A shelter for homeless books
My new bookcase Almost everyone in my family are avid readers, and over the years, the collection of books had outgrown the pre-planned arrangements to store them. Books were now on the TV cabinet, stacked over each other, on top of showcases and other myriad locations. Homeless dusty books do not look good, so I planned on putting in a bookcase under the hanging cabinet in my bedroom - probably the only empty place that was left ! The bookcase was to be about 4 feet wide, 3 feet tall and a foot deep, and I planned 3 shelves of 8,9 and 10 inches height for different sized books. I did not want to buy any more sheet goods, so ripped the sides and bottom of the case out of a partially used 19mm sheet The shelves and top would be ripped from a partially used 12mm sheet The bookcase would have sliding doors set in channels. Used 6mm ply for the doors, and also the same 6mm ply for the back. Put in 6 pocket holes on each of the sides - that means the top and the bott