I would like to build a bookshelf in our family room and I am being
encouraged to begin with unfinished 30" base cabinets on the bottom, then
1x12's or 1x16" for the shelving units going up to the ceiling. The space
is a 14' wall with 9' ceilings. Something like this unit here --
http://www.easywoodprojects.com/bookcase2-173.htm It will be three base
units on the bottom, a nice 1" top board instead of a counter in this
picture and three shelve sections the width of each base unit. This is my
first "real" project and I have very rudimentary power tools, i.e. no
router. Is this a reasonable and easy unit to build? Are their plans
available? What type of trim pieces do you suggest? Should the 1x16's going
up be doubled up? Is the base cabinet idea the right way to do without hand
building them, which I cannot do? Am I just nuts? Any advice, hints, plans,
tips or general direction would be greatly appreciated.