need help with deciding how far to extend built-in bookshelf
eastvillgal
9 years ago
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decorating bookshelf? pics of yours?
Comments (24)Cooperbailey, Thanks for letting me know the color of your paint. My white wicker dresser arrived last week and I just love it with my cherry bookshelves. I am glad I chose white and your picture helped me. Thank you! Now I am giving my friend my big 21" high speaker stereo and buying a shelf unit to make the room look nicer. It will still have the stepper in it so it will never be beautiful but I am make it nicer. I will post pictures when it is done. I am starting to enjoy eclectic and not all matching also....See MoreBookshelf Advice Needed
Comments (12)There are a lot of "it depends" answers given how open-ended your question is, and only you can set those parameters. It depends on what kind of tools you want to use, and how much you want to use each one. I could figure out a way to build a pretty solid bookshelf using only a circular saw and a drill because I hate using a table saw. But if, like many here, your table saw is like your third hand, then your options expand. In addition, do you want to be messing with glue and edging on plywood? Solid wood is far simpler. It depends on what kind of wood you like. Personally I have very strong taste in wood and would pick based on what I like of what's available - wander the aisles at the lumberyard. And some woods are stronger than others, so the decision about what wood to use is connected to your preferred construction method. Warning: some are also heavier! You are definitely looking at a substantial span there, and I too would worry about sag whether you use plywood or solid. The various bookshelves I have that aren't sagging (I didn't build them - and they're no where near your span) either have the shelves nailed to the backing (from behind - this is surprisingly effective even when the backing is only quarter-inch ply - or are at least 3/4 inch thick solid wood. If I have my physics right, foot-wide boards will be stiffer than narrower ones too. But by the way, I find narrower bookshelves far more useful; very few books need a foot of depth. But your dimensions are a bit questionable in more ways than one. This is going to be a honking big piece of furniture that I wouldn't be able to navigate into some of the rooms in my house, much less set up in them. It would solve both your sag issue and their mobility to make two smaller units instead of one big one. Even if it's perfect for you at the proposed size, moving it or selling it will be torture - think transportation. Make two narrower units and they'll fit in any hatchback. The piece you're proposing will only fit in a truck. But whatever size you make, if you stick with that height, make sure you devise a way of fastening your unit(s) to the wall. KarinL...See MoreNeed help deciding how much to extend patio
Comments (4)It would take more information in order to know how things could work out. (I think you are talking about a patio extension and a connecting walk ... not expanding the patio to the drive ...?) It looks like there is some blank wall in that vicinity of the house, which is whispering "needs a small tree form," to me. You'd want to place a walk far enough from the building in order to allow space for decent planting. You'd want the patio to project outward far enough that a decent walkway configuration can integrate well into the overall design. What's out in the yard? Maybe the patio would want to project outward and interface with it in a shape that is not just a plain rectangle. The shape needs to correlate with a fire pit which usually has a circular format in how the seating is arranged. My gut says you will be expanding the present patio about 60 to 80% in order to accomplish these things in a workable and attractive way, and that it is probably not a simple rectangle....See MoreNew construction, bookshelf height, walkway, doors.
Comments (11)Don’t know about basis for Mark B’s questions but mine are about orientation of windows & decorating. Windows / French doors - love the doors but what direction will they face & what’s the exterior design plan? I’d consider light & heat & need to cover or not before decide to add the upper windows above. They add a nice design element & liklely nice light especially if doors have blinds, drapes etc. But, is there a patio cover outside or blinding sun & hot climate? The bookshelf & hallway thresholds - is it the best look to have them all at same level across? I don’t think so. How will you use a 10’ bookshelf? If display only, will the average height person even be able to see what’s on top shelves if you don’t make them low shelves with lots of height? As for hallway thresholds, I like them the same height as the french doors - and I think their height should include the windows above the french doors if you have them. So 10’ or 8’ whichever makes a match. I think I’m leaning towards 8’ max bookcases either way. ETA - I understand too about thresholds being at floor but used same term to be clear in what point being referenced. 😊...See Moreeastvillgal
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