How To Build Bookshelf Doors With Glass Inserts

Each bookcase door has a fixed middle shelf and four adjustable shelves.

How to build bookshelf doors with glass inserts.

In fact you can even load up the shelves with 500 lbs. This week i made a glass cabinet doors for my miter saw station. Buy the wood which will act as the panel for the glass bookshelf door based on the measurement above. Functional and chic ikea billy bookcase hacks photo.

A full bookcase is a happy bookcase but sometimes you do not want everyone to see what exactly you are reading. Of books or knickknacks. Step 3 making a recess. Form and function all wrapped up together.

Use a carpenter square to make sure the top is square and edges are flush. Please subscribe to my channel. An easy way to hide your books is by adding a door. The doors slide open along a steel roller system at the top and the bottom to reveal the secret room.

Glass doors make a bookcase but doors that swing on hinges are a pain to install. The rest of the shelves will be screwed in at the pocket holes. Ditto for doors that lift open and slide back on a barrister s bookcase for example. In addition they re ideal for a bookcase designed to fit in a space where swinging doors might get in the way.

The top shelf will lay on top of the bookshelf frame and should be nailed into the side supports from above. And the cabinet door becomes two pieces the doors were painted with chalk paint and went from orange oak stain to an off white and distressed. The bifold style doors look like a typical bookcase when they re closed. A recent study done by pew research center showed that a staggering quarter of american adults don t read books in any shape or form.

The width should be 1x8 to 1x4 inches. Add a sliding door. I don t give exact measurements for the cutting of the wood in this project because the size of the doors will depend on the size of the shelf or cabinet you re. Regular sliding doors are much easier to install.

The same study suggested that the likelihood of reading was directly linked to wealth and educational level. Your stash of harlequin romances should stay your little secret but that means hiding what is in your bookcase. Make sure that the recess is 1x4 inches in depth. Designer kristina steinmetz s idea to add a sliding door to the billy bookcase smartly disguises.

9 x 21 glass inserts with seedy glass with a slight bubble pattern at approximately 14 50 each panel 54 total. The glass front doors will keep out the dust plus the glass retains that open look and makes the shelves look like a pretty display case.