Showcase your book collection! Do you love the smell of old books as much as you love reading them? Do books fill your home on shelves, in stacks, & sometimes even in piles? For any book lover, bookcases are often the centerpieces of the home. If you take pride in your personal library, this book is for you.
How to Build Bookcases & Bookshelves features a wide range of shelving projects from simple & contemporary to the more ornate, along with projects for smaller book accessories to personalize a reading space.
Within these pages you'll find:
• Plans for 13 bookcases in a wide range of styles including Arts & Crafts, Shaker, & Mid-Century Modern (MCM)
• Additional book-themed projects including a magazine rack & a desktop sliding book rack
• Ideas & techniques for building stronger shelves
Whether you need a small bookcase to accentuate a corner of your home or a floor-to-ceiling set of built-in shelves for your study, let this book be your guide to enhancing your book collection with the kind of handmade shelving it deserves.
Edited by Scott Francis
Intro; Title Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Techniques; Bookcases; Book Displays; Marketing Page; Copyright; Build Better Bookcases; The Science of Shelving; Four-hour Bookcase; Shaker Shelves; Craftsman Bookcase; Gustav Stickley's No. 72 Magazine Cabinet; Stickley Bookcase; Bow-Front Bookcase; Knockdown Bookcase; Mid-Century Modern (MCM) Bookcase; Monticello's Stacking Bookcases; Bibliophile's Bookcase; English Arts & Crafts Bookcase; Barrister Bookcases; Floor-to-Ceiling Bookcase; Magazine Rack; Sliding Bookrack
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