The Brick House

The other side of the living room needed something large. A statement piece I think real designers would call it. Well, I fell in love with the bookshelves in the lobby at The Ace Hotel in Palm Springs and thought, “hey, I could build that”. And I did! We sold the old wall unit and embarked on the master planning of the new plumbing conduit shelving unit. The unit is 8’8″ wide by roughly 7’6″ tall and 11 1/4″ deep Here is the supply list:Plumbing pipe and fittings (all at 1/2″) Supply list: Fittings: 18 – 90º Elbows 14 – 3-Way Tees 8 – Base Flanges Pipe: 6 – 12″ 7 – 18″ 1 – 32″ 3 – 30″ (Custom cut at home depot) 1 – 43″ (Custom cut at home depot) 14 – 8″ 4 – 9″ (black gas pipe for the top flange connectors) Wood Shelves 2 – 1″ x 12″ x 10′ pine planks (cut down to 8′8″) 2 – 1″ x 12″ x 6′ pine planks (cut down to 4′8″) Minwax Stain 1 – Dark Walnut 1 – Walnut (Mix 1/2 and 1/2 to get the desired color) Rustoleum Gloss Spray Paint 3 – Black After that it just all screws together.

How to Build a Bookcase: Step-by-Step Woodworking Plans American Artist I built my first bookcase in middle school. A multitiered assemblage of wooden planks laid across stacks of bricks, it was reminiscent of pieces from the early Flintstone Period--and I was proud to have made it myself. Since that masterpiece, I've built 50 or 60 more, most while working as a cabinetmaker for an interior design firm, where I learned the carpentry skills, design guidelines and construction techniques used in the bookcase shown here. Basically consisting of three plywood boxes fitted with a hardwood face frame, this piece looks built-in because it spans from wall to wall, and is trimmed with molding at the ceiling and floor. On permanent display: mahogany, solid biscuit joints--and a whole lot of class. Making Choices Two pieces of plywood form each side of the cases. The shelves fit into dado joints routed into the case sides. + Click to enlarge Getting Started Start by building a base out of 1x or 2x lumber. Routing the Dadoes Assembling the Case

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