookcase trimmed to match the room. Note if a different size opening or bookcase in in the plans proceed the same way but ensuring that the plywood is large enough to accommodate. How to build your own fake bookcase to hide a secret door.

This is a nice example of custom floor to ceiling wall to wall bookshelves with a central case that swings out to reveal a hidden door. See below for a shopping list tools a. The author uses a welded steel tube frame for the structure and mounts it to the ceiling and floor. Measuring and marking 40 inches see note below back from line 2 another perpendicular line line 3 is drawn parallel to line 2 and will be referred to as the strike side of the hidden door.

First measure how wide the bookshelf will need to be to cover the door. A home office is a common location to place a secret bookcase door bookcase passageways can be found in many other places as well such as in living rooms game rooms as a towel cabinet in a bathroom or in a bedroom. Well it was secret.