It’s only taken me 5 months, but I’m finally getting around to building some bookshelves for our “library” (read “spare room”). Designing these things is always interesting since there are multiple considerations. For us it was…

• Maximize space for shelves
• Look nice
• Work as a display case for a few items
• Be relatively easy to build
• Not cost too much

Here’s the design I came up with. It’ll actually be two pieces (the green / yellow parts) in the hopes that it will be more versatile that way, and easier to move.