Hi,

I am planning to build a L-shaped floor-to-ceiling bookshelf at a
corner of a room. The two units will be 4' and 6' in length. I will be
putting a vertical support every 2' to add strength.

However, I cannot think of any way to make the two units meet at the
corner. I don't want to make one unit go all the way to the wall and
then build the second unit from the first shelf. This will leave "dead"
space in the first shelf. Does anyone have any suggestions (or even
better, a plan) on how to achieve this in a way that looks
aesthetically pleasing?

Thanks.

Make it in three sections, the middle one being a corner unit.

B.

"Mandy" wrote in message
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Hi,

I am planning to build a L-shaped floor-to-ceiling bookshelf at a
corner of a room. The two units will be 4' and 6' in length. I will be
putting a vertical support every 2' to add strength.

However, I cannot think of any way to make the two units meet at the
corner. I don't want to make one unit go all the way to the wall and
then build the second unit from the first shelf. This will leave "dead"
space in the first shelf. Does anyone have any suggestions (or even
better, a plan) on how to achieve this in a way that looks
aesthetically pleasing?

Thanks.

I am planning to build a L-shaped floor-to-ceiling bookshelf at a
corner of a room. The two units will be 4' and 6' in length. I will be
putting a vertical support every 2' to add strength.
However, I cannot think of any way to make the two units meet at the
corner.

Align the two bookshelfs so the front corners touch (i.e. the actual corner
will be unused). You can install blocking in the corner to tie the two
units together, then trim them out as a single piece of furniture. While
this wastes the corner space, you couldn't really access books in the
corner anyway.

You could build a special corner shelf, but you'll still end up with wasted
space, probably more than just butting the two shelf corners together.

Anthony

HerHusband wrote:

I am planning to build a L-shaped floor-to-ceiling bookshelf at a
corner of a room. The two units will be 4' and 6' in length. I will be
putting a vertical support every 2' to add strength.
However, I cannot think of any way to make the two units meet at the
corner.

Align the two bookshelfs so the front corners touch (i.e. the actual corner
will be unused). You can install blocking in the corner to tie the two
units together, then trim them out as a single piece of furniture. While
this wastes the corner space, you couldn't really access books in the
corner anyway.

You could build a special corner shelf, but you'll still end up with wasted
space, probably more than just butting the two shelf corners together.

But the corner unit can be really nice for display purposes, etc...

How deep are the bookcase units going to be?

What if I put the corner support at a 45-degree angle, add cleats on
both sides and miter the shelves at 45-degrees? Would this work? I
guess the corner will still be unusable for books.

I'll probably end up doing what you suggested.

Thanks.

Mandy wrote:

What if I put the corner support at a 45-degree angle, add cleats on
both sides and miter the shelves at 45-degrees? Would this work? I
guess the corner will still be unusable for books.

That should work...how deep are the shelves going to be?

The fill-in corner shelf, particularly if you were to put an angled back
on it so it didn't extend all the way back into the very corner but was
roughly the same depth as the shelves would make a nice display area,
perhaps...

"Mandy" wrote in message
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What if I put the corner support at a 45-degree angle, add cleats on
both sides and miter the shelves at 45-degrees? Would this work? I
guess the corner will still be unusable for books.

Why?? It is just a lot more work. Make everything square. Including the
corner unit. It makes everything a lot simpler.

Lee Michaels wrote:

"Mandy" wrote in message
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What if I put the corner support at a 45-degree angle, add cleats on
both sides and miter the shelves at 45-degrees? Would this work? I
guess the corner will still be unusable for books.

Why?? It is just a lot more work. Make everything square. Including the
corner unit. It makes everything a lot simpler.

Because it will look a lot better, maybe???

I like the idea of the angled corner ... I'll have to do some
measurements to make sure that it will look OK.

These will be regular 10" shelves.

Mandy wrote:

I like the idea of the angled corner ... I'll have to do some
measurements to make sure that it will look OK.

These will be regular 10" shelves.

You can probably make the corner unit 12" deep or so then and get a nice
area but still not have a "cave" clear back into a deep corner. Even a
cardboard prototype can help visualize the volumes...

On 19-Jul-2005, Duane Bozarth
wrote:

Mandy wrote:

I like the idea of the angled corner ... I'll have to do
some
measurements to make sure that it will look OK.

These will be regular 10" shelves.

One thought comes to mind. Since you'll have a bit of dead
space behind this corner shelf you might consider putting
some lighting back there and use a transluscent rear panel
for that section. I don't know how this would look with
everything else but the picture I have in my head looks
kinda neat. Especially if you decide to use that section
for decorative stuff rather than books (the books would
probably block most of the light).

good luck
ml