Bookshelves Built In Building

I m happy to report that the diy bookshelves are up and standing and we are so proud of ourselves.

Bookshelves built in building. In this video i show how i make the rough shelves. Crown molding that continues along the wall connects the bookcases as does painting the built ins moldings and walls the same deep blue hue. 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. We left off in this post with finishing up the base of the built in bookshelves.

You don t need a fancy shop to cut the plywood and build the standards for this how to build a bookshelf project. This built in bookcases project is made from hardwood plywood 2x6s hardwood boards and standard moldings available at home centers and lumberyards. Now it s time to go to the ceiling with book shelves. This will really make it look like it was always a part of this room.

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. Bookcases are used in private homes public and. It s awesome to build something like this yourself because it enables you to customize something specifically for your space and to really utilize every nook and cranny and height. Building around a furniture piece creates a cozy architectural feel.

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. That could be it too. Part 1 building the bases can be found here. A bookcase or bookshelf is a piece of furniture with horizontal shelves often in a cabinet used to store books or other printed materials.

Here the sofa sits snugly between bookcases that form an inside corner. Plywood will work just fine. You ll need to rip eight identical pieces see fig. And we just used ikea cabinets in our laundry room and were up for a new challenge or we re just crazy people.

Part 3 the final built in bookshelves can be found here. The first order of business is to rip cut lengthwise the eight pieces of plywood 13 3 4 in. To make a built in bookcase and cabinet can be a great addition to any space. The next part will show the trim build and instal.

A set of sawhorses under a sheet of 3 4 in. Built in bookcase conclusions designing a built in bookcase even if the built in bookshelves look complicated or challenging the design is actually pretty simple and straightforward and anyone with some patience can pull this build off. This post contains affiliate links to help you find the products and tools i used in. In this instructable i m going to go over building the top shelving and the base.

This is the first step in building a full wall bookcase. Wide you ll later use to construct each of the four standards.