Showcase your book collection! Do you love the smell of old books as much as you love reading them? Do books fill your home on shelves, in stacks and sometimes even in piles? For any book lover, bookcases are often the centerpieces of the home. If you take pride in your personal library, this book is for you. How to Build Bookcases & Bookshelves features a wide range of shelving projects from simple and contemporary to the more ornate, along with projects for smaller book accessories to personalize a reading space. Within these pages you'll find: • Plans for 13 bookcases in a wide range of styles including Arts & Crafts, Shaker and Mid-Century Modern • Additional book-themed projects including a magazine rack and a desktop sliding book rack • Ideas and techniques for building stronger shelves Whether you need a small bookcase to accentuate a corner of your home or a floor-to-ceiling set of built-in shelves for your study, let this book be your guide to enhancing your book collection with the kind of handmade shelving it deserves.

This antique text contains a series of comprehensive guides to making all kinds of cabinets, shelving and storage facilities for the house. Including 77 designs with complete working drawings and photographs, this handbook is perfect for the beginner and will prove to be invaluable to anyone with an interest in making their own home furniture. The chapters of this book include: 'Wardrobe Chests Built for Modern Needs', 'Dresser for Colonial Settings', 'Old Colonial Pine Chest', 'Concealing Unsightly Radiator', 'Modern Bow-Front Hamper', 'Twin Pier Cabinets Frame Large Doorway', 'A Breakfast Cupboard', 'Handsome Bookcase and Cupboards', and many more. This text has been elected for modern republication due to its instructional value, and we are proud to republish it now complete with a new introduction on restoring and making furniture.

Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.

A Place for Everything... Whether you need storage for books, DVDs, games or clothes, you'll find attractive, custom options in this book. Open shelving? An enclosed cabinet? A classic bookcase? They're all here. Building Bookcases, Cabinets and Shelves offers 29 storage solutions in a variety of styles and sizes with both open and enclosed storage. Each project includes cutting lists, step-by-step instructions and tips and advice from professional woodworkers who have made each piece. Best of all, you can build them just as they are, or customize further to make each piece uniquely yours.

Hand-picked from the pages of Woodworker's Journal, these 15 classic projects were selected for their functionality around the house. With a variety of styles to accommodate your home's decor, projects include a federal-style secretary's desk, and elegant entertainment center, a modular computer desk, Barrister bookcases, walnut library shelves and more. Each project includes detailed exploded drawings, lists of materials, step-by-step color photos and all the tips you need to avoid mistakes. You're sure to find your home's next project in this book!

Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.

Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.