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I guess I'll just update and say this project is now finished. I finished it off in January but I've been a little slow to update. I did decide to go with those acrylic primers and paints, they worked out great. The shelves themselves I've left without a strengthening strip on the front. I...

I decided to go for the more expensive option in the end and bought some birch plywood from a local lumberyard. I think it's a bit of a miracle they had any at all. I guess the next phases will be to build out/attach the surround/face frame for it all and then to paint it. So my next couple...

I guess I'll provide an update on where I'm at with this project. I built the plinths/floor boxes a couple of weekend ago: The house we're in is reasonably new (~20 years old) so the floor and walls are relatively even. Levelling them (not shown above) took me a while but wasn't too bad. I...

> there is no real need to fabricate the units as two separate boxes fastened on top of each other The main reasons for this is that I only have a 1.5m rail to cut straight edges, I could join two rails together but I'm not confident it would be 100% straight over a ~2.2m span. I might give it...

Yes, they are all going to be painted. I'd not heard of blockboard before, I'll look into it, it might be just what I need to keep the costs down a bit. Doubling up the sheetboard is not a problem, the bottom horizontal spans will be on the plinth (so already supported), the middle spans will...

I have some damaged, construction grade plywood seconds I bought cheap that I intend to use to make a prototype this weekend to see how the plans come together and whether or not it'll work.

@akirk : Thanks for the tip. The exact heights and widths I need to cut are still to be determined, the above pics are just kind-of right. Once the plinths are installed then I'll do as you suggest and leave appropriate spacing round the top/side so I can fix them to the side walls with space...

I think that's everything I've thought about, designed out so far. Any help, tips, advice, "don't do that", "that's a stupid idea", or anything else with above is greatly appreciated! Thanks

As to how to construct the bookcases themselves: I'm not massively experienced and this is a giant project so I'm thinking it'd be best if I break it down into manageable chunks that's most tolerant to small mistakes. I'm planning on constructing each bookcase in half vertically and stacking...

Amazing, thanks! Just what I need to work it out.

The actual bookcases themselves I think will look like this: I'm planning on making them out of 18mm thick material (exactly what, see question above, advice appreciated!), which means there'll be a 36 mm join where the bookcases meet each other side-by-side. This is why I think I'll use a...

This was basically going to be my next set of questions: how best, and what material to use, to build the actual bookcases. None of the bookcase shelves will have a span of more than 750mm and I'm planning on adding a strengthening strip to the front edge of all shelves of 36mm in height (I'll...

Hi all, Not sure if this is the right sub-forum so please move it if not. Last year I moved into a new house and have earmarked the spare downstairs room to be converted into a library so I thought I'd have a go and try and see if I can do it myself. I've never really done anything like this...

Hi, thanks for accepting my membership to the forum. I'm planning on converting a spare room I have at the moment into a library and thought it would be a good idea to get lots of advice to help me along the way. Not done anything like this before so I'm looking forward to lots of learning...