Little Lucy Lu: From Pallet .... to Bookshelves! Oh my goodness gracious!!!
I haven't been THIS excited about a project since my ladder laundry rack! (Well, the mom cave is pretty exciting, too - but that's not done yet! :)~ Anyway. I'm sure you've all seen the pallet-awesomeness floating around blogland .... I asked helpful husband to bring home an old pallet from his latest job site for me (yes, it was FREE!) Check THIS out: Whadyathink!? Step 1 - cut straight through on the lines drawn below: (Helpful husband used a hand saw for this part - what a guy!) Step 2 - use those extra middle boards to nail on the bottoms of the shelves: This is what they look like after steps 1 & 2: Step 3 - pry the middle board out of the shelf (to allow more room for books):
Hidden Bookshelf Light Switch. 60-minute bookcase. The 59 Minute Bookshelf. Welcome Let me start off by giving props to Innerbubba for his insperational 60-minute-bookcase.
If I did not give him credit it would most definitely be plagiarism. His Instructable was one of the very first that I made my favorites. It literally cost me nothing to make because I already had everything sitting around. Well OK it cost me some time, some electricity, and maybe some sweat (but not much of any of them). You might be thinking why is his a 59 minute shelf and Innerbubbas is a 60 minute one? I have been wanting to make this project for a long time now and finally I have. TARDIS bookcase cupboard - Goodhart Maker Den of Unequity Storage Cabinet. My nephews are hooked on Dr.
Who, the long-running British sci-fi series which seems to have a cult following. Their house is overrun with Dalek toys and models. Me, I have my Captain Kirk Chair and Stargate gong. There also seems to be a culture of building a TARDIS. It is afterall, from the outside, a normal British Police Call box. I am relatively new to Dr. A bookshelf made of encyclopedias! YAY! - A set of encyclopedias... make sure they're at least an inch to 1 1/2 inches thick - otherwise, I don't see them holding much of anything!
- 8 "L" brackets per cube (one cube = 4 books)- enough screws to hold the brackets. - Nuts and bolts to secure the books at the back. (I will explain this later!) - A drill (or two if you're awesome) and several drill bit sizes. I'm sorry I can't be more exact, but depending on the thickness of your books, you'll need to adjust the screw and bolt length.
That's really the trickiest part and what caused me the most trouble. I ended up spending roughly $50-60 on this project. Ten Green Modular Shelving: shelving and tables using glass bottles. For one module you will need: Four bottles.
All the same brand/height/shape preferable. Wash them thoroughly in hot soapy water. Two hook and eye strainers / turnbuckles as they are sometimes called. I used the smallest I could find, which are 14mm OD at the buckle and 5mm OD at the threads. Two planks of wood, prepared as shown in the .pdf template - careful! Colorful DIY Shoe Wall Storage System. You can easily use crates to make a wall storage system.
We showed you a wall storage made of wine crates but it doesn’t matter what was in them before. You can use crates of any size and create an interesting composition of them. For example, here is a wall storage system for shoes made of a bunch of different crates painted in different colors. It’s definitely one of the smartest and the most cool use of used crates I’ve seen. DIY Wall Mounted Bookshelves Of Mop Buckets. Do you want to maximize your office space or make wall mounted bookshelves for a kids room?
If so and if you don’t want to spend a lot of money on these shelves then you can make some. If your woodworking skills aren’t great than you can use a bunch of mop buckets for the task. You can choose one color for a uniform look or mix and match to create a bright and bold storage system. You can also play with the different arrangements so the system will not only be cheap but also practical and unique.
To make a wall mounted bookshelf from a bucket you need to drill holes in the top two corners. DIY Shelves Made Of Real Books. Do you like a vintage look of old books?
If you have a lot of them and don’t enjoy to look at them organized in your bookcases then we have an interesting project for you. You can make several wall shelves of them. These wall shelves would be perfect storage solutions for small things you like to display or for some more old books. These wall shelves are very easy to make. You just need some hardware and a drill. You need to chose some cloth- or leather-bound books with beautiful spines that will looks good together.
Invisible Book Shelf.