Working on creating other areas to put books around the house now that the library is overflowing. John's long-time friend Lothar gave us a cache of gardening books and after having finished the oak office chair and antique typewriter table for the sunroom, a little bookshelf unit nearby seemed like a good addition.
I designed it in Maya around some oak stair treads we had left over in the garage (the radiused top and center shelf)
Bought some clamps for the project:
Sides, back and supports were made of 3/4" birch plywood stained true black. Cut the feet from some spare pine stock:
Got some more use out of the Kreg jointer jig. Assembly was a bit tricky in order to hide most of these drill points / screws:
The center oak shelf was designed to slide into routered slots on the sides:
The front edges of the birch plywood got a veneer treatment, then were stained black:
Attaching the feet was bit of trick, trying to preserve the slight overhang of the sides and accounting for the backpiece that would be attached last:
Final assembly from the back after all the pieces got 3 coats of polyurethane. All the Kreg joinery needed to be installed from the back so it would be hidden by the back piece attached last:
Final piece:
Back piece installed:
In situ:
And loaded with Gardening, Writing, and Management books!
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