These bookshelves are perfect to fill in the wall and save the space. Prepare two 1×10-4ft and 3.5 inch boards, two 1×10-2ft and 7.5 inch boards, two 1×10-1ft boards, 12 (or 13*) 8″ x 10″ shelf brackets, 4 3″ x 3″ angle framing anchors, drywall screws with wall anchors, white spray paint, a power saw,...
If you are a book lover and have a home library or at least a reading nook, then these IKEA hacks are right what you need! An essential piece in every such space is a bookcase or bookshelves, and here IKEA provides lots of units to hack and lots of ideas to use. Various IKEA...
How to turn a usual bookshelf into a cool mid-century one? Join the two shelves together by applying wood glue and then screwing them together from both sides. Counter set the screws to later fill the holes with wood filler and have the screws disappear. Then paint it out and add trim around the face...
Got an old bookshelf and don’t know how to renovate it? Here’s a project from diypassion.com! Take your bookshelf and use a sander to strip the sides and the front bits of stain. The prime and paint the inside of the shelf, here the author wanted a greyish shade. Once it is dry, tape off...
IKEA hacks have never been more popular than now! Today we’ll hack a couple of bookshelves together with TheMakeRista blog. Begin by assembling the three Ikea bookshelves. To make them taller than standard add the extension cabinets. Position them in the spot where they would go to determine the final placement. After they are secured to...
Crates are ideal for crafts and easy to refashion into some furniture pieces, for example, a bookshelf. To make it you’ll need sand paper, crates and stain. Sand the crates, beat them up, stain and cover with a coat of polyurethane. Screw them together. Enjoy!
Looking for some cool industrial shelves? Here’s an idea! The supplies are four 6- to 8-foot lengths of 5/8-inch rope, four 6- to 8-foot lengths of 1/2-inch rope, 2 wooden shelves, a drill, a 1/2-inch spade bit, paint, 2 hooks, scissors, a lighter. Use the 1/2-inch spade bit to drill holes in each of the...
There are so many ideas of shelves to make! But a piano shelf? It’s very original and unusual. The supplies are an old piano, a drill, some brackets, felt. So, take the keyboard off and clean inside. Put them back cutting them if needed and attach using some felt from another part of the piano....
Designed by Arianna Vivenzio, the Elastico bookshelf features quite unusual function. It stretch around books you place in it. The elastic band that is the main part of the bookshelf also stretches around metal posts mounted on your wall in order to save the bookshelf’s shape even if it’s empty. What can be more flexible,...